If you are a citizen of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland or the United Kingdom, you only need your European Health Insurance Card, although you can also get private insurance. Click here to request your card.

The European Health Insurance Card is not an alternative to travel insurance. It does not cover private health care, nor does it cover costs incurred in certain circumstances such as repatriation, certain surgical interventions, return flights to your home country or the loss or theft of your belongings. We therefore recommend that students also take out a supplementary insurance policy (see information on “private health insurance”).

Supplementary insurance policies cover such things as hospitalization in the event of an accident, including medical transfer to Spain, or travel and accommodation for family members, etc.

Before visiting doctors and hospitals, check whether they are part of the public health system and accept the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). You will find a list of public hospitals and health centers on the website of the Spanish Ministry of Health