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Rovira i Virgili University
| City | Country |
| Tarragona | Spain |
Services
Student services
At the URV we are committed to your learning, both inside and outside the classroom. For this reason we offer you all kind of services so that you can make the most of your stay at the university. We offer a wide range of cultural, sporting, volunteering and leisure activities. Make the most of your free time, discover new passions, make new friends and become one of us. For more information: www.urv.cat/services/
Living and studying abroad is a challenge for any student. This is why we have an International Center to help you with accommodation, health information, paperwork abroad and other services specifically for international students. We will help you feel at home from the very first day.
Housing services
LIVING AT THE URV
We can help you find accommodation. We have two university residences in the city of Tarragona or, if you prefer, we can help you find a shared flat with other students.
Spain is one of the cheapest countries for students in Europe. The average cost of living, including accommodation, living expenses and transport, is 600-700 euros a month.
Library services
The Learning and Research Resource Centre (CRAI) on each campus offers a wide range of services to make your learning easier. In addition to the library, we offer individual and group study spaces equipped with multimedia devices, guidance and material for learning languages and training to improve your computer skills and information management.
ICT services
Managing the systems of information, the infrastructure and the services of communications of the URV, giving technical support for developing applications and optimizing the investment in technology, administering in a suitable way the risks and the opportunities associated to IT, the Computer and ICT Service provides for the University’s needs in the area of the information technologies.
Medical services
In Catalonia health care is provided at CAPs (Primary Health Care Centers) and Hospitals.
The CAPs have fix opening hours and you will be assigned one depending on where you live. If you need to see a general practitioner, you should ask at your CAP to be assigned one.
If you have an urgent problem but it is not an emergency, the professionals at your CAP can receive you during the opening hours.
Student Life
Campus life
URV has 12 faculties and schools divided into 5 campuses among which you can use public transport and also to travel around the area easily.
What is more, the southern regions of Catalonia enjoy a high quality of life: medium-sized cities full of personality, a mild Mediterranean climate, sea, beaches, mountains and exceptional national landscapes such as the Ebro Delta, privileged cultural areas such as Roman Tarraco (a World Heritage site) or the Catalan Art Nouveau legacy in Reus, a wide range of leisure activities and an important communications network (port, airport, motorway and high-speed train).
Sports facilities
EsportsURV is the URV's sports service. As well as looking after the university's sports facilities, EsportsURV organizes all sorts of sports course (tennis, yoga, basketball, swimming, sailing and many more)
If you are a member of EsportsURV, you will have the following advantages:
- You will be given discounts on all courses organized by EsportsURV.
- You will be able to hire the URV facilities.
- You will be given discounts on gymnasiums, clubs and sporting entities.
You will be able to take part in university leagues.
Student clubs
The Rovira i Virgili University, with the objective of keeping up-to-date information on Associations and Groups of students of the University, has approved on the Board of Governors on February 25 a new Regulations for the Registration of Associations and Groups of Students.
