- Can I stay even if I do not belong to the university community?
- What is the minimum stay period?
- Is it possible to pay by credit card?
- If I come from a foreign country, can I pay the day of my arrival?
- What is the equipment of the rooms?
- What is the kitchen equipment?
Residence’s short term accommodation must be paid by bank transfer before your arrival date.
Administration staffs will send you an e-mail with the rates and the account number so that you can pay the deposit.
According to the instructions you find on our website, the reservation is not confirmed until you make the payment.
Rooms’ equipment:
University Residence of Tafira Campus
A bed, nigh stand, wardrobe, drawing board, desk, shelve, laundry basket, Internet connection (free when there is network availability), TV and telephone outlets and a bathroom.
Apartments in Tafira Campus
A bed, nigh stand, wardrobe, drawing board, desk, shelve, laundry basket, Internet connection (free when there is network availability), TV and telephone outlets, shared bathroom, shower per room, little fridge, shared kitchen and tableware.
Las Palmas University Residence
A bed, nigh stand, wardrobe, drawing board, desk, shelve, Internet connection (free when there is network availability), TV and telephone outlets, shared bathroom and a little fridge.
The only buildings that have kitchens are the Apartments in Tafira Campus and Las Palmas University Residence.
Kitchens are equipped with:
Apartments in Tafira Campus
A little glass-ceramic hob, microwave, tableware and a little fridge.
Las Palmas University Residence
A little glass-ceramic hob, microwave oven.
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What do I have to do to apply for a place in the University Residences for the first time?
- Know our facilities, either personally or through this website.
- See prices of monthly payments.
- Read carefully the internal regulations and the Rules of the Call because submitting the application accepts both.
- If you have any questions, check the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ ) section.
- Fill out the New Adjudication application that can be found in this section available from May 5 to June 30 (after this date will be considered out of time). You must upload a photo-sized photo in the form application. To apply for accommodation you do not need to have the EBAU done. At the time of obtaining places, it is necessary to have the EBAU approved.
- IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE READ AS ACCEPTING THEMSELVES AND SENDING THE APPLICATION CONFIRMS THAT IT IS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
- The authorization form of the Tax Agency is AUTOMATICALLY OBTAINED when printing the request for a place.
- Once you submit the application, enter your private area and upload a copy of your ID, RESIDENCE CARD or PASSPORT in PDF format.
- Make a constant monitoring of the status of your request through your private area.
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How can I know if I fulfil the requirements to apply for a place?
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Which are the criteria to allocate the places?
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Where can I find the registration forms?
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Do I need an e-mail to apply for a place?
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How can I get an e-mail account?
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When does the deadline to apply for a place finish?
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Can I deliver the application form after the deadline?
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Is it important to submit the application form as soon as possible?
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When is it considered that I have submitted the application form?
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What is the date that determines when I have submitted the application form?
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Does the ULPGC provide financial help to students to pay the residences?
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How can I apply for the grant that offers my Regional Government (Cabildo)?
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What are the functions of the username and password that I need to put when filling the application form?
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When I write the user and the password, the system says that the user is already created in the database, and it is the first time I apply for it; how can I solve this problem?
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I cannot remember my username and/or my password, what can I do?
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How can I change the personal information of my application form?
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What does ‘family members’ mean?
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I do not understand what they want to ask in the mobility program section.
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What do I have to do after filling the application form?
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I would like to share an apartment or room with a specific roommate or friend, what do I have to do?
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In the section ‘E. Economic Information’, what people do I have to mention?
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What is the authorization to the Tax Agency for?
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How do I have to fill in the authorization to the Tax Agency?
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What can I do if my family does not have any income?
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We have not submitted the income tax return, do I have to fill in the Tax Agency document?
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How can I request to pay by deposit in the bank account or by bank transfer, and not by direct debit? Will this application be accepted? How will I know if my application form is accepted or denied?
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Is it compulsory to upload a photo? How can I do it?
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If I am not accepted in the first accommodation option I chose, am I still in the waiting lists?
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What happens if I decline the place they offer me?
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What happens if I decline the place and then I regret it?
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How can I decline my approved place?
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When will the admission lists be published?
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What can I do once I am accepted?
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If I accept the place by paying €300, would someone returns me the money if I do not get place in the residence?
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Once the admission lists are published, how long do I have to accept the place?
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What can I do after paying €300 to accept the place?
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Would the payment of the place be by direct debit??
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Should I accept the place if it is not in the building I wanted?
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In which cases a place is not allocated?
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What do I have to do to renew the place I already have?
- See prices of monthly payments.
- Read carefully the internal regulations and the Rules of the Call because submitting the application accepts both.
- If you have any questions, check the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ ) section.
- Enter your private area and complete the form from 22th May to 5th June(after this date will be considered out of time).
- IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE READ AS ACCEPTING THEMSELVES AND SENDING THE APPLICATION CONFIRMS THAT IT IS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
- Make a constant monitoring of the status of your request through your private area.
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How do you assign the buildings or rooms to the people who renew the place?
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If I want to share my room or apartment, whose credits count?
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This year I had some incident reports, does it affect to the allocation of the places?
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I applied to share the room or apartment with a person but now I want to share it with another person, what can I do?
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I have to renew the place, do I have to pay the deposit?
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I have to renew the place; do I have to upload a photo?
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Will I have last year’s room?
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What are the criteria to order the waiting list?
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I am in the waiting list, what are my chances of getting a place?
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How can I check my position in the waiting list?
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¿How long is the waiting list kept?
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If I quit from the waiting list, can I request to join it again?
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Where can I check my application status?
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How can I keep informed about the status of my application?
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Do I have to call the Residence Administration for something?
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How can I know if I am admitted or not?
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When can I enter the university residences?
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What can I do to apply for a place in the residences before the date of start?
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What do I need to bring to the residence in my arrival date?
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Can I pay only the room and not the board?
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When do I have to pay the next month?
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Do I have to pay the same amount of money in December, January and the Easter Week?
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If I stay in one of the residences which is not located in Tafira Campus, can I eat in the dining room?
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Is the price per person or per room?
How to Apply for a Place
If you want to know if you fulfil the requirements to apply for a place in the University Residences, please read the Terms and Conditions of the Announcement in the section ‘Accommodation for the full year / Information (more …)’ of our website.
The Selection Committee of the University Accommodation Service offers places depending on the distance from the family home to the university, and also to economic and academic factors.
For more information, read the Terms and Conditions of the Announcement of our website..
You can find the registration forms in the section ‘Accommodation for the full year’ of our website.
In order to send your application form to the University Residences it is necessary to have an e-mail, as we will send you an e-mail to confirm that your application form was sent successfully. We will also send you a copy of it as you need to print it, sign it and send it to us.
There are lots of Internet servers that provide free e-mail addresses. Please, go to their websites to get more information.
You can check the Renewing and New Allocation applications deadlines by reading the Terms and Conditions of the Announcement of our website.
You can present your application form after the deadline and you will be included in the waiting lists according to the criteria of the University Accommodation Service.
You can read more information on the Terms and Conditions of the Announcement of our website.
It is not necessary to send the application form the first day of the call, as we will not take into account first-come, first-served basis. Nevertheless, it is important to send it respecting the deadline as if it is sent after the deadline we will give it less preference.
You can read more information on the Terms and Conditions of the Announcement of our website.
The date that is taken into account is the date of entry into our computer system.
The ULPGC gives financial help to all the students that are registered in the university and that stay in the university residences. This grant is automatically processed by the Residence Administration, so you do not need to do any application form. We process it and the university provides it, so you will have financial help since the first monthly payment.
There are accommodation grants offered by some Regional Governments to students. You must ask to your Regional Government if you can benefit from them. If necessary, the residents will have to apply for the grant to his/her Regional Government.
How to Fill in the Documents
In case you have this error, change the username. Surely put a user name that already exists in the database. As a tip put a username that is not very common, or use combinations of letters and numbers.
After completing the form and confirming that it was sent correctly, hang a photocopy of the DNI (in PDF format) in the private area. Keep a constant follow up on the status of your request through your private area.
The University Accommodation Service will try its best to respect the applicants’ preferences but it is not obliged to respect it.
In order to request the sharing of a room with a specific roommate, you need to write in the section ‘C. Accommodation Preferences’ his/her ID number, name and surname.
You will be allowed to pay by deposit in the bank account or by bank transfer after the justification and approval on the Selection Committee as an exception.
In order to request it, you need to present the justification of the bank transfer or deposit in the bank account payments to the Residence Administration. The Selection Committee will inform you about the conclusions by e-mail.
You can read more information on the Terms and Conditions of the Announcement of our website.
All applicants have to attach a passport size photo with the fulfilled application form. You will not be allowed to continue without doing it.
You will be asked to attach a photo when filling the application form. The photo must be in jpg format and must have 100 pixels in width and 120 pixels in height. If the photo does not have this size, you will not be able to upload it or you will receive an error message.
In order to give the photo to a suitable size, please follow these steps:
1. Open the picture in Paint (Windows)
2. Indicate a percentage (for example, 50% horizontal and 50% vertical) in the Home tab, Image/Enlarge or Shrink.
3. In the Image menu/Attributes check that the Width and Height are completed with 100 width and 120 height.
4. In case you cannot change the size, repeat again the step 2 until reaching the approximate measurement.
Finally, click in the Home tab File/Save to save the document with your ID card and select the format jpg.
Residence Allocation
If you do not get a place in you first option, you will remain automatically in the waitlists for the other options. You will only need to accept the place we offer you if you want to have more opportunities to get the place you would like to have. If you reject the place we offer you, you will be at the last position of the waitlist of the residence you applied.
If you decline the place offered by the University Accommodation Service you will be at the last position of the waitlist of your other options.
You will have to write a document to the Selection Committee, so that it will examine your particular situation.
You will only receive back the €300 if you do not get a place in the ULPGC due to reasons attributable exclusively to the ULPGC.
You can read more information on the Terms and Conditions of the Announcement of our website.
In case we offer you a place in a building that is not your first option, we recommend you to accept it. If you do not accept it, you will be in the last position of the waiting lists of your other options.
If you accept the approved place, you will remain in the same position of the waiting lists of your other options.
Do not study at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, have negative reports from the principal, etc. You can expand this information by reading the Terms and Conditions of the Announcement of our website.
Housing Renewal
The building and rooms are assigned depending on the number of university credits applicants have. The more credits they have, the more chances they have to be assigned to the building or room they prefer.
If other person with more credits requests the same room, the room will be assigned to this person.
Waiting List
The criteria of the Commission for the Selection of the University Accommodation Service to organize the waitlist are the same of the list of accepted students.
You can read more information on the Terms and Conditions of the Announcement of our website.
We cannot guarantee that you will get a place in the University Residences, but you have lots of chances to get it.
It is possible that you will not get the place at the beginning of the academic year, but the waiting lists change fast. You can get a place in October, November.
You can check it in he section private area and writing you username and password to access (where you can check your application status). If you are in the waiting list, you will see your position on it.
Application Status
Arrival Date
You can enter from 11th September 2016 at 12:00h. From that day you will be allowed to eat in the dining room of University Residence of Tafira Campus.
If you want to enter before that day, you need to apply for it in the Residence Administration by sending them the application form you find in the section ‘Short accommodation’ of our website).
If you want to enter before, you need to apply for it in the Residence Administration by sending them the application form you find in the section ‘Short Accommodation’ of our website..
The University Residences rooms are supplied with bedding and towels, so besides your possessions you will need:
Apartments in Tafira Campus: personal care products, detergent and liquid fabric softener for the washing machines. Remember that there is no dining service, so you will need to buy food.
Las Palmas University Residence: personal care products, detergent and liquid fabric softener for the washing machines, kitchenware. Remember that there is no dining service, so you will need to buy food.
About the residences