Unicaja has renewed its collaboration agreement with the University of Granada (UGR) for a further year, to facilitate the payment of university tuition fees during the 2026–2027 academic year, through a financing facility at no cost to students.
With this renewal, the bank is making the so-called Tuition Fee Loan available to the more than 56,800 students at the UGR for the eighth consecutive year, with the aim of helping them meet the cost of this university fee at the time of enrolment, at no cost whatsoever.
The agreement was signed by Juan Cayuela, Unicaja’s regional manager for Eastern Andalusia, and Pedro Mercado, rector of the University of Granada, and forms part of a long-standing collaborative relationship between the two institutions.
Unicaja's support for young people
The agreement forms part of Unicaja’s support for young people and, in particular, its commitment to promoting and facilitating access to university education as a means of ensuring their future integration into the labour market.
In fact, the bank maintains extensive collaboration with academic institutions, such as the University of Granada, and offers specific services for students, such as tuition fee financing, as part of its comprehensive value proposition of services (financial and non-financial)called ‘This is Uni’, designed to support young people aged between 18 and 27 in managing their financial lives in a simple, accessible way that is tailored to their needs.
Promoting AI and innovation
Both organisations have launched the creation of the UGR-Unicaja Chair in Responsible AI in finance, which aims to promote research, knowledge generation and knowledge transfer in the field of responsible and sustainable artificial intelligence applied to the financial sector.
The chair will promote activities aimed at bringing responsible AI to the university community, fostering specialised training and supporting the development of innovative student-led projects.
Its launch also forms part of Unicaja’s transformation strategy, which, amongst other aspects, relies on artificial intelligence as a catalyst to achieve a more accessible, personalised and people-centred bank. All of this is aimed at continuing to improve the customer and staff experience and driving digitalisation and financial inclusion in a responsible manner.
About the Universidad de Granada
The UGR, founded in 1531, has four university campuses, in addition to the ‘Campus Centro’, which encompasses all the facilities spread across the city’s historic centre. It also has two further campuses in the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
More than 56,800 undergraduate and postgraduate students study at the University of Granada, taught by over 3,680 lecturers.
