Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences of Elche

Dean’s Office and Administrative Services: La Galia Building
Avenida de la Universidad s/n, 03202 Elche, Spain.
Web: https://fcsjelche.umh.es/

The Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) has four campuses located within a radius of 50 km around the city of Alicante, in the province of the same name:

• Elche (central campus)
• Orihuela
• Sant Joan d’Alacant
• Altea

Access by air

Alicante-Elche International Airport (airport code ALC), also called El Altet, offers direct flights to and from many European cities. It is located 10 km from Elche and Alicante, 80 km from Altea and 30 km from Orihuela. It can be easily reached using the A-7 motorway, as well as the national roads N-332 and N-340. The airport is also linked to the cities of Elche and Alicante by bus. To get there from Elche, use lines 1A or 1B, and from Alicante use line C6. Vectalia is the company that manages these routes.

Access by rail

The cities of Elche, Orihuela and Alicante are connected by rail (Murcia-Alicante). The Elche-Parque train station is located only 5 minutes walking distance from the UMH Elche campus. The Alicante train station is a 15-minute walk from the airport bus stop at Plaza de los Luceros, from where you can continue by bus to Alicante-Elche airport (Alicante-Airport line). Travelling between Alicante and Altea is also possible by tram. The tram has a station at Plaza de los Luceros, where the bus connecting Alicante with the airport also has a stop.

Road access

The Elche campus of the Miguel Hernández University is located 3km from the access to the A7-Mediterranean Highway, and the A31, which connects it with Madrid. The GPS coordinates of the Elche campus (car park in front of the La Galia building) are: 38.274948, -0.692454