Expand your horizons in Spain, one of the most prominent countries of the European Union, offering international students from a wide variety of academic and national backgrounds both outstanding higher education and exchange opportunities and excellent facilities for learning Spanish culture and language.
Thousands of new international students are now choosing Spain as their Study Abroad destination of choice.
Expand your horizons in Spain, one of the most prominent countries of the European Union, offering international students from a wide variety of academic and national backgrounds both outstanding higher education and exchange opportunities and excellent facilities for learning Spanish culture and language.
When compared with other destinations, the great advantage of Spain for the foreign student visitor is its standard of living, which is considerably cheaper than other European and western countries. Spain's pleasant lifestyle, mild climate and the wealth of stimulating and varied cultural opportunities to be found throughout the country are the key to its popularity.
Study In Spain is the most reliable source for evaluating foreign educational credentials, degrees, and diplomas and providing their official Spanish equivalencies. These equivalencies may be required to follow certain degrees at Spanish universities.
The current system of education in SPAIN is known as LOE after the Ley Orgánica de Educación, or Fundamental Law of Education. Education in Spain is compulsory, and free from 6 to 16 years of age, supported by the Government in each Region.
Spanish System | Indian System |
---|---|
Pre-school (3 to 6 years of age) | - |
Primary School (6 to 12 years of age) | 10th STD |
Compulsory Secondary Education (12 to 16 years of age) | - |
Post-Compulsory Schooling (16 to 18 years of age) | 12th STD |
Bachelors | Bachelors |
Master's / Postgraduates | Master's / Postgraduates |
Doctorate | Doctorate |
There are more than 70 universities throughout Spain, around 50 are public and the rest, are private universities.
They are distributed throughout the country but the biggest and most important cities have the highest number of universities, in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia.
For Undergraduate program a student should have successfully completed upper secondary studies and should have a valid school leaving certificate and qualify for higher education studies in their home country, therefore also qualifying for higher education studies in Spain. For English proficiency a test would be taken or the IELTS or TOEFL scores are considered.
For Masters’ program a student should have a relevant Bachelor's or equivalent degree diploma.
For a PhD program the candidate must be in possession of a relevant diploma or Master's degree program.
For the admission to a university or college a student must have the following documents:
Spain offers a broad array of jobs for international student who wish to work while they pursue a degree in any of the country’s renowned institutions. You can check your university employment helpdesk for listings of jobs. Newspapers and job portals are another great way to look for part time jobs in Spain.
International students taking up part time jobs in Spain can work for 20 hours per week and earn anywhere from €7 - €10 per hour.
Internships which are an integral part of the programmes are considered as future placements.