Dates of the course:

• Autumn course (face-to-face and online): 9 September to 18 December 2024 > Admission closed

• Spring face-to-face course (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Bilbao and Leioa): 20 January to 7 May 2025 > Admission opened

• Spring face-to-face course (Donostia/San Sebastián): 22 January to 7 May 2025 > Admission opened

• Spring online course: 20 January to 7 May 2025 > Admission opened

Schedule: 

Face-to-face courses: Mondays and Wednesdays from 13:30 to 15:30 hours.

Online courses (places limited to 30 per group and level): Mondays and Wednesdays from 16:30 to 18:30 hours.

Fees:

Exchange program students administered by the Vice-Rectorate of Basque, Culture and Internationalization and ENLIGHT European University students: Free of charge.

Other students registered in the UPV/EHU: 180 euros (Do not proceed to any payment until your place on the course has been confirmed).

Available levels: 

• Beginners: zero to A1
• Intermediate: A2-B1
• Advanced: B1-B2

Illustrative levels according to the European Framework of References for Languages (EFRL).

Once enrolment has been completed, students must complete the level test or communicate their level (in the case of students with zero level). The level test will be held online (check the level section) and will be used to determine the most suitable group/level for each student (see specific section on level test).

Important: students are not allowed to enter in any class if they have not received a confirmation e-mail from the organizers. Registered students entering in class without being authorized, will accumulate absences/missing days that might affect the way they will be evaluated or even be expelled from the classes.

Places of the online course will be assigned strictly by order of registration. Students of exchange programs administered by the Vice-Rectorate of Basque, Culture and Internationalization and Enlight university students will have, in this order, priority/preference to other students.

We remind students taking part in the online courses that it is absolutely forbidden to pass or exchange the links of the classes to other students without the express consent of the language courses´ secretary office, being this a possible cause of expulsion of the students involved.

Besides this, participation in the online courses will have to be made with the computer camera on. Identification of students is necessary to know if the person assisting to class and taking the exams is the same person registered in them. If it is not made that way, the assistance to class will not be proved nor, in its case, given the exam for passed.

We recommend students to read the regulations before fulfilling their registration in our courses.

• Official beginning date (classes) for Vitoria-Gasteiz, Bilbao, Leioa and online courses: 20 January

• Official beginning date (classes) for Donostia/San Sebastian courses: 21 January

• Closure of admission (online registration form): 5 February at 23:59 hours

• Last day to complete the academy´s form and take the online level test: 6 February

• Deadline to enter in class (after indication of the level by the course organizers): 10 February

• Deadline to ask for changes of level/group/modality: 15 February

• Deadline to provide all documents needed to complete the registration in the course, if needed (payment students or online students - check documents needed below): 15 February (provisional date)

Students entering in class after the official beginning date of the course (20 or 21 January depending on the campus), will have to update on their own of the topics already given in class.

The request of a change of level, modality or group must mandatory be made via e-mail to the following address: cursosidiomas@ehu.eus  Changes that do not come through this means will not be allowed, even if they have the teachers´ approval. If a change of level takes place without being authorised by the courses office, the students involved will be discharged from the courses.

Mobility/Exchange program students administered by the Vice-Rectorate of Basque, Culture and Internationalization and Enlight Alliance University students:

• Online registration form > Registration opened until 5 February.

Students that have not completed their online registration in GAUR, will have to provide a document stating their admission as exchange students in the UPV/EHU for the academic year 2024-2025 including the host faculty and dates of stay.

Enlight university students (not coming to the UPV/EHU in person), besides filling the online registration form, will have to provide a copy of their 2024-2025 academic year course´s registration at their home university in English.

These students can follow the Spanish course free of charge. In case of doubt, and before proceeding to any payment, please do send us an e-mail to cursosidiomas@ehu.eus

International students registered in different postgraduate studies, visiting researchers and/or teaching staff:

• Online registration form > Registration opened until 5 February.
• Document stating being admitted or registered in the UPV/EHU for the academic year 2024-2025 as a student, visiting teacher or researcher including the host faculty and dates of stay.
• Copy of the bank transfer for the amount of the corresponding registration fee: 180 euros (Do not proceed to any payment until your place on the course has been confirmed).

Bank account: KUTXABANK – ES 97 2095 0292 99 3239003884 (in the proof of payment should appear the name and surname of the student).

Exchange program students administered by the Vice-Rectorate of Basque, Culture and Internationalization and Enlight university students will have preference, in this order, taking part in these courses. The secretary´s office of the courses reserves the right to admit other program students within the university community to the existance of places in the different groups/levels.

We remind you that the deadline to provide all documents to complete the registration in these courses (if anything is needed besides the online registration form), will be February 15 (provisional date). The course secretary's office will send an e-mail to each student, if necessary, with the documentation to be provided and the deadline available for submitting it.

Students registered in this course, within the deadline stated to do so, will receive an e-mail with all the information and instructions to take the online level test. The online level test must be completed before 6 February.

In order to take the test, students must have a Gmail address.

Students who have no knowledge of the Spanish language and wish to start from zero in an absolute beginners' group, should inform about it when receiving the aforementioned e-mail before 6 February.

The registration of students not taking the level test or informing us about their level within the deadline (6 February) will be cancelled.

Campus of Alava (Vitoria-Gasteiz)

Las Nieves building. Nieves Cano street, 33

Location of the building

Rooms: 107 (first floor), 207 and 208 (second floor).

Campus of Bizkaia (Bilbao)

Rooms available for students registered in Bilbao city based faculties.

Faculty of Engineering Bilbao: edificio II. Entrance in Rafael Moreno "Pitxitxi" street
Location of the building
Buiding II map

Rooms: P3M2A (M building, 3rd floor, room 2), P3M4A (M building, 3rd floor, room 4), P4M4A (M building, 4th floor, room 4) and P5M4A (M building, 5th floor, room 4).

Campus of Bizkaia (Leioa)

Rooms available for students registered in Leioa based faculties.

Faculty of Education. Barrio Sarriena s/n. Leioa.
Location of the building
Location of the building in the Campus of Leioa

Rooms:

Mondays: 1S02G and 1S10G (first floor - rooms 2 and 10) and 2S02G (second floor, room 2).

Wednesdays: 1S02G, 1S07G and 1S10G (first floor - rooms 2, 7 and 10)

Campus of Gipuzkoa (Donostia/San Sebastián)

Elbira Zipitria Centre. Ondarreta promenade, 18
Location of the building
Rooms: 0.01 and 0.03 (main floor)

Carlos Santamaría Centre. Elhuyar square, 2
Location of the building
Room: 7

Besides being published in this site, students will get the syllabus of their corresponding level in the beginning of each course. We recommend students to download and keep it just in case they need to present it to their home university to get the credits of the course.

Evaluation procedure, certificates and credits: check the regulations