Spain
ABOUT SPAIN
- A country on Europe’s Iberian Peninsula, includes 17 autonomous regions with diverse geography and cultures
- Population: 46.77 million
- Capital: Madrid
- Currency: Euro
- Language: Spanish
- Area: 505,990 km²
Climate
- Visitors can generally expect a Mediterranean climate, characterized by hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters. The vast central plateau, or Meseta, has a more continental influenced climate with hot, dry summers and cold winters. Rain generally falls mostly in spring and autumn. The mountains surrounding the plateau have a higher rainfall and often experience heavy snowfalls in winter.
- North of the Cantabrian mountains, the Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia have a maritime climate, with cool summers and mild winters. The weather is often cloudy with frequent rainfall.
- On the Mediterranean coast, the climate is moderate with rain in spring and autumn.
- The area around Murcia has an almost African climate; rainfall is low and the Calima, or heat haze, is common during summer. On the Atlantic coast, the summers are cooler and fairly heavy rainfall occurs during winter.
- Inland, the summers are hot and the rainfall decreases. The Balearic Islands have a maritime climate, with cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers. ;
Why study in spain?
- A Great Educational System
- Experience the Country
- Reasonable Tuition Fee
- Wonderful Climate
- Learn a New Language
- Affordable Living Rates
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
- 2 Schengen Application forms dully filled out and signed. The passport must be valid for the intended period of your stay in Spain with at least one blank page to affix the visa.
- Current student ID
- Two recent photos passport size with a white background.
- Staple one photo on each of the application forms.
- Letter of acceptance as a full time student from Spain’s University/School or US program indicating the name, address and registration number of the school with Spain’s Department of Education; full payment of all of the costs of tuition, duration of the program, subjects of the study and hours of study per week, which must be no less than 20.
- Health Insurance (only the original form will be accepted): International insurance coverage for health/accident with a minimum coverage equal to 30,000 EUR during the planning period of stay in Spain (or its equivalency in dollars). This is in lieu of the EHC.
- Proof of financial means during your stay: You should provide one of the following: a) Letter from the University or School in Spain assuming full financial responsibility during your stay b) Proof of financial aid or scholarship for at least $1,000 per month for room and board c) Notarized letter from your parents or legal guardians assuming full financial responsibility for at least $1,000 per month for room and board. d) Personal bank account statements showing at least $1,000 per month of stay
Spanish students visas and permits
Different regulations apply depending on the length of your studies, research or related activities in Spain.
Non-EU/EEA/Swiss citizens studying in Spain for less than three months (90 days) If you’re coming to study or carry out academic research in Spain for less than three months (90 days), you don’t need a visa for the purpose of study unless you come from a country for which a visa is required to enter Spain normally. You can find out if you need an entry visa for Spain in Expatica’s complete guide to Spanish visas and permits.
Note: You can’t come to Spain on a short-stay tourist visa and then apply for a student visa. You have to return to your home country and apply from there. Non-EU/EEA/Swiss citizens studying in Spain for between three and six months If your study programme lasts between three and six months you may be required to obtain a student visa but if it is stamped ‘180 days total studies’, you won’t be able to get a residence card/ tarjeta de identidad de extranjero (TIE) (Foreigner Identity Card) that will allow you to work in Spain.
Non-EU/EEA/Swiss citizens studying in Spain for more than six months If you’re studying in Spain for more than six months, then you’ll need to get a student visa (type D) and a student’s residence permit/card or Foreigner Identity Card (TIE) within 30 days of your arrival in Spain from your local Foreigner’s Office or police station.
Applying for a Spanish student visa
Once you have a confirmed place on a course, you can apply for a study visa at the Spanish consulate or embassy in your home country. You’ll need to apply for your visa between two and three months before you intend travelling to Spain to allow time to process your application.
Exactly what is required may vary from consulate to consulate but in general you’ll need to show your passport, as well as the following:
- details of the study, training or research that you’ll be doing in Spain, including the hours of study per week (20 at least);
- proof that you have medical insurance;
- a medical certificate confirming that you don’t have any diseases that would require you to be quarantined;
- proof that you have the funds to support you for the duration of your stay in Spain (eg. scholarship details, a Spanish bank showing sufficient funds or letter from parents/guardians assuming full financial responsibility);
- information about where you’ll be living;
- a criminal record certificate issued in the last five years by the relevant authorities in your home country.
- University of Almería Almería
- University of Cádiz Cádiz Andalusia 1979
- University of CórdobaCórdoba Andalusia 1972
- University of GranadaGranada Andalusia 1531
- University of Huelva HuelvaAndalusia 1993
- University of Jaén Jaén Andalusia 1993
- University of Málaga Málaga Andalusia 1972
- University of Seville SevilleAndalusia 1505
- International University of Andalusia SevilleAndalusia 1994
- Pablo de Olavide University SevilleAndalusia 1997
- Loyola University Andalusia SevilleAndalusia 2011 Catholic
- University of Zaragoza Zaragoza Aragon1542
- San Jorge University (in Spanish) Villanueva de GállegoAragon2005 Catholic
- University of Oviedo OviedoAsturias 1608
- University of the Balearic Islands Palma Balearic Islands 1978
- University of the Basque Country Leioa Basque Country 1980
- University of Deusto Bilbao Basque Country 1886 Catholic
- Mondragon UniversityArrasate/Mondragón Basque Country 1997 Private
- University of La Laguna San Cristóbal de La Laguna Canary Islands 1927
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