Best Places for Spanish Study Abroad Programs

Experience an open and welcoming culture when you study abroad in Chile. Local university students will help you navigate the sprawling metropolis of Santiago through the Club Chileno activities offered to IES Abroad students. Push your ability to understand different Spanish dialects while traveling through the country from coastal cities, to small rural towns, to Patagonia, and beyond.

Study Abroad in Chile

Get ready to get up close and personal with nature when you study abroad in the Galápagos Islands. Or find your home in Ecuador’s capital of Quito high in the Andes, where you can see snowcapped mountains while standing on the equator. In Quito, you can take classes at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito to further your Spanish immersion with professors and peers. In the Galápagos Islands, dive into the language by practicing with your homestay family and other island residents.

Study Abroad in Ecuador

Enjoy the “Paris of the Americas” when you study abroad in Argentina. Picture yourself practicing Spanish with a language partner at an outdoor café where you can take in the city’s European-style architecture and unique Argentinian culture of Buenos Aires. Literature courses come alive when you walk the streets that Argentine writers Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar once called home.

The IES Abroad Buenos Aires Center offers language courses for first-time Spanish learners, intermediate, and advanced Spanish students. Challenge yourself to take classes at the University of Buenos Aires or get to know some of the more than 300,000 students at the University by joining a student organization.

Study Abroad in Argentina

Immerse yourself in Catalonian culture when you study Spanish in Barcelona. Enjoy the cool evening air with family and friends in Granada. Experience the traditional Castilian Spanish culture and language of Spain's centrally located capital of Madrid. Delight in the college town experience of Salamanca in northwest Spain. Wherever you choose and whatever level you're at, there’s a Spanish language course available to you in any of these destinations.

Study Abroad in Spain