UC3M Practical Guide for your first days

Welcome to Carlos III de . We have just created this guide on September 2012, to help international students who are currently staying here with us. As you can see, it includes many issues about your daily life here such as housing in Madrid, how to open a bank account, how to use your cell phone... We hope all these tips will be useful and helpful during your first days in Madrid and in our University. I would like to thank the UC3M Student Unions who have collaborated in this guide: Erasmus Student Network (ESN), UC3M Chinese Student Union (AECUC3M) and the staff from the International Relations Office. All of them have worked hardly and enthusiastically to make this possible. Any suggestion or comment to improve its contents will be more than welcome. You can contact us at our Facebook group or via Twitter. Take in advantage of your stay in Madrid, learn, enjoy and make friends and contacts!!!

Un cordial saludo Carlos López-Terradas, Director of the International Relations Office (SERINT) Thanks to… Have a quick look Have quick a

1,989: UC3M was founded 4 Campuses (Getafe, Leganés, , Puerta de Toledo) 3 Schools

1,724 Faculty Members 16,489 students (14,992 Undergraduate / 1497 Graduate)

30 Bachelor Degree Programs (16 are taught in English) 93 Postgraduate Degree Programs (21 are taught in English)

Agreements with more than 400 universities in 49 countries

18% of international students

Accommodation

Advantages for UC3M students

UC3M Residence halls

Info · Getafe campus Info · Leganés campus Info · Colmenarejo campus

The Aloja application provides housing information to the entire University community

If you rent a flat/room they will ask you for… Other accommodation info at UC3M website · Bank guarantee · * · Deposit ·

* usually equivalent to one or two months of rent Accommodation Which is the best location for you? If you want to live Madrid up . . . w Best neighborhood for you – La - Lavapiés (Center) is ambience is alternative Madrid -Argüelles is plenty of students Tetuán Barrio de is fancy Plaza Elíptica - is cheaper Moncloa Tetuán is full of life Argü elles Trib V Green spaces unal 20 min by train from SOL 15 min by bus from PLAZA ELIPTICA Barrio de To uc3m Salamca W Monthly rent 400€* Center

Plaza Use Elíptica If you want to stay near the ra university . . . u More comfortable / live on campus j Good connections with downtown Leganes V Green spaces W Monthly rent 300€* Getafe

* Average price per person and room Transport

Travelcard (Abono Transportes & Abono Joven)

How to get it

 Tobacco’s shop (‘estanco’)  Bring a passport photo Metro Suburban train  Copy of your passport (RENFE Cercanías)

Abono facts:

Monthly Zones A (Madrid) & B (Getafe & Leganés) Includes: Bus + Night buses + Metro + S.Train

widedisable access Transport

Bus & Night Abono Joven is up to 23 years old and it Information takes around 15 days to get it buses a System

Cell Phones in How to get your own Spanish number

1st. You Need your ID/PASS

2nd. Choose payment method :

PRE-PAID MONTHLY PAYMENT (from 5€ each charge) (you need a spanish bank account)

3rd. Choose a Company :

*these are just the most common ones

Bring with you an unlocked mobile phone, it will work perfectly in Spain Banks

How to open a bank account *

1st ID / Passport

nd Pay with … 2 A deposit

Official UC3M bank no everywhere checks Office & ATM on campus

*these requirements are susceptible of change depending on the bank Health & Safety

If you are not EU student… + You must get a private health insurance with international coverage If you are EU student + You can get the European Health Insurance Card Where to go if you got sick + Please ask to your health insurance which hospital or medical center in Madrid you may go to. + Find your closest hospital and medical center :

Emergency 112 & Ambulances 061 A couple of advices… National Police 091 – Watch your belongings, specially in the metro p – Don’t bring too much pocket money on you Firefighters 080

Web

Football Get your card & play Fitness Championship SPA Sports clubs Tennis Sport center Squash UC3M Team Beach Volley Ball Swimming Spain: some places of interest

Madrid Madrid and its surroundings…*

· Royal monastery resorts ski La Pinilla · Spanish kings’ tombs · 55 km away Valdesquí

El Escorial ·

20 km snow area each · ski rental · Reservoir beach

· 80 km away

Pantano de San Juan Madrid Alcalá de Henares · Cervantes’ birthplace · 35 km away

Toledo · Alcazar · Palace & gardens · Jewish · neighborhood Train of strawberry · 88 km away · * Spain is divided into several regions; colored 50 km away territory represents Madrid region Big Mac Full Menu f 5.95 € Prices Useful Coffee Information v 1.20 €

A liter of x whole milk Opening 0,75 € g hours

Beer +

3 tapa 10 am - 9 pm f 2.50 €

Weather F 33’8 = C

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Summer Movies ticket B 30 ’C 6.50 € t Fall

11 pm - 6 am 14 ’C p peryear Winter Haircut 5-6 ’C 10 €

Spring O

Y 6 am - 1.30 am 13-14 ’C sunny300 > days Note: average temperature in Madrid. 1 Madrid. in temperature average Note:

Because different! Spain is

We love spending our time outside. We love Sports We are outgoing and expressive people. We speak loud but we are not angry :-)

We will try to understand you if you speak in English We will introduce ourselves with 2 kisses (btw women or man/woman) or by handshake (only btw men) We have lunch at 2:30pm and we have dinner not before 9pm FIRST-DAY-MAP. PRINT THIS PAGE IF YOU GO TO UC3M LEGANES CAMPUS (ENGINEERING)

From the Airport 2 1 At the Airport (any terminal) SUBURBAN TRAIN (CERCANIAS) · GO TO DE ATENCIÓN AL VIAJERO OFFICE AND ASK IF YOU GO AROUND OR LEGANES. COMFORTABLE Ñ 30’ or 60’ FOR THE BEST TRANSPORT TICKET FOR YOU · GET A METRO MAP & MADRID MAP METRO IF YOU GO TO SOL OR DOWNTOWN. FAST

40’ From Madrid to Leganés 3 24H EXPRESS BUS Ñ IF YOUR DESTINATION IS AROUND PLAZA CIBELES. FREE WIFI ON BOARD SUBURBAN TRAIN (CERCANIAS) FROM ATOCHA TO ZARZAQUEMADA OR LEGANES. Ñ15’

METRO MADRID TO LEGANES CENTRAL. Ñ15’ FROM PUERTA DEL SUR

BUS FROM . LINES 482, 483 FROM PLAZA ELIPTICA. LINE 486 Ñ20’ T1,2,3,4 LEGANES

Zarzaquemada

Sol Cibeles 482/483/486

Atocha

482/486 Leganés Central Leganés FIRST-DAY-MAP. PRINT THIS PAGE IF YOU GO TO UC3M GETAFE CAMPUS (SOCIAL SCIENCES)

From the Airport 2 1 At the Airport (any terminal) SUBURBAN TRAIN (CERCANIAS) · GO TO CENTRO DE ATENCIÓN AL VIAJERO OFFICE AND ASK IF YOU GO AROUND ATOCHA OR GETAFE. COMFORTABLE Ñ 30’ or 60’ FOR THE BEST TRANSPORT TICKET FOR YOU · GET A METRO MAP & MADRID MAP METRO IF YOU GO TO SOL OR DOWNTOWN. FAST

40’ From Madrid to Getafe 3 24H EXPRESS BUS Ñ IF YOUR DESTINATION IS AROUND PLAZA CIBELES. FREE WIFI ON BOARD SUBURBAN TRAIN (CERCANIAS) FROM ATOCHA TO LAS MARGARITAS UNIVERSIDAD Ñ15’

METRO MADRID LINE 12 TO JUAN DE LA CIERVA. Ñ35’ FROM PUERTA DEL SUR

BUS FROM PLAZA ELIPTICA. LINES 441 & 442 Aeropuerto 20’ FROM . LINE 443 Ñ Barajas T1,2,3,4

GETAFE

Margaritas 441/442/443 Universidad

Sol Cibeles

Atocha

Juan de la Cierva FIRST-DAY-MAP. PRINT THIS PAGE IF YOU GO TO UC3M COLMENAREJO CAMPUS (TOURISM)

From the Airport 2 1 At the Airport (any terminal) SUBURBAN TRAIN (CERCANIAS) · GO TO CENTRO DE ATENCIÓN AL VIAJERO OFFICE AND ASK IF YOU GO AROUND ATOCHA OR SOL. COMFORTABLE Ñ 30’ FOR THE BEST TRANSPORT TICKET FOR YOU · GET A METRO MAP & MADRID MAP METRO IF YOU GO TO MONCLOA OR DOWNTOWN. FAST

40’ 24H EXPRESS BUS Ñ IF YOUR DESTINATION IS AROUND PLAZA CIBELES. FREE WIFI ON BOARD

From Madrid to Colmenarejo 3 MADRID BUS FROM MONCLOA. LINE 631 Ñ45’

Aeropuerto Barajas T1,2,3,4

COLMENAREJO

Moncloa

Sol Cibeles

631

Atocha Useful Links

Accommodation Transport •http://www.uc3m.es/portal/page/portal/se •www.metromadrid.es/es/index.html rvicios_jovenes/alojamiento/residencias •www.emtmadrid.es/ •http://aplicaciones.uc3m.es/aloja/ •www.ctm-madrid.es/ •www.Aluni.net •www.renfe.com/ •www.salyven.net • www.roomsmadrid.wordpress.com •www.dflathousing.com •www.emes.es •www.segundamano.es Cell Phones • www.idealista.com •www.vodafone.es •www.orange.es Banks •www.yoigo.com • www.bancosantander.es •www.movistar.es •www.simyo.es Health •http://www.madrid.org/cs/Satellite?page name=PortalSalud/Page/PTSA_home

Sports Enjoy •http://www.uc3m.es/portal/page/portal/cul tura_y_deporte/deporte UC3M