In Spain

Study in Spain website

Pre-university Spanish Education System

The Spanish education system is structured as follows:

• Pre-primary education
• Primary education
• Compulsory secondary education
• Bachiller certificate
• Vocational training
• Arts education
• Language education
• Sports studies
• Higher education Salto de línea

University Studies

Access to Spanish Colleges

Access to university:

Entry tests with foreign studies which are subject to recognition.

The entry tests for Spanish universities are the exclusive responsibility of the Distance Education National University (UNED) .

Information on university studies:

• Spanish Higher Education
• Search for studies

Scholarships and grants

• Ministry of Education
• MAEC-AECID Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Distance Education

• CIDEAD
• UNED
• National Institute of Technology
• Aula Mentor

Spanish Courses for Foreigners

If you wish to take Spanish courses in Spain, there is wide range of public and private institutions which offer that kind of training:

• Instituto Cervantes
• Diplomas of Spanish as a Foreign Language
• On-line Instituto Cervantes courses
• Official Language Schools

Further information:

• European Education Systems database (Eurydice)