In recent years, the University of Granada and the other two universities in the consortium have made a strong commitment to international degrees—both multiple and joint—as well as to national and international mobility for postgraduate students.
The Graduate School of the University of Granada is responsible for managing and providing administrative support for official postgraduate programmes, with a team of ten highly qualified administrative and service staff members.
Its functions include offering information and managing student mobility programmes for official master’s degrees and doctoral studies.
Additionally, through specific agreements for Doctoral Programmes, it also manages mobility for students participating in cooperative doctorates, who may apply for scholarships and tuition fee exemptions. There are currently around twenty programmes that have signed these agreements.
Among the international programmes, it manages four Ibero-American Doctoral Programmes, under the auspices of the Ibero-American Association of Postgraduate Universities (AUIP), an international non-governmental organisation recognised by UNESCO and dedicated to promoting postgraduate and doctoral studies in Latin America. These programmes are sponsored and funded by the Directorate-General for Universities of the Regional Ministry of Innovation, Science and Enterprise of the Andalusian Government.
The University of Granada currently coordinates or participates in four Erasmus Mundus Master’s Programmes, for which the Graduate School provides administrative and management support. The overall objective of the Erasmus Mundus Programme is to improve the quality of higher education in Europe, enhance students’ professional prospects, foster intercultural understanding through cooperation with third countries, and contribute to the sustainable development of those countries within the field of higher education.
The University of Granada manages international mobility of postgraduate students through the International Relations Office of the same Vice-Rectorate and through the Graduate School, which oversees the enrolment process.
The UGR Accommodation Service provides information and assistance regarding accommodation options for incoming and outgoing students (residences, shared flats, host families, etc.).
It also offers a list of hostels and guesthouses for those who need temporary accommodation upon arrival. In this case, students must make a reservation directly with the establishment, stating that they are users of the UGR Accommodation Service.
The University of Granada began organising Spanish courses for foreign students in 1932. Today, the University’s Modern Languages Centre (CLM) offers a wide range of Spanish language and culture courses, including those organised by the International Relations Office for exchange programmes such as LLP/Erasmus Mundus. The CLM also offers courses in many other languages.
Students enrolled in the “Master’s in Visual Arts and Education. A Constructionist Approach” at all three universities may apply for mobility grants offered annually, allowing them to spend between one and two weeks at the two universities where they are not enrolled. During these stays, they may attend teaching activities offered in the courses, participate in complementary activities such as seminars and lectures, meet fellow students from those universities, and request meetings with academic staff for guidance on projects, research lines, and related matters.