Universitat Jaume I - UJI - Castello

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    Accommodation in Castelló

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    The "Campus" University Residence

    The "Campus" Residence University was officially opened in September 2002. It is open all year round and offers 250 individual rooms for students at Universitat Jaume I (UJI). This option is more suitable for students who are going to stay for the whole academic year, although rooms can also be booked for a semester. The residence is on the University campus, behind the Library and the Sports Pavilion. The Campus is a 10-minute bus ride away from the town centre..

    Prices for the 2010/2011 academic year

    You have a choice of three types of accommodation (VAT included):

    • Option A, only accommodation:  303,20 €/month + IVA (does not include electricity and water bills)
      Deposit 606,40€.
    • Option B, half board: 445,70 €/month + IVA (includes breakfast and lunch from Monday to Friday and water bills) Deposit 891,40 €. The meal service is in any of the cafeterias on campus. 

    Minimum stay period is 9 months 

    Extras

    The residence rents out blankets and sheets.

    If you wish to have a phone line: 40,45€ + IVA

    If you wish to have internet connection: 64,02€ +IVA

    Booking

    We recommend you book your room as early as possible to ensure you get one. This can be done by simply sending an e-mail.

    The booking fee is 210 € and this is taken as being part of the deposit.

    Deposit

    Once accepted, the student has to pay the following deposit:

    • Option A – 606,40 euros

    • Option B – 891,40 euros

    You can deduct the booking fee if paid. It will be refunded when your leasing agreement ends and you leave the university residence, providing that the room is left in good condition.

    Method of payment

    The booking fee and deposit have to be paid in advance by bank transfer and with the later sending by fax or e-mail.

    Facilities in the residence

    Each room has a complete bathroom with shower, wardrobe, study table, chair, bed, kitchen with electric cooker, fridge and microwave oven, as well as hot and cold air conditioning. All exteriors. The phone and Internet connection is optional, the high cost of the telephone line is 40,45 € + IVA and the Internet is 62,02 € + IVA for the entire course. Common facilities: Dining room, TV room with video and cable television, study rooms, computer room, gym and laundry. Cultural and sporting activities. Janitor and controller.

    Further information about the facilities in the residence can be found on the building company's website at http://www.residenciascampus.com/

    "Campus" University Residence
    Campus del Riu Sec
    Universitat Jaume I
    12006 Castelló de la Plana
    Tel. +34 964 730830 / +34 964 730829
    Fax +34 964 730 067
    castellon@residenciascampus.com

    Other residences

    Below we offer a complete list of temporary and permanent residences in http://www.uji.es/infoest/monuji/residen.html 

    Domus María Residence is an old convent in the centre of town. There are single and double bedrooms with a sink, and the bathroom is shared. It has a dining room and laundry. It has a familiar atmosphere for a reasonable price. Approximate price for full board is 450 € a month in a single room 

    Domus María
    C/ Bisbe Climent, 24
    12001 Castelló de la Plana
    Tel: +34 964 223041 

    Accommodation in a private flat

    INFOCAMPUS at Universitat Jaume I offer information about flats or rooms to let, flat-sharing and residences through the Accommodation Directory (Borsa d'Allotjament). This service is a data base responsible for gathering all the addresses of flats available to students. Such information is freely available to any student who may require accommodation while studying at UJI. Under no circumstances, however, do they act as accommodation or estate agencies.

    If you decide to rent a flat, there are three possibilities open to you:

    • Flats shared with other exchange students.
    • Flats shared with Spanish students.
    • Rent a flat.

    We recommend you look for a flat once you are in Castelló. Meanwhile, you can find temporary accommodation in a residence or boarding house.

    Prices of shared flats are usually around 150 € per person per month. The average price of a three-bedroom flat is about 500 €/month. This does not include the price of electricity and water, which comes to be about 50 € per person per month.

    The owners usually ask for a month's rent in advance plus another month as a deposit, which they will return when the leasing agreement ends, provided that the flat is left in good condition. If any serious damage has been done, or if you leave the flat a long time before the agreement ends, the owner will be entitled to keep all the deposit.

    Flats usually have kitchen utensils and blankets. We recommend you bring sheets in case the flat does not provide them.

    Further information can be found in the Accommodation Directory (Bolsa de Vivienda / Borsa d'Allotjament ) at INFOCAMPUS or contact us via email at: habitatge@uji.es

    You can find us in FACEBOOK like “Intercanvia’t Ocie” and meet other students who are looking for flats or offering them. There is a facebook group called: Intercanviat OCIE: pisos, habitaciones y apartamentos that you can join and see the messages posted offering rooms to share.

    We also know of one web site to exchange and look for flats:

    Ragooh, http://www.ragooh.com/ Find your best flat!

    Family programme 

    It arranges accommodation in families for exchange students during their stay. Living with a Spanish family is a unique cultural experience. We have found several families willing to host a student during a semester. It is absolutely necessary to contact OCIE, incoming@uji.es well before the arrival of the student so that a good match of family and student is done. The price of accommodation and half-board is 430 Euros per month, approx.

    incoming@uji.es

    http://www.uji.es/CA/serveis/otci/incoming/family-e.html

    Temporary accommodation

    We recommend to stay in a pension, in a hotel or in the Residence Domus Mariae during the first days while searching for a flat to share or rent. The student must contact the residence or hotel directly and book a room as soon as he knows the date of the arrival in Castelló. We recommend booking as soon as possible. In the following links are information on the prices of hotels and pensions available.

    http://www.uji.es/serveis/otci/prog/hotel.thtml
    http://www.comunitatvalenciana.com/alojamiento/plantilla_alojamiento.htm

    Social work programme “Pisos solidaris”

    This is a social initiative that gives you free accommodation if you work an amount of hours per week helping people in unfavourable social situation. The objective of this programme is the transmission of solidarity values and the social integration.

    http://www.uji.es/CA/serveis/raco/asol/pisos.thtml

    Living with the Elderly “Viure i Conviure” Programme

    This programme is for living with elderly citizens. It is a different way of accommodation that tries to solve the problem of the lonely old people, and to reduce the students’ high expenses.

    http://www.uji.es/serveis/raco/activi/viure.thtml

    Public Flat renting Company , Agencia Valenciana de Alquiler

    Universitat Jaume I and the Agencia Valenciana de Alquiler (IVVSA) (Real Estate Company for renting flats) provide information and help with renting a flat for a year or more. It is possible to receive a financial aid in case of very low income.

    http://www.agenciaalquiler.com/

    http://www.uji.es/infoest/imon/avlcs.thtml

    torner@sg.uji.es

    Data de modificació: 10/05/2010

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    Universitat Jaume I CIF: Q-6250003-H Av. de Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n 12071 Castelló de la Plana, Espanya Tel.: +34 964 72 80 00 Fax: +34 964 72 90 16