If you are planning to apply for a place at the Complutense University as an incoming exchange student, you must first contact the International Relations coordinator at your home university to discuss your plans with them. UCM can only accept incoming students who wish to study in subjects specified in bilateral agreements between universities. Check with the International Relations offices at your university to discover with which universities and which departments or faculties the university has signed cooperative agreements. UCM only admit exchange students approved by the International Relations Offices of its counterparts.
At the final stage of the Exchange Program, the Complutense University of Madrid will issue to students academic transcripts and students obtain credits of the course. Besides, students can choose to stay at the Complutense University of Madrid in pursuit of a bachelor or master degree if conditions permit.
The Complutense University of Madrid ranked 206th in the QS World University Rankings 2019. In addition, according to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, the Complutense is widely regarded as the most prestigious academic institution in Spain. The educational resources are equally distributed among all degree programs. The UCM proudly owns quite a few star programs, most of which rank as the world's top 200 or even the world's top 50.
Madrid offers you an excellent opportunity to study and gain the requisite knowledge for a successful future career path. The city is also a buzzing center for business and commerce and one of Europe's major financial hubs.
The people of Madrid are the friendliest you will ever get to meet. Their warm and kind hearts will surely make you feel welcomed and secure when studying and living in Madrid. Whether you are on campus, at the libraries, the museums or out enjoying some wine and tapas, you are always likely to feel at home in Madrid.
The objective of the language courses is to make international students who is not a Spanish native speaker improve and increase their Spanish grammar and vocabulary learning skills in a specific communicative context. The courses also contain contents such as the Spanish culture and the Spanish literature for a purpose of helping students deep understand Spain in all aspects.
Advanced Culture course: the Advanced Culture Program is designed for those students who are eager to learn more about Spanish cultural elements such as art, history, and literature etc. The course consists of both in-class and extra-curricular cultural activities instructed by excellent teachers in order to stimulate students' ideas and at the same time make their learning process easier.
Students can choose their favorite programs from the 26 faculties and 304 officially recognized degrees of the Complutense University of Madrid, covering science, social science and law, human health science, humanities and art, languages and technical engineering etc.
Complutense Experience Program is a transnational exchange program that seeks a balance through the perfect integration of student development, leisure, knowledge, fun, learning and travel. Through trips and entertainment, students will not only acquire knowledge, but also gain the spirit of cooperation and teamwork.
You may choose to live with home stay in comfortable flats in secure, residential areas of the city. As this city becomes your second hometown, you will truly feel the traditional Spanish warmth. The host family are all Spanish citizens and they will make you feel at home immediately. Home stay is the fastest and perfect way to improve your Spanish.
Complutense University offers student apartments (Casa do Brasil), which is located in an ideal place with quick and easy access to the university town. The apartments also provide students with a high-quality and safe international accommodation, enriching the overseas students’ living life.
Founded in 1989, the University of A Coruña is a modern, innovative and dynamic university. It has more than 20,000 students, 1400 teachers and 24 centers offering degrees in almost all discipline and levels including Health and Experimental Sciences, Humanities, Social and Juridical Sciences or Technologies and Engineering.
The Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Campus of International Excellence, has been offering Spanish language courses for foreign students since 1928 in the Faculty of Philology at the Complutense Center for Spanish (CCEE). All teachers have rich experience in teaching Spanish as a foreign language.
The Complutense Center for Spanish is an official exam center for the Diplomas de Español Como Lengua Extranjera (DELE) and Servicio Internacional de Evaluación de la Lengua Española (SIELE). For this reason, the Complutense Center also offers intensive preparation courses.
The teacher in charge of the programme will arrange a reasonable exchange programme for the students, according to their language level and future graduation plans.
Professional online course at the Complutense University from September to December 2020 + in-person Spanish course at the Complutense University from January to June 2021.
Online professional course part ( affected by the epidemic, students are taught in-country via the internet):
Complutense University’s four faculties of Literature and Philosophy, Business Management, Tourism and Trade, and Information Engineering have joined hands to provide students with high quality professional university programmes. The University also offers a wide range of courses in English for students who do not have a basic knowledge of Spanish.
Course information: 2 hours/week, 30 hours in total (3 credits), official certificate of completion and credit from the Complutense University.
Online language course at Complutense University from October to December 2020 + in-person Spanish course at Complutense University from January to June 2021.
Online professional course part ( affected by the epidemic, students are taught in-country via the internet):
The Complutense Centre for the Teaching of Spanish offers quarterly online courses to provide a good language foundation for your subsequent language studies once you arrive in Spain.
Course information: 12 hours/week, 120 hours in total (12 credits), official certificate of completion and credit from the Complutense University.
In-person Spanish courses at the Complutense University from January to June of the 2021 academic year ( without online part)
Compulsory: Spanish Language Course at the Complutense Centre for the Teaching of Spanish
Spanish Language Quarterly Course (200 hours)
Annual Spanish language course (600 hours)
Optional: Advanced Culture Course at the Language Centre of the University of Complutense
Optional: Complutense University Professional Course (if students choose to take a professional course, a minimum of two courses is required)
At the end of the exchange: obtain transcripts and credit notes for the corresponding courses to convert the credits earned in Spain into Chinese university credits.
Students in their fourth year can apply for postgraduate study at a Spanish university if they prefer.
Our service starts at the first moment of students’ arrival in Spain. It covers pick-up at the airport, temporary accommodation, insurance, daily-life guide and campus guide etc. We provide timely, comprehensive and personalized overseas services at the most favorable prices.
