ESN Madrid UPM is the way to meet new friends, discover new cultures and explore new places. Wether you are an international student or a local one, ESN is the place for you! Here’s a quick checklist to get started:
Join our Facebook and WhatsApp groups
This is where we’ll post all of our events to make sure you don’t miss a thing. You can also use our page to help each other out when searching for accommodation or to buy and sell your second hand items!
For daily conversation with other erasmus, quick communications and reminders of activities, we will link also here all of our events!
Come to the events of our Welcome Week
In the first days of September 2021, with the start of the new semester, loads of international students will come to UPM to experience Erasmus life, and there isn’t a better way to start it than a Welcome Week to meet them all! More information coming soon!
This year welcome week will include (days to be announced):
- Several Madrid City Tours (in small groups)
- Different hikings around Sierra de Guadarrama
- Running team which can meet weekly afterwards.
- Cultural visits. Guides and info on recommended spots, history and food you cannot miss is provided by us, you go and take the pictures!
- Visits to museums
- Picnics in the great parks of Madrid
- Parties and other festive events if the COVID situation allows for it
Last semester, the schedule was something like this:
- Monday: Madrid City Tour
- Tuesday: Museo del Prado
- Wednesday: Sports Day
- Thursday: Jueves de Tapas
- Friday: Welcome Party (with ESN Madrid)
- Sunday: Day Trip to Alcalá de Henares (World Heritage site)
Get used to Madrid public transport system
Reminder: it is mandatory to wear a mask (surgical or FPP2 (recommended), without a valve) inside public transport and at stations.
- Get your public transport card. If you’re under 26, it’s 20€ a month for all Metro, Cercanias trains and urban buses, including buses to Toledo or Guadalajara. You can order it online or ask for an appointment to get it immediately in this LINK (in spanish). The card costs 4€.
- In a few weeks you will know the metro system by heart. But until then, here’s a map: MAP. Definitely the best way to get around in Madrid.
- If you need to travel a bit further, cercanías trains reach all the Madrid region: MAP. The service is not the best, and delays are frequent. You can download the official app here: Android / iOS
- Urban buses can be useful sometimes, they reach every corner of the city. They are run by the public company EMT, which has a useful interactive MAP and an APP you can use to check arrival times, save favourite stops and is quite precise.
- BiciMAD is the public bike-sharing platform of Madrid. You can pair it with your public transport card for a very cheap price. However, if you come from a more bike-friendly city, don’t expect Madrid drivers to be as gentle here. Bike lines map. Website.
- Floating transport: Madrid has a decent amount of shared electric scooters, motorbikes and electric cars from a lot of companies for shared use. Download their apps and use them right away!
- As you can see, the public transport options are plenty, making the choice of the optimal route a complex problem. Google maps, or apps like Citymapper or Moovit know all the options better than us!
- More info to be added soon.
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