IES Abroad Granada – Liberal Arts & Language

I had the absolute best time with IES Granada. All of the staff made a genuine effort to connect with the students and really made me feel seen and respected. Because it was a relatively small cohort, much emphasis put on embracing our little community.

When I first decided to go to IES Abroad Granada, I had no idea how it would go. I had never been to Europe before, and no other student from my program or person I knew from different colleges would be attending. It had always been a dream of mine to visit Europe, but I never expected to study abroad. When I first arrived, I immediately made friends that would last well beyond the conclusion of our program. While in Spain, I visited incredible places with my program: Sevilla, Córdoba, and Morocco; simultaneously, I traveled with the friends I made to Barcelona, Milan, and London. I learned about Islamic History and European Union Politics and expanded my knowledge of the Spanish language. I assimilated into the cultural norms of eating late, playing soccer, and going out with friends from the program and locals. I loved every minute of my experience and cannot stress enough how great it was to spend a semester in Granada, Spain.

Granada might fly under the radar of most programs in bigger cities, but this is the perfect place to do a study abroad. In Granada, we had the perfectly sized city with over 50,000 UGR students in a city of just 300,000 people. It made it very easy to interact with students from the University. Professors are great as well with many incredible classes. Finally, the trips we went on were amazing, and traveling from Granada is just a 2 hour bus ride from Málaga or 4.5 hours from Madrid. The staff is also incredible and 100% behind you from start to finish.