Overview
Interested students must connect with the Director, Cecelia Lawless, before starting an application.
Application page for Non-Cornell Students interested in Cornell Summer Program in Madrid.
Info Session:
During this intensive six-week program (May 24 - July 3), you'll immerse yourself in Spanish culture, significantly improve your language skills, and earn credits while living in Spain’s capital city. Along with a focus on improving their Spanish speaking and writing skills, many students take a course on Spanish culture and history that offers a broad introduction to Iberian cultures from the Middle Ages to the present. On their forays outside of the classroom, students discovered the residents of Madrid were kind and understanding as they practiced their language skills, visit museums and venues of historical importance, attend concerts and theater productions, and experience life in a European nation.
Classes are held at the Instituto Internacional Americano, which hosts students from U.S. universities and offers English courses to a mix of American and Spanish students. Students will live with a host family selected by the program.
These courses are Cornell credits, taught by Cornell instructors and an invited Spanish professor. In other words, by taking a course in Madrid, it is as if you were at Cornell on Spanish territory.
