Enrolment

Complementary insurance

Complementary insurance (studies and placements in Spain)

The university offers complementary insurance cover for accidents and travel assistance, addressed to all students enrolled at the UAB. The complementary insurance policy can be taken out when enrolling. It will cover you for the academic year in which it is taken out.

Coverage

The period of insurance cover is the academic year under way when the insurance is taken out. (See the Zurich certificate). The cover is worldwide in scope, 24 hours a day, for both study- and non-study-related activities, including holidays, both on and off campus.

A) Covers and sums insured in the event of accidents:

  • Death (€28,000)
  • Complete permanent invalidity (€46,000)
  • Medical costs at partner centres (unlimited)
  • Medical costs at other centres (up to €6,000)

B) Travel insurance covers:
For journeys outside Spain, including illness and accidents:

  • Medical costs for illness or accident: €6,000
  • Medical transport to place of habitual residence (included)
  • Travel expenses for a relative in the event of hospitalisation (included)
  • Subsistence expenses for bedside visit: €50 per day, max. 3 days
  • Repatriation in the event of death (unlimited)
  • Accompanying mortal remains (included)
  • Subsistence expenses for person accompanying the remains: €50 per day, max. 3 days
  • Costs of sending the deceased's belongings: €600

C) Civil liability:

  • Civil liability, placement students: €350,000
  • Private civil liability: €350,000
Franchises

Civil liability, placement students
Spain: €150
USA and Canada: €1000
Rest of the world: €300

Private civil liability
Spain: €150
USA and Canada: €1000
Rest of the world: €300

See the conditions and the Zurich claim management protocol.

The accident statement must be signed by the insured person and also signed and stamped by the Gestió Acadèmica (Academic Management) of his/her faculty or by the Ómnibus company.

Fee: €4.48

Complementary mobility insurance (studies and placements abroad)

If you are thinking of joining an exchange programme this academic year, or doing a placement abroad lasting over three months, you need to take out complementary mobility insurance. This is travel insurance that covers medical expenses for illness or accident. It will cover you for the academic year in which it is taken out. (See the Zurich certificate).

The covers are the same as those of the mobility insurance.

The accident statement must be signed by the insured person and also signed and stamped by the Gestió Acadèmica (Academic Management) of his/her faculty or by the Ómnibus company.

Fee: €8.06

Extension of the term period up to 31 December

If you are enrolled on your final year and you have a placement or other stay outside the university that stretches beyond the end of the academic year, you should take out an extension to your insurance by modifying your last enrolment. The extension only remains in force up to 31 December of that year.

What to do in the event of an accident or illness.
Contact the following, as soon as possible, on the helplines detailed on the certificate of insurance: Zurich (for the complementary insurance and for the complementary mobility insurance valid up to 31 December 2023 in the case of students who purchased it during the 2021-22 academic year).

Fee: €4.48

Zurich (if you have the complementary insurance):
The following telephone numbers can be used for any matters related to the protocol of the Zurich insurance company:

Office hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
93 367 18 43
93 367 18 44

In the event of an accident in Spain:
Telephone number: 902 194 588

In the event of an accident or illness abroad:
Telephone number if calling from Spain: 902 194 588
Telephone number from abroad +34 93 267 10 55

Related documents

Zurich (complementary insurance):

Zurich (for the complementary mobility insurance) (valid up to 31 December 2024 only in the case of having purchased the insurance extension for academic year 2023/2024):