University Grants and Scholarships
We issue grants and scholarships every year worth two and half million euros every year – and that’s not counting our comprehensive programme of additional support and financing.
Grants and Scholarships
Of all the private Spanish educational institutions, the Fundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU is the one which invests the most money in grants and scholarships. As a non-profit foundation, CEU has devoted part of its resources to grants and scholarships for talented students for more than 75 years. We want to support those who have a clear goal and who will work hard to achieve it – stand-out people with a real work ethic.
Pioneers Scholarships
CEU & Santander Scholarships
Financing from Caixabank
Imagin Skills&Education Loan
Financing from Banco Santander
Financing from Banco Sabadell
Seguro escolar (“educational insurance”)
Alumni discounts
Other discounts
Official grants
Financing from Caixabank
Financing from Imagin
Financing from Banco Santander
Financing from Banco Sabadell
Seguro escolar (“educational insurance”)
Seguro escolar (“educational insurance”)
CEU Merit Programme Scholarships
Up to 100 CEU Merit Scholarships are available for new students.
These scholarships represent a reduction in fees for the year of between 75% and 100%. We’ll also tell you whether you’ve been awarded a scholarship before you get your results from the PAU (Spanish university entrance examinations).
This scholarship programme from the Fundación CEU San Pablo (the CEU Cardenal Herrera University’s parent organization) is available for all bachelor’s degree programmes. Its key characteristics are:
- As part of our commitment to supporting students with a real work ethic, a typical award amounts to a 75% reduction of the cost in fees for the academic year, but can be up to 100%, i.e. no cost at all.
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Keep up the hard work and CEU will keep on investing in you: guaranteed.
The CEU Merit Programme scholarships are renewed each academic year, so long as you continue to meet the academic requirements. So, if you keep your average grade at at least the minimum which appears in the scholarship agreement, then you’ll continue to receive it right up to graduation. If you keep it up, there’s no risk, even though the award needs to be renewed each year. This is our promise: if you keep on performing, we’ll keep on helping you. -
Time is in your favour and you’re free to choose.
We’ll let you know if you’ve been awarded a scholarship in early July – this way you’ll still be free to make your choice about your university studies. If we tell you you’ve been awarded a scholarship, then you’ll also know that you have a place at our University and that you can enjoy all the advantages of the CEU Merit Program. And if we tell you that you haven’t got an award, then you will still have time to choose what you want to do: to continue through our admissions process, or, if you prefer, you can ask us to return any fees paid for registration and you can exercise your freedom to choose another university. It’s important to remember that if you cancel your application to study at the university in good time, with a simple email, then the refund of your registration fee is guaranteed. It’s that easy: no further explanation or procedure is required.
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Documentation
Read the terms and conditions of the CEU Merit Program Scholarships, as well as the resulting fees if you are beneficiary
Fees for each year and degree Terms and conditions of the CEU Merit Program ScholarshipsPioneers Scholarship Programme
Ángel Herrera Oria founded the first School of Journalism in Spain in 1926. This made him a pioneer of higher education in communication.
The 2025-26 academic year will be the 40th anniversary of the launch of the first degree programme from the Faculty of Humanities and Communication Sciences at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University in Valencia.
We call it the Pioneers Scholarship Programme and they are pioneering scholarships for four reasons:
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A 7 or more gets you 50%
If you get an average mark of 7 or higher in the first year of your pre-university studies (EQF Level 4, known as Bachillerato in Spain) or the first year of a vocational training course at the same EQF level (Ciclo Formativo de Grado Superior), then you can get a scholarship worth 50% of the cost of an academic year with us. What's more, you'll be notified if you have been awarded a scholarship before May or June, long before you have to decide whether to enrol.
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A high grade in university entrance examinations makes things even better
Once you have a 50% Pioneers Scholarship you may be able to enhance it. If your final grades in pre-university examinations are higher than the required level in the scholarship conditions, you could get the ‘Outstanding’ version of the scholarship. With this enhancement, the cost for a complete academic year on a bachelor's degree programme, even a dual degree programme, will be just 1000 euros.
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Keep your scholarship year on year
Once you have a Pioneers Scholarship, you can keep it for every year of your degree, not just the first year. Depending on the average grade you achieve in your Bachelor's degree (or dual degree) studies and any additional work you do, your scholarship will be of the following types:
- Outstanding: the total cost per year will be just 1000 euros.
- Special: a 75% scholarship, meaning you'll pay just 25% of the cost for the year.
- Support: a 50% scholarship, meaning that you only pay the other 50% of the cost.
- Aid: a 25% scholarship, meaning you'll pay 75% of the cost of an academic year.
If you're in the Pioneers Scholarship Programme, then you'll have the scholarship every year. Can you get the Outstanding version of the scholarship every year? Of course – that means you're a great performer on your degree programme and have an excellent academic record.
Can you go from the Support version one year to the Special version the next? Absolutely. If your academic performance improves, then your scholarship will improve too.
Read the conditions of the Pioneers Scholarships Programme:
Conditions of the Pioneers Scholarships ProgrammeFundación San Pablo CEU Study Grants
The San Pablo CEU University Foundation, which owns the CEU Cardenal Herrera University, as well as the CEU San Pablo University in Madrid and the Abat Oliba CEU University in Barcelona, grants study aids to our students as part of its charitable purposes.
The main characteristics of these grants are as follows:
- They can be applied for by all students at the University (except Gastronomy degree), new students and all other students.
- The amount allocated to each beneficiary may vary depending on the volume and profile of the candidates. In previous years, the average amount of aid to each student who has benefited from these grants has been 1.500 euros.
- The award criteria are mainly based on the student's family income and academic record. For income purposes, the income tax return for the tax year prior to your enrolment at UCH
- One mandatory requirement to is having applied for the Education Ministry Scholarship for the same academic year that you apply for San Pablo CEU Foundation Scholarship.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS COURSE 25-26: The call for applications will be open from 9 of September to 12 October 2025.
Student Assistantships (becas de colaboración)
The Student Assistantships (known as becas de colaboración in Spanish) are a grant programme at the University. The activities the students assistants will undertake are normally related to the competencies required for their degree programme – this means that students will receive both a financial benefit and a boost to their education.
The CEU Cardenal Herrera University offers a comprehensive Student Assistantships programme every year across a range of areas: laboratories, TV and radio studios, the library, cultural activities, international relations, etc. The application process for student assistantships opens in September and awards are made over the course of September and October.
Undergraduate students can apply for the collaboration grant through their Intranet.
Matrícula de Honor Scholarships (awarded for outstanding academic achievement)
The Fundación Universitaria CEU San Pablo awards Matrícula de Honor scholarships to students on any degree who meet the following criteria:
New first-year students:
- Those students who begin their university studies having achieved an average grade of matrícula de honor (the highest possible grade) in Bachillerato (pre-university studies) will be able to undertake the first year of their studies at the University free of charge. This is only applicable to those students who undertook Bachillerato in the academic year prior to admission to the University and who achieved a grade of matrícula de honor for that year. Therefore, it is not applicable for students from other admission pathways, such as transfers, those subject to credit recognition, etc. These Matrícula de Honor Scholarships are also only available to students who have completed Bachillerato within the Spanish education system. Those who have undertaken analogous studies within other education systems are not eligible as there is no direct equivalent of the grade known as matrícula de honor.
During your degree:
- Students who attain a grade of matrícula de honor (the highest possible grade) for a given course will automatically be exempted from the tuition fees corresponding to the equivalent number of ECTS credits for the following academic year. For example, if a CEU UCH student achieves a matrícula de honor grade for a nine-credit course, then he or she will receive a discount corresponding to nine ECTS credits for the following year. If he or she achieves a matrícula de honor grade in several courses, corresponding to 36 ECTS credits, then he or she will receive a discount corresponding to the cost of 36 credits the following year. A complete study-year at the University typically consists of 60 ECTS credits. This kind of Matrícula de Honor Scholarship is available to all enrolled students at the University and it may be linked to other types of scholarships, such as those that form part of the CEU Merit Programme.
Grants from the Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional
CEU Cardenal Herrera students have access to the official scholarships awarded annually by the Ministry of Education, under the same conditions as students from any other Spanish university.
They can also apply for any other type of scholarship offered by public institutions and organisations under the same conditions as students from private universities.
The application period runs from 24 March to May 30th.
Official grants provided by the Valencian regional government, the Generalitat Valenciana.
Students at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University may apply for the grants awarded by the Generalitat Valenciana in the same way as students at any other university in Spain.
If you have in receipt of a grant by Spain’s Ministry of Education, you will not be eligible to receive a grant from the Generalitat Valenciana.
CEU enrolment discounts for those from large families
Students who form part of large families (familia numerosa, as defined in Spanish law) are eligible for the following discounts:
- Large families (general case): 30% discount on the enrolment fee for each academic year.
- Large families (special case): 60% discount on the enrolment fee for each academic year.
Applications must be sent by email to (choose according to your campus): CASTELLÓN: [email protected], ELCHE: [email protected], VALENCIA: [email protected]
Documents required: Copy of the ID card or document certifying that the student belongs to a familia numerosa, together with the following statement: “I hereby declare the truthfulness of the attached documents”.
NAME:
ID no. (DNI/NIE):
SIGNATURE:
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Grants and scholarships provided by CEU and FANUCOVA
Children from families who are FANUCOVA members (the large families’ association in the Valencia region) can benefit from a total of 18 discounted student places, with 25% off tuition fees for each academic year. The study programmes and number of available discounts for each of them is as follows:
- Audiovisual Communication (1 place)
- Journalism (1 place)
- Advertising and Public Relations (1 place)
- Early Years Education (1 place)
- Primary Education (1 place)
- Political Science (2 places)
- Law (2 places)
- Marketing (1 place)
- Business Management (1 place)
- Pharmacy (1 place)
- Dentistry (1 place)
- Nursing (1 place)
- Physiotherapy (1 place)
- Medicine (1 place)
- Veterinary Medicine (1 place)
- Architecture (1 place)
- Industrial Design Engineering and Product Development (2 places)
In addition to these discounted places, CEU UCH offers all FANUCOVA members the first year of these degrees free of charge if the student concerned achieved an average grade of Sobresaliente (“excellent”) during the two years of their Bachillerato studies. Their studies will continue to be free in subsequent years if the students achieve an average grade of Notable (7/10) in the previous academic year, enrolling on a minimum of 60 ECTS credits per year.
Call for application
The call for the applications will be opened since October 14 to October 31st of 2025.
If you require further information regarding these grants, contact the Grant Unit (Unidad de Becas) at the University’s General Secretary’s Office.
Grants from institutions and companies
The ONCE Foundation, in recognition of the importance of facilitating access to higher education, specialization and the difficulties that people with a disability experience in finding employment, has launched a new edition of its grant programme, entitled Oportunidad al Talento (“opportunity for talent”).
This grant programme builds on the ONCE Foundation’s commitment to social inclusion and equal opportunities for people with a disability and its desire to foster a more inclusive educational model.
Líderes con valores Scholarships from Caixa Popular
The aim of the “Líderes con valores” Scholarships from Caixa Popular is to recognize and support university students who stand out as leaders not only for their academic performance, but also for their social commitment. These scholarships form part of the Cátedra de Finanzas, Cooperativismo y Economía Social (“Chair of Finances, Cooperativism and Social Economics”), a joint initiative from Caixa Popular and the Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera.
A great opportunity during your university years
The “Leaders with Values” scholarships are designed for students who, once they have begun their university studies in degrees such as Business Management, Law or Marketing, wish to enhance their academic and professional development, while reinforcing their social vocation.
What do these scholarships offer?
The “Líderes con valores” Scholarships offer a combination of financial support, training and professional experience, providing a significant boost to the beneficiaries’ development path at university:
- Financial aid for student fees.
- Possibility of placements at Caixa Popular, in a real professional environment.
- Participation in a career development programme, focused on leadership, ethics and social commitment.
- Further opportunities for professional development and employability upon completion of the training period, depending on the student's performance.
Stand out for your commitment and social vocation
This programme is aimed at proactive, motivated and socially aware students, who want to play an active role in their university environment and who aspire to make a positive impact on society during their careers.
Students can apply for the scholarship from the Intranet.
These scholarships are supported by:
CEU Athlete Support Programme
A unique programme
The CEU Athlete Support Programme enables students to successfully combine their educational commitments with a career in sport, and it also ensures that these athletes can build another career after their sporting retirement.
CEU's educational expertise and use of the Hyflex teaching method means that we can offer elite athletes the tailor-made and flexible university education they need, wherever they may be, providing personalised support and tutoring.
Key benefits:
- Guidance in the choice of study programme and design of a curriculum tailored to each athlete’s needs, preferences and characteristics.
- Support for the athlete by means of a personal academic tutor, a personal sporting tutor, a mentor, the University Guidance Service, the Careers Service, the Sports Service and the Pastoral Service.
- Lecturers who are already skilled and experienced in the provision of online and hybrid education using HyFlex technology, which has been successfully implemented at our facilities.
- For changes of groups, timetables and exams, in addition to the competition calendar, special training camps, institutional commitments and trips related to sporting activities, training routines and competitive stress will also be taken into account.
- The programme allows flexibility regarding the minimum number of credits which athletes must enrol on.
- Together, the three CEU universities offer more than 150 study programmes, including standard bachelor's degrees, dual degrees and bilingual degrees.
- We are the largest Spanish educational group with more than 80 years' teaching experience.
More advantages:
- Undergraduate scholarship programmes and postgraduate grant programmes.
- Access to CEU Clinics
- Awards for athletic and academic excellence
- Recognition of sporting achievements on the European Diploma Supplement and certification of skills acquired in the form of digital badges from BADGR
Who is it for?
The programme is open to elite athletes, whether amateur or professional, Spanish or foreign, seniors or retired (lifelong learning):
- High-level and high-performance athletes, as defined in Spain as Deportistas de Alto Nivel (DAN) and Deportistas de Alto Rendimiento (DAR)
- Plan ADO or Plan ADOP athletes.
- Athletes who have been selected for a regional or national team
- Athletes who have participated in European Universities Championships, World University Championships or Winter or Summer Universiade.
- Professional athletes
- Retired elite athletes
- Top-level coaches
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Contact:
Phone: +34 96 136 90 00 – Ext. 61026
Email: [email protected]
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Veterinary Student Assistantships at the CEU UCH veterinary hospital
Veterinary student assistantships (becas de veterinarios internos) are offered at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University’s Hospital Clínico Veterinario, for clinical work with large and small animals.
Information and registrationCEU International Placement Scholarships for 5th-year Medicine students
CEU is proud to be the first University in Spain to offer its students scholarships to undertake clinical placements at prestigious hospitals in the United States.
The aim of this initiative is to enhance our students' education and training. The Faculty of Medicine has one of the highest proportions of international students in Europe, and is the first faculty in Spain to offer clinical placements in the USA supported by a scholarship programme.
The scholarship programme provides the funding for students to undertake three five-week clinical rotations as part of the compulsory external practical training component for 6th-year students. The placements will take place at prestigious healthcare institutions in Chicago and New York.
The scholarship includes:
- Funding for three clinical rotations at US hospitals together with a learning plan enabling the training to be formally recognized in Spain – students must undertake a further two rotations on their return to complete the external practical training component for the sixth year of the Medicine degree.
- Liability (required for placements in the USA), and assistance in applying for a visa and looking for accommodation.
CEU & Santander Scholarships
These grants and scholarships aim to support university students to take part in international mobility programmes and entrepren3eurship initiatives. Hundreds of grants are available to those participating in exchange programmes and there are also prizes for those with innovative ideas and business project developed in the university environment.
Discover all the Santander grants and scholarships available to university students on the official website.
Grants offered by CEU in conjunction with town councils
Students resident in the following towns may apply for these grants.
- Moncada: Conditions for the award of grants for Moncada 2024/25 | Deadline for applications: from June 16 to July 4, 2025
- Alfara del Patriarca: Conditions for the award of grants for Alfara del Patriarca 2025/26 | Deadline for applications: 16th june to 3rd july 2024
Grants for victims of terrorism in the Valencia region
The CEU Cardenal Herrera University offers grants covering all fees at the university to victims of terrorism who are members of the association known as the Asociación de Víctimas del Terrorismo de la Comunidad Valenciana, and to their direct descendants. These grants are available for all bachelor’s degree programmes, except the foreign language streams of specific study programmes or those which are partly or wholly taught in English or French.
Scholarships provided by CEU and CONCAPA
The parents’ association Confederación de Padres de Familia y Padres de Alumnos de la Comunidad Valenciana (CONCAPA-CV) and CEU UCH have a specific agreement to offer 50 scholarships. These scholarships enable the recipients to undertake the first year of any degree free of charge, if they have achieved an average grade of at least Sobresaliente (“excellent”) over the two years of their Bachillerato studies. Their studies will continue to be free in subsequent years if they achieve an average grade of Notable (7/10) each year, enrolling on a minimum of 60 ECTS credits per year.
Furthermore, pupils from CONCAPA-associated schools will be guaranteed admission during the ordinary admissions process at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University, if they apply by 31st May of the corresponding year, they meet the legal requirements at the time of enrolment and there are places available. In the case of admission to the Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine, admissions follow the specific admissions process for this programme.
Avance Postgraduate Scholarships
These scholarships aim to reward academic excellence and are available only to those applying for master's degrees or lifelong learning master programmes at the University.
If you are applying for a master's degree, you are eligible for a scholarship if you achieved an average grade of 7 out of 10 in the studies which enable you to apply, or an 8 out of 10 if you are applying for a lifelong learning master programme. A scholarship will provide you with a significant discount on student fees.
Master's degree:
- Discounts on the total fees:
- Average grade between 7 and 7.9: eligible for a reduction of between 30% and 40%.
- Average grade between 8 and 8.9: eligible for a reduction of between 55% and 75%.
- Average grade between 9 and 10: eligible for a reduction of between 80% and 100%.
- These scholarships are limited to 150 postgraduate applicants in total at CEU UCH.
- Scholarship holders must undertake to participate in activities to support the study programme (up to 60 hours over the course of the programme).
- These scholarships may not be available for certain study programmes in a given academic year.
Master programmes for lifelong learning:
- Discounts on the total fees:
- Average grade between 8 and 8.9: eligible for a reduction of between 30% and 40%.
- Average grade between 9 and 10: eligible for a reduction of between 50% and 60%.
- These scholarships are limited to 100 postgraduate applicants in total at CEU UCH.
- Applicants will be judged on the basis of their academic record and a supporting letter.
- Scholarship holders must undertake to participate in activities to support the study programme (up to 60 hours over the course of the programme).
- These scholarships may not be available for certain study programmes in a given academic year.
Please note: Avance Postgraduate Scholarships are subject to an assessment process by an awards committee. These discounts are not accumulable or compatible with other grants or scholarships.
Conditions for Avance Postgraduate ScholarshipsAlumni Discounts
This discount programme seeks to reward the loyalty of students to CEU educational institutions. Special discounts are available to those who have studied at CEU educational institutions and to members of CEU's alumni association, the Agrupación de Antiguos Alumnos. Students on any postgraduate programme at the University are eligible for these discounts.
- 10% discount for those who have studied at CEU schools, at primary, secondary or pre-university (bachillerato) level.
- 15% discount for those who have studied a bachelor's or master's degree at CEU or who are members of CEU's alumni association. This discount increases to 20% for those applying for a master's degree at CEU UCH.
Please note: these discounts are not accumulable or compatible with other grants or scholarships.
Other discounts
These discounts are only applicable to master's degrees and lifelong learning master programmes at the University.
- Discount for the unemployed: 10% discount on the total fees for the programme for those who certify their unemployment status during the enrolment process.
- Discount for those from large families: 10% discount on the total fees for the programme for those who certify this status during the enrolment process by presenting the appropriate official documents (libro de familia or a valid certificate).
- Discount for disabled students: 10% discount on the total fees for the programme for those who certify during the enrolment process that they possess a disability of 33% or higher (according to Spain's rating scale).
Please note: these discounts are not accumulable or compatible with other grants or scholarships.
Official grants
Spain’s Ministry of Education offers a range of grant programmes every year to those on official Master's Degrees programmes.
Students at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University may apply for the grants awarded by Spain’s Ministry of Education, Culture and Science in the same way as students at any other university in Spain.
They can also apply for any other type of grant provided by public institutions and organizations whose conditions enable students at private universities to receive such grants.
Discounts for students from middle-income and low-income countries
These discounts are only applicable to master's degrees and lifelong learning master programmes at the University. Discounts for students from middle-income and low-income countries form part of an initiative to support CEU UCH postgraduate students from these countries by assisting with transport costs.
Amount: €500 discount on the total fees for the programme.
View the list of low-income countries and middle-income countries for this discount.
This discount is not accumulable with other grants, scholarships, or discounts.
Grants offered by CEU in conjunction with town councils
Students resident in the following towns may apply for these grants.
- Alfara del Patriarca: Conditions for the award of grants for Alfara del Patriarca in 2020-2021.
Postgraduate CEU-Santander Grants
The purpose of the CEU-Santander Postgraduate Scholarships that we are launching for our Postgraduate students is to help with the payment of the fees of students enrolled in University Master's Degree programmes and those of the CEU Universities
More informationPart-time Collaboration Internships
Do you want to collaborate with us? If you are a first-year CEU international student, you want to learn new skills and share all your creativity and experience with our community, these scholarships may interest you!
Each year, our university offers a number of collaboration scholarships for international students enrolled in the first year of one of our degrees. With them, you will have the opportunity to collaborate in various services of the university: International Services, Campus Life, Sports... you will surely find one in which you would like contribute all your talent and help us make your CEU experience more visible!
CEU Merit International Program Grants
At University CEU Cardenal Herrera, we want to ensure that our international students receive the necessary financial support to carry out their studies with us. Therefore, the San Pablo CEU University Foundation has launched the CEU Merit International Program, with grants that can reduce the academic fees by up to 100% for your degree.
The conditions are:
- Having an average grade of 7 points in first year of baccalaureate or equivalent (penultimate year of university access preparation)
- Fulfilling the basic requirements of the program’s bases
- Having carried out the necessary procedures for admission to one of the degrees detailed in the terms and conditions
Financing from Caixabank
The CEU Cardenal Herrera University has arranged credit services with a range of banks, for the benefit of its students, graduates and staff members.
Review the conditions of the different financing options and choose the one which best suits your needs.
Imagin Skills&Education Loan
Do you want to continue your education and need financial support? The Imagin Skills&Education Loan helps you finance university studies, master’s degrees, technical training or specialized courses — with flexible terms: up to €30,000, up to 8 years to repay, and no opening or early repayment fees.
Financing from Banco Santander
The CEU Cardenal Herrera University has arranged credit services with a range of banks, for the benefit of its students, graduates and staff members.
Review the conditions of the different financing options and choose the one which best suits your needs.
Financing from Banco Sabadell
Financing available exclusively to CEU students.
Oferta financiera Banc Sabadell
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Study Continuity Insurance
CEU Cardenal Herrera University offers its undergraduate students study continuity insurance, designed to provide stability in particularly difficult personal situations.
This insurance ensures that, in the event of the death of a parent or legal guardian during the academic year, the student can continue their education without this circumstance affecting their academic progress.
In this way, the University reinforces its commitment to supporting students, ensuring they can complete their studies in a stable and supportive environment.
Student Insurance for Students Over 28
The University provides its own insurance coverage for students over the age of 28, who are not eligible for the mandatory student insurance scheme. This insurance covers accidents that may occur during academic activities.
Student Insurance
The University ensures that its students are covered against potential incidents during their academic journey through the student insurance scheme.
This protection system, regulated at a national level, provides assistance in situations such as accidents related to academic activities, illness, or unforeseen personal circumstances.
Student insurance is part of the University's support framework and helps students pursue their studies with confidence and peace of mind.
In cases where this coverage does not apply, the University requires students to have alternative health and accident insurance.
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