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University in Málaga

What you can study in Málaga without moving away, and who to ask.

Where to study

Universidad de Málaga
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Universidad de Málaga

Public university

The city's public university. Almost all its faculties are on the Teatinos campus, to the north-west; the El Ejido campus, next to the historic centre, houses Architecture, Fine Arts and Economics, and the Rectorate building is on Avenida de Cervantes.

Pre-enrolment isn't done at the university but through the Distrito Único Andaluz, the shared system of Andalusia's public universities. Pre-enrolment phone numbers: 951 95 26 55 for undergraduate degrees and 951 95 33 60 for master's degrees.

See everything Universidad de Málaga offers ↗
Where it is
Pabellón de Gobierno y Paraninfo, Campus de Teatinos, 29071 Málaga

On the map: 1 Campus de Teatinos · 2 Pabellón de Gobierno y Paraninfo · 3 Campus de El Ejido · 4 Edificio del Rectorado

Call Their website ↗ Get directions or in OpenStreetMap
Universidad Internacional de Andalucía · sede de Málaga
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Universidad Internacional de Andalucía · sede de Málaga

Universidad Internacional de Andalucía

Public university, postgraduate only

A public university that only offers postgraduate studies: master's degrees, expert courses and specialisation diplomas, plus summer courses. It's in the centre, in two buildings.

It doesn't offer undergraduate degrees. If you're looking to start a degree from scratch, this isn't the way in.

See everything Universidad Internacional de Andalucía offers ↗
Where it is
Avenida Manuel Agustín Heredia, 1, entrada por el Muelle de Cánovas (edificio Puerto), y Plaza de la Legión Española, 1 (edificio Mena), 29001 Málaga

On the map: 5 UNIA, edificio Puerto

Call Their website ↗ Get directions or in OpenStreetMap
UNED Málaga
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UNED Málaga

Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

Associated centre

UNED associated centre. Any UNED degree can be studied from here, because teaching is by distance learning; what varies from one to another is whether there are also in-person tutorials at the centre. It also has classrooms in Marbella and Ronda.

From here you can study any UNED degree. What changes from one to another is whether it also has in-person tutoring at the center.

See everything Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia offers ↗
Where it is
C/ Sherlock Holmes, 4, Málaga

On the map: 6 UNED, calle Sherlock Holmes

22 subjects with in-person tutorials this semester

The timetable of the Málaga centre, day by day, with who teaches it and whether it's taught from another centre.

See the tutorial timetable
Call Their website ↗ info.estudiantes@malaga.uned.es Get directions or in OpenStreetMap

Universidad Europea de Andalucía

Private university

A private university, recognised by Law 4/2024 of the Andalusian Parliament. It started teaching in the 2025/2026 academic year on a campus in Teatinos. It has three schools: Social Sciences, Biomedical and Sports Sciences, and the Polytechnic School.

Admission is through its own process, not through the Distrito Único Andaluz.

See everything Universidad Europea de Andalucía offers ↗
Where it is
C/ Eolo, 10, 29010 Málaga (Teatinos, junto a la parada de metro Universidad)

On the map: 7 Campus de la Universidad Europea

Call Their website ↗ Get directions or in OpenStreetMap

UAX Mare Nostrum

Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio Mare Nostrum

Private university

An Andalusian private university recognised by Law 3/2024. It shares its brand and group with Alfonso X el Sabio in Madrid, but is a separate university. It opened in the 2025/2026 academic year with three areas: health and sport, business and technology, and art and design.

Admission is through its own process, not through the Distrito Único Andaluz.

See everything Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio Mare Nostrum offers ↗
Where it is
Camino de la Térmica, 90, Málaga (junto al paseo marítimo de Poniente)

On the map: 8 Campus de UAX Mare Nostrum

Call Their website ↗ Get directions or in OpenStreetMap

UTAMED

Universidad Tecnológica Atlántico-Mediterráneo

Private university, distance learning

An Andalusian private university that is entirely distance learning, recognised by Law 11/2023 and running since October 2025. Its headquarters is in the Málaga TechPark, and it has a public base, Ágora UTAMED, on Calle Bolsa in the centre.

All its teaching is online.

See everything Universidad Tecnológica Atlántico-Mediterráneo offers ↗
Where it is
Málaga TechPark, C/ Marie Curie, 1, 29590 Campanillas (Málaga)
Call Their website ↗ info@utamed.es Get directions or in OpenStreetMap

EADE

University of Wales Trinity Saint David · centro afiliado

Private university centre

It isn't a university: it's a centre affiliated to the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, which awards its British degrees, and it is also authorised by the Junta to teach higher arts education in Design, which are official Spanish qualifications equivalent to a degree.

It's worth knowing which qualification you get in each case: the degrees are British, except Design, which is Spanish higher arts education equivalent to a degree.

See everything University of Wales Trinity Saint David · centro afiliado offers ↗
Where it is
C/ Miguel Sel Gómez de la Cruz, 2, 29018 Málaga (Pedregalejo)
Call Their website ↗ info@eade.es Get directions or in OpenStreetMap

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, with their author and licence.

The campuses on the map

1. Campus de Teatinos · Universidad de Málaga1 2. Pabellón de Gobierno y Paraninfo · Universidad de Málaga2 3. Campus de El Ejido · Universidad de Málaga3 4. Edificio del Rectorado · Universidad de Málaga4 5. UNIA, edificio Puerto · Universidad Internacional de Andalucía · sede de Málaga5 6. UNED, calle Sherlock Holmes · UNED Málaga6 7. Campus de la Universidad Europea · Universidad Europea de Andalucía7 8. Campus de UAX Mare Nostrum · UAX Mare Nostrum8 9. Higher music conservatoire · Conservatorio Superior de Música de Málaga9 10. Higher dance conservatoire · Conservatorio Superior de Danza «Ángel Pericet»10 11. Higher school of drama · Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Málaga11 12. Escuela de Arte San Telmo · Escuela de Arte y Superior de Diseño San Telmo12 13. Official Language School · Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Málaga13 14. ESAEM · Escuela Superior de Artes Escénicas de Málaga14 15. ELCAMM · Escuela de Música Moderna15

Tap a point to view it in the list. Map © OpenStreetMap

  1. Campus de Teatinos

    Universidad de Málaga

    Faculties of Science, Communication, Education, Health Sciences, Law, Social and Labour Studies, Arts and Humanities, Marketing and Management, Medicine, Psychology and Speech Therapy, and Tourism; schools of Telecommunications, Computing and Industrial Engineering; the main library.

    Bulevar Louis Pasteur, Campus de Teatinos, Málaga

    Get directions or in Google Maps

  2. Pabellón de Gobierno y Paraninfo

    Universidad de Málaga

    University governance and the Paraninfo (main hall).

    Campus de Teatinos, 29071 Málaga

    Get directions or in Google Maps

  3. Campus de El Ejido

    Universidad de Málaga

    School of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts and Faculty of Economics and Business.

    Plaza de El Ejido, 29013 Málaga

    Campus de El Ejido
    Photo: Gvillalobos, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
    Get directions or in Google Maps

  4. Edificio del Rectorado

    Universidad de Málaga

    Rectorate.

    Avenida de Cervantes, 2, 29071 Málaga

    Edificio del Rectorado
    Photo: Diego Delso, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
    Get directions or in Google Maps

  5. UNIA, edificio Puerto

    Universidad Internacional de Andalucía · sede de Málaga

    UNIA's Málaga site.

    Avenida Manuel Agustín Heredia, 1, 29001 Málaga

    Get directions or in Google Maps

  6. UNED, calle Sherlock Holmes

    UNED Málaga

    Tutorials, exams, library and admissions office.

    C/ Sherlock Holmes, 4, Málaga

    Get directions or in Google Maps

  7. Campus de la Universidad Europea

    Universidad Europea de Andalucía

    Social Sciences, Biomedical and Sports Sciences, and the Polytechnic School.

    C/ Eolo, 10, 29010 Málaga

    Get directions or in Google Maps

  8. Campus de UAX Mare Nostrum

    UAX Mare Nostrum

    Its on-site degrees.

    Camino de la Térmica, 90, Málaga

    Get directions or in Google Maps

  9. Higher music conservatoire

    Conservatorio Superior de Música de Málaga

    Higher music education.

    Plaza del Maestro Artola, 2, 29013 Málaga

    Get directions or in Google Maps

  10. Higher dance conservatoire

    Conservatorio Superior de Danza «Ángel Pericet»

    Higher dance education.

    C/ Cerrojo, 5, 29007 Málaga

    Get directions or in Google Maps

  11. Higher school of drama

    Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Málaga

    Higher drama education.

    C/ Béla Bártok, 2, Málaga

    Get directions or in Google Maps

  12. Escuela de Arte San Telmo

    Escuela de Arte y Superior de Diseño San Telmo

    Higher design, vocational courses and arts Bachillerato.

    Calle El Ejido, 3, 29013 Málaga

    Get directions or in Google Maps

  13. Official Language School

    Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Málaga

    Language classes.

    Paseo de Martiricos, 26, 29009 Málaga

    Get directions or in Google Maps

  14. ESAEM

    ESAEM · Escuela Superior de Artes Escénicas de Málaga

    Higher drama, dance and Bachillerato.

    C/ Manuel Altolaguirre, 15, Málaga

    Get directions or in Google Maps

  15. ELCAMM

    ELCAMM · Escuela de Música Moderna

    Higher music.

    C/ Flauta Mágica, 28 y 30, Málaga

    Get directions or in Google Maps

The points come from OpenStreetMap.

University events

Everything that's on
Nov 4 Wed
Talks

Journalism, Power and Democracy · Ágora UTAMED

17:00 · Ágora UTAMED · Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía, edificio Premier, calle Marie Curie, 1

Conversation between journalist Pedro J. Ramírez and Manolo Castillo on the role of the media in democracy, journalistic independence and disinformation. Limited in-person places with registration; it can also be followed live online.

Nov 5 Thu
Talks

From TV star to bestselling author · Ágora UTAMED

18:00 · Ágora UTAMED, Calle Marie Curie, 1 (Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía), Campanillas, 29590 Málaga

Christian Gálvez reviews his career in television and as a writer of historical popular science, in conversation with Adolfo Arjona. Prior registration required; also available via streaming.

University news

Academic calendar

When classes, exams and holidays start at each university, on its official page; each university approves its own dates.

Other higher education

Music, art, design and languages: centres in Málaga that aren't the university.

Higher conservatoire

Conservatorio Superior de Danza «Ángel Pericet»

The only centre in Andalusia offering higher dance studies, with a qualification equivalent to a degree.

Entry is by a specific admission test; it doesn't go through the university Distrito Único.

C/ Cerrojo, 5, 29007 Málaga

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Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Málaga
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Higher arts education

Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Málaga

Public school of higher drama education, with a qualification equivalent to a degree. It's in Teatinos.

Entry is by a specific admission test; it doesn't go through the university Distrito Único.

C/ Béla Bártok, 2, Málaga

info@esadmalaga.com
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Higher arts education

Escuela de Arte y Superior de Diseño San Telmo

Public school offering the higher qualification in Design, equivalent to a degree, in Graphic, Interior and Fashion Design; plus visual arts vocational courses and the arts Bachillerato.

Entry to Design is by a specific admission test.

Calle El Ejido, 3, 29013 Málaga

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Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Málaga
Photo: Daniel Capilla, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Official Language School

Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Málaga

Public language school, with in-person, blended and independent study, and the official level certification exams.

Paseo de Martiricos, 26, 29009 Málaga

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Authorised private centre

ESAEM · Escuela Superior de Artes Escénicas de Málaga

A private centre authorised by the Junta for higher drama education. It also has a professional dance conservatoire and a performing arts Bachillerato.

C/ Manuel Altolaguirre, 15, Málaga

Call Their website ↗
Authorised private centre

ELCAMM · Escuela de Música Moderna

A private centre authorised by the Junta for higher music education, which it has offered since the 2024/2025 academic year. In the Junta's directory it appears as «La Convergente».

C/ Flauta Mágica, 28 y 30, Málaga

Call Their website ↗ What you can study ↗

Coming to study from outside?

What isn't in any enrollment guide and gets asked every year.

How to get to Málaga

Málaga is very well connected, and best of all, the airport, the train station and the bus station are practically next to each other. The same local train links all three with the centre.

  • By train, to María Zambrano station, where the high-speed trains arrive and both local train lines start: the Fuengirola line and the Álora line.
  • By plane, to Málaga-Costa del Sol airport. It has a local train station INSIDE: the Fuengirola line stops at the airport and at María Zambrano, so you can connect plane and train without a taxi.
  • There's also an express bus between the airport and the centre, and direct buses to Marbella, Estepona, Nerja and Alhaurín de la Torre.
  • The bus station is on Paseo de los Tilos, next to María Zambrano.
How to get to the airport by train ↗ Málaga local trains (Cercanías) ↗ Málaga Bus Station ↗

Where to live

The UMA has its own Accommodation Service and it's free, both for people looking and for people letting. It offers four different things, and it's worth knowing that hall of residence places can't be applied for whenever you like: they're offered through a call for applications once a year, in spring.

  • Its own hall of residence: the Alberto Jiménez Fraud, with two- and three-bedroom flats sharing a bathroom, living room and kitchen. Family income, distance from home and academic record are taken into account.
  • Partner halls of residence: private ones with an agreement with the UMA. The university also offers subsidised places in them.
  • Housing listings: whole flats, single rooms and rooms with a family, sorted by area.
  • And homesharing with older people: you live in an older person's home in exchange for company and small tasks.
  • We don't give prices here: they change every year and there are extra charges, such as electricity and water, split between flatmates. Check the current year's call for applications.
UMA Accommodation Service ↗ The Alberto Jiménez Fraud hall of residence ↗ Rental housing listings ↗ Rentals on the InforMálaga classifieds

Getting around Málaga

There are three networks: city buses, the metro and local trains. And one card, the Transport Consortium card, which works on all three and lets you change between them. There are discounts for young people.

  • The Consortium's Youth Card is for under-30s and works on city and metropolitan buses, the metro, the tram and both local train lines, with transfers between them. It's the most complete option if you're coming from elsewhere.
  • The EMT Youth Card, the City Council's one, is available from 16 to 30, but the bus discount only applies up to and including age 25.
  • For the second one, studying at a centre in the city of Málaga is enough: you don't need to be registered as a resident.
  • CAREFUL: the EMT «Student Card» is NOT for university students. It's for ages 3 to 15. If you go for it, you'll queue for nothing.
  • We don't give fares: the current discounts include a state subsidy with an end date. Check the current ones.
Transport Consortium Youth Card ↗ EMT Youth Card ↗ Málaga Metro: tickets and fares ↗

Seeing a doctor

It depends on whether you're staying to live here or only coming for the academic year. Both options are fine and both are covered by the Servicio Andaluz de Salud, which specifically mentions people coming to study in Andalusia.

  • If you keep your home region's health card you count as a temporary visitor: for a one-off or urgent matter, just go to the health centre with that card and your ID.
  • If you'll need a doctor several times during the year, ask to be assigned a GP and health centre here, at the one nearest to where you live.
  • If you register on the census and become a resident, you can apply for the Andalusian health card. The first time you have to go to the health centre in person.
  • With any public health system card you can collect your medicines in a different region from the one that prescribed them.
If you come from another region: temporary stay ↗ The Andalusian health card ↗ Health centres and A&E in Málaga

Registering on the census (padrón): you need it for the doctor and for your ID

Málaga is on the mainland, so there is NO resident discount on flights or ferries HERE: that only exists on the islands and in the autonomous cities. But the padrón is useful for other things you will need.

  • It's the requirement for the Andalusian health card: they ask for a census registration certificate. Without the padrón you can only use the temporary visitor route.
  • You need it for ID card, passport and driving licence procedures, and for municipal grants and services.
  • It's one of the three routes to the EMT Youth Card, although studying in the city of Málaga also counts.
  • And it's a legal obligation: anyone who normally lives in Málaga must register here.
  • It's done at a citizen service office, by appointment, or entirely online if you have a digital certificate.
The padrón, at Málaga City Council ↗

Procedures: what needs to be done and in what order

There are no dates or prices here on purpose: they change every year and only the university's own ones are valid. What is here is the process and where to do each thing.

Pre-enrollment: applying for a place

It's the first step and the one most people confuse with enrolment. Pre-enrolling means APPLYING for a place; enrolling means accepting it and paying for it. In Andalusia you don't apply university by university: you make ONE single application for the nine Andalusian public universities, through the Distrito Único Andaluz.

When: There are three phases: the one for international applicants in early spring, the ordinary one after the university entrance exams, and the extraordinary one at the end of the summer, with the places left over. The ordinary phase is the main one.

  • You apply for several degrees in order of preference, not just one. The Distrito Único itself recommends applying for many: the cut-off mark may rise compared with last year.
  • It's submitted online, in a single application for all the degrees you're interested in.
  • Several rounds of placement come out one after another: if you don't get in on the first one, you may get in on the next.
  • After each round of allocations you have to log back in and reserve the place or stay on the waiting list. If you do nothing, you lose it.
  • Once you've been allocated a place, you move on to enrolment, which is done at the UMA.
Distrito Único Andaluz Undergraduate pre-enrolment at the UMA
Cut-off grades

The cut-off mark isn't a pass mark or a fixed requirement: it's the mark of the LAST person who got into that degree at that centre last year. It depends on how many places there were and how many people applied, so it's a guide, not a reason to rule yourself out.

When: Check them before pre-enrolling, to put your choices in the right order. This year's aren't known until the whole process is over, in the autumn.

  • You can look them up in the Distrito Único's official search tool, filtering by Málaga and by degree.
  • It's worth comparing several years in a row, not just the last one.
  • In your application, include degrees both above and below your mark, not just the ones that match it.
  • Having a higher mark than last year's does NOT guarantee a place: the official website says so itself.
Cut-off marks from previous years, official search tool
Enrollment

It means accepting the place, choosing your subjects and paying. It's done online, through what the UMA calls self-enrolment. Each student has an assigned day and time, and you can't get in earlier.

When: Right after you're allocated a place, in the summer and early autumn. The deadline is short: missing it means losing the place.

  • Wait until you're allocated a place and given your enrolment day.
  • Get your UMA PIN, the code the university gives to people coming through pre-enrolment.
  • Read the year's enrolment guide, which the UMA publishes on that same page.
  • Log into self-enrolment, choose your subjects and payment method, and keep the receipt.
  • Take the documents the guide asks for to your faculty's admissions office.
Undergraduate enrolment at the UMA Undergraduate self-enrolment
Grants

They're two different things and it's best not to mix them up: the Ministry's general grant, which is the main one, covers tuition and can include help with living away from home; and the UMA's own grants, which are smaller and for specific situations.

When: The Ministry's opens BEFORE enrolment, in late spring, and closes in early autumn. You can apply even if you don't know your degree yet and aren't enrolled.

  • Check the financial and academic requirements on the Ministry's website.
  • Apply online before the deadline, even if you don't have a place yet.
  • When you enrol, state in self-enrolment that you've applied for it.
  • Check the UMA's and the Junta's own calls separately: they have their own deadlines.
Ministry general grant: types and requirements How and when to apply University of Málaga's own grants
Your degree certificate and transcripts

Finishing your degree doesn't give you the certificate automatically: you have to apply for it and pay a fee. While the physical certificate arrives, which takes a while, you can request a provisional certificate that is equally valid for jobs or public-sector exams. Separately there's the European Diploma Supplement, which explains what you studied in the common European format and is mainly useful for going abroad.

When: As soon as all your subjects are passed and your record is closed.

  • Apply at the admissions office of the faculty where you finished your studies.
  • If you need it sooner, also request the provisional certificate: it isn't issued automatically, you have to ask for it.
  • The certificate is collected IN PERSON at that same faculty, with your ID. You can authorise someone else using the official form.
  • If you live in another city, they can send it to a Government Delegation or Sub-delegation office, or to a consulate. They don't send it to private addresses.
Issuing of official degree certificates European Diploma Supplement

Enrollment deadlines, cut-off grades and each year's course offerings change every year and only the university's own ones are valid. Here are the links and phone numbers to reach them; check everything else on their website before deciding anything.