Overview
- University of Granada rector Pedro Mercado and Granada mayor Marifrán Carazo traveled to Ceuta to inaugurate the academic year in person on Monday and to show municipal and university support for the campus.
- Ceuta’s president Juan Jesús Vivas signed a manifesto joining Granada’s Granada 2031 candidacy and advanced plans for a formal sister‑city link that would include Ceuta in cultural programming if Granada is chosen.
- UGR and local authorities announced a contingency plan that increases campus surveillance coordinated with the Delegation of the Government and security forces, restricts in‑person classes after early evening, and provides permanent psychological and pedagogical support for students.
- Campus officials said some students requested cancellations or transfers but that overall enrollment remains broadly stable and that about 53% of Ceuta students come from other parts of Spain, raising practical concerns about travel and safety.
- These steps follow the mass migrant entry at the end of July that delayed the inauguration by about a week and sit against a longer history of underfinancing for Spain’s so‑called 'campus singulares' despite a state funding injection last year, a context that may shape future resource and security decisions.