Our Spanish and Basque language courses are specially designed for participants in mobility and exchange programmes in the University of the Basque Country.
Here you will find all the information you need to enrol on our courses.
Available courses
Additional info
Campus of Alava (Vitoria-Gasteiz)
Teacher Training School. 1, Juan Ibañez de Santo Domingo street
Rooms: Seminars 1, 2 and 4.
Campus of Bizkaia (Bilbao)
Ingenieering Higher Technical School of Bilbao. Alameda de Urquijo s/n.
Rooms: P1G1A, P1G3A and P1G4A- All of them in G building, 1st floor.
Campus of Gipuzkoa (Donostia-San Sebastián)
Teacher Training School. 3, Oñati Square (Plaza)
Rooms: 1.4, 2.4 and 2.5
Autumn 2012: 10th September to 19th December
Spring 2013: These courses are closed. No more admissions will be allowed.
Campus of Gipuzkoa: 22nd January to 9th May 2013
Campus of Araba and Bizkaia: 28th January to 15th May 2013
Available levels per Campus:
Campus of Araba: Intermediate and advanced levels.
Campus of Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa: Beginners, intermediate and advanced levels.
Course information:
60 hours of tuition per course (4 hours per week) and 20 hours of complementary activities.
Enrolment fee: Students of mobility programmes administered by the Vice-Rectorate for International Relations or with any link to the University of the Basque Country: Free of charge.
Levels available: Beginners, intermediate or advanced.
Campus of Araba (Vitoria-Gasteiz)
These courses are closed. No more admissions will be allowed.
Course venue and schedule:
Teacher Training School:
Mondays, tuesdays and wednesdays from 13:30 to 14:50 hours.
Rooms: 2.3 and 2.4. Intermediate and advanced levels.
Campus of Bizkaia (Bilbao and Leioa Centres)
These courses are closed. No more admissions will be allowed.
Courses venues and schedule:
Leioa. Teacher Training School.
Beginners, intermediate and advanced levels available for students of the two campuses (except the intermediate level - Students of the centres of Bilbao should follow that level in the Higher Technical School of Engineering).
Beginners level: Mondays and wednesdays from 13:00 to 15:00 hours. Room: 0S06G
Intermediate level (students studying in Leioa): Tuesdays and thursdays from 13:00 to 15:00 hours. Room: 0S05G
Advanced level: Thursdays from 13:00 to 15:00 hours. Room: 0S09G
Higher Technical School of Engineering - Bilbao: Only intermediate level (students studying in the centres located in Bilbao - Students of these centres of beginners/advanced level should go to class in the Campus of Leioa)
Schedule: Mondays and wednesdays from 13:00 to 15:00 hours. Room: P2G7S (G building, 2nd floor, 7th seminar)
Campus of Gipuzkoa (Donostia-San Sebastián)
These courses are closed. No more admissions will be allowed.
Courses venues and schedule:
Beginners level: Monday, tuesday and wednesday from 13:00 to 14:30 horas. Business School. Room: 2.3
Other levels will be held in the Teacher Training School
Intermediate level:
Group A: Tuesdays and thursdays from 16:00 to 18:00 hours > Tuesdays room 2.4 and thursdays room 1.5
Group B: Tuesdays and thursdays from 16:40 to 18:40 hours > Room 1.3
Advanced level: Mondays and wednesdays from 16:00 to 18:00 hours > Room 1.5
Autumn 2012 (Beginners level)
Dates: 13th September to 21st December 2012 (in the Gipuzkoa Campus as the 21st December is not a working day, classes will end up the 20th)
Spring 2013 (Beginners level only available in the Campus of Araba): 1st February to 17th may 2013 > These courses are closed. No more admissions will be allowed.
Course information:
Schedule: Thursdays and Fridays from 13:00 to 15:00 hours
52 hours of tuition per course (4 hours per week)
Enrolment fee: Students of mobility programmes administered by the Vice-Rectorate for International Relations or with any link to the University of the Basque Country: Free of charge.
Campus of Araba (Vitoria-Gasteiz)
Teacher training school. Room: Seminar 1
The University of the Basque Country, in partnership with the Spanish Instituto Cervantes, offer all their students the possibility to evaluate and certify their level of Spanish through the DELE exams (Diploma in Spanish as a Foreign Language). Diplomas are structured in three levels: Beginners (A1 and A2), intermediate (B1 and B2) and advanced (C1 and C2) even if the University of the Basque country only organizes intermediate (B2) and advanced level exams (C1 and C2).
Exams are held at The Campus of Álava of the University of the Basque Country in May and/or November.
All students, including those on mobility programmes administered by the Vice-Rectorate for International Relations, shall pay the enrolment fee for the Diploma.
For further information about the DELE exam, please contact:On completion of the courses, the University of the Basque Country will issue a CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE AND PROFICIENCY to those students who have attended at least 80% of classes and passed the tests established for such purpose.
Students belonging to mobility programmes administered by the Vice-Rectorate for International Relations of the University of the Basque Country will be granted the following number of ECTS credits in their transcript of records if they successfully pass the tests established by the teachers for that purpose.
Other UPV/EHU students, that cannot be registered in GAUR, will receive a CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE AND PROFICIENCY if they pass the tests established by the teachers for that purpose.
Spanish language courses: 4 (intensive course) 8 (autumn and spring courses)
Basque language courses: 6 (autumn and spring courses)
Enrolment will be carried out by sending the following documents to the Secretary´s Office of Language Courses for Foreigners or the Help Centres for foreign students:
Autumn and spring courses:
Students that do not belong to any mobility programmes administered by the Vice-Rectorate for International Relations of the University of the Basque Country but have any link with the university:
Students on mobility programmes administered by the Vice-Rectorate for International Relations of the University of the Basque Country:
To ensure their participation on the course, students must hand over all documentation prior to commencement of each course.
Exchange students should make sure they are well registered in GAUR in their faculties or centres for the Autumn and Spring Spanish and Basque courses.
Dates and schedules of the courses available in this website might vary according to the Campus academic calendars. Any change will be updated in this website as soon as possible.
Students not belonging to mobility programmes will only be allowed to take each level courses once.