Your specific housing assignment will be sent to you via email from admissions@IESabroad.org approximately three weeks before the program start date, provided you have submitted all forms listed below. Make sure that emails from this address will not end up in your spam filter by adding it to your trusted sender list. NOTE: We must receive all forms listed below before we can finalize housing arrangements on your behalf and release your housing assignment to you. Submit the Lifestyle Demographics Survey in your MyIESabroad account as early as possible after it is made available. Be honest and...

Orientation The mandatory orientation, which includes various day trips to the surrounding area, will focus on language preparation and serve as an introduction to various aspects of life in Freiburg. Orientation will be partially virtual and on-site, and will begin before you even set foot in Germany! On-site orientation is a great opportunity to become acquainted with the Freiburg staff and your fellow students. You will receive practical information on living and studying in Freiburg, covering topics such as housing, the city, leisure activities, diversity and the University. During this...

Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (UPSA) was founded in 1940 and has broad academic offerings with opportunities for degrees and fields of study. UPSA is particularly strong in Psychology coursework. UPSA currently enrolls approximately 6,500 students. UPSA is housed in building that predates its foundation by centuries and has numerous departments and university schools spread out among the Salamanca campus. UPSA also has departments and schools in Madrid and throughout 12 Spanish provinces. Students who place into SP303 or above as determined by the IES Abroad Language Placement Assessment...

Officially founded in 1218 by King Alfonso IX, USAL eight long centuries of history made it the oldest university in Spain and in the Hispanic world in continuous operation. It is also the first university of the world with such title, whose degrees were to be globally recognized as confirmed by Pope Alexander IV in 1255. Miguel de Cervantes, Abraham Zacut, Miguel de Unamuno, Bartolomé de las Casas or Francisco de Vitoria are some of the many famous former students and/or staff historically related to this institution. Universidad de Salamanca (USAL) currently enrolls approximately 30,000...

Nicknamed the “Oxford of the Spanish World,” Salamanca is home to Spain’s oldest and one of Europe’s oldest universities, la Universidad de Salamanca. The doors of the university first opened in 1218 and from that date forward, Salamanca has been home to students from all over Spain and the world. The combination of a large, famous university and a small, hospitable town makes Salamanca the ideal city in which to live and to study the Spanish language and culture. This city of 180,000 inhabitants (of which 36,000 are students) also boasts the most beautiful and the most famous plaza in Spain...