Why Students Keep Choosing Barcelona
Barcelona is a Mediterranean city where mornings start with coffee at a terrace café, afternoons end at the beach, and the architecture makes your commute feel like a gallery tour. It is the kind of place that gets under your skin fast. Expanish's study center sits in Eixample, one of the city's most walkable and culturally active neighborhoods, with transferable U.S. credits and Westminster University accreditation behind every course you take.
Home to 9 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including Gaudí's Sagrada Família and Park Güell. Architecture you'll walk past on your way to class.
Over 300 days of sunshine per year. Warm summers, mild winters. The kind of city where you spend more time outside than in.
The Gothic Quarter is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Europe, with buildings dating back to Roman times. History is part of daily life here.
Our Study Center is in Eixample, the city's cultural and business hub. Walkable to the Gothic Quarter, 20 minutes from the beach.
Barcelona Study Abroad Programs
Why Study Abroad in Barcelona with Expanish?
Expanish's study center in Barcelona is accredited by both Westminster University (our U.S. School of Record) and Instituto Cervantes (Spain's official Spanish language authority). Your credits generate a recognized U.S. transcript. Your classes are taught by native-speaking instructors who live in Barcelona. And your housing is arranged through us, not a third-party agency
Local staff, on-site every day. Our teachers grew up speaking Castilian or Catalan and live in Barcelona's neighborhoods. If anything comes up — academic, logistical, or personal — there is a real person at your study center to help. 24/7 emergency support is always on.
With fully customizable experiences, students only pay for the services they choose, keeping costs down.
Four organized activities every week: walking tours of the Gothic Quarter, cooking classes, flamenco nights, football matches at Camp Nou, day trips to the Pyrenees. Barcelona does not run out of things to do, and neither do your weekends.
Where Will You Study in Barcelona?
Passatge de Méndez Vigo 8, Eixample. Your study center is in Barcelona's most architecturally distinctive neighborhood, a short walk from La Pedrera, Casa Batlló, and the Gothic Quarter, and 20 minutes by metro from the beach.
Between classes, hang out in our café space with international students from over 30 countries. It is one of the most international common rooms you will find anywhere.
Explore Eixample, Barcelona's grid-planned cultural heart — home to Gaudí's greatest buildings, the best café scene in the city, and everything within a 15-minute walk.
Practice Spanish and Catalan with locals every day — at markets, cafés, and the weekly cultural activities Expanish organizes across the city.
Barcelona Study Abroad Staff
Meet the team who'll have your back from day one, locals and educators with decades of experience making Barcelona feel like home.
Evie Fisher
Groups Program Coordinator
Agustín Izquierdo
Student Services - Housing Coordinator
Carlotta Perondi
Student Services Front Desk & Office Manager
Dana Buscall
Student Services Front Desk & Activities Coordinator
Sofía Montalvo
Content Creator
Patricia González
Instructor
Patricia teaches at Expanish Barcelona, with 16 years in education and a degree in Spanish and Classical Philology.
Cristina Guillén
Instructor
Ángel Campayo
Instructor
Guillem Borrero Pérez
Instructor
Miguel Ángel Garrido García
Instructor
Marta Fuertes Alfayate
Instructor
Ana Pardo Pastrana
Instructor
Paula Vázquez Pesado
Instructor
Eva María Galeote Ortigosa
Instructor
Mariana Ducros
Instructor
Nadia Merroun Sierra
Instructor
Montse Capilla Brustenga
Instructor
Zohra Bakkali
Facilities Assistant
Recommended Resources for Your Study Abroad in Barcelona
Learn About Your City
Neighborhoods to live in, metros to master, cafés to study in, and emergency numbers to save. Our Barcelona Student Guide covers what no travel blog does: what it's actually like to live here.
Explore our guide full of tips around the city of Barcelona. Explore your perfect college abroad city before you arrive. Save this page for when you arrive!
Study Abroad Scholarships
Up to $1,000 toward your Barcelona semester. We offer financial need and ambassador scholarships, apply in minutes, and it could make all the difference.
School Activities
Connect with others and dive into your new city with our after-class social activities. Explore Gaudí's city, taste authentic tapas, and connect with fellow learners through weekly activities included with your program, think flamenco workshops, FC Barcelona matches, Montjuïc sunset hikes, and paella cooking classes.
Housing
All Expanish Barcelona programs include housing. Students choose from three options: a local family homestay for full cultural immersion, a student residence with a built-in community of fellow international students, or a private apartment for more independence. Every option is vetted and included in your program cost.
Benefits of Studying Abroad in Barcelona
Live in the same city as Gaudí's Sagrada Família, the Gothic Quarter, and a food culture built around meals that last two hours. Barcelona doesn't need selling, it needs experiencing.
Take courses through partner universities, with transferable U.S. credits and professors who work in their fields, not just teach in them.
Barcelona is one of Europe's fastest-growing startup hubs. Your classmates will come from universities across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America, connections you'll actually keep.
Hear from our Students
Studying abroad in Barcelona is genuinely the best decision I have ever made in my life, & I don't think anything will ever top this experience. Expanish provided everything, from housing to day trips & even introduced me to my closest friends. From cooking family dinners in our residence hall to taking a 34-person program trip to Morocco, every moment in Barcelona made every anxious though worth it :') I couldn't imagine going abroad & choosing any other program. One of my biggest fears was struggling to make friends in my classes, but our program placed us together & basically forced us to bond, & it ended up being the best part of studying abroad. I love every single person I've met here & I can't believe that I have to leave it all behind in 3 weeks.The worst part of studying abroad genuinely is having to leave. If you're debating going abroad, do it. Please.
This was the best time of my life. Expanish was so helpful and the staff is great. The experience was incredible and I love Barcelona. Additionally going off of that, the teaching was good and very different than in the United States of America. It is different because we do a lot of presentations which we don’t do in the United States. I have definitely become a better public speaker.
I went to Barcelona this past summer from the United States to study Spanish at the Expanish school and my experience there was incredible. It was my first time traveling to another country alone and they made me feel safe. He helped me when I had any problems or questions. I learned a lot of things and above all it was very fun learning with other students from different parts of the world.
Great language school! Made most of my friends from the school because it's such a fun and conversational environment! Enjoyed the staff and the after class activities.
One of my favorite parts about studying abroad was living with my host mom. Expanish did a really good job pairing me and my friend with her because we have a lot of the same interests and we had a lot to talk about.
Expanish has a strong reputation for academic excellence.
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