Buenos Aires, one of the biggest cities in Latin America, is truly vibrant in the months of May through August with activities; students in our summer program in Argentina can look forward to cultural events during the mild winter months here in the Southern Hemisphere, and a city abuzz with activity during the regular semester term of local Argentine students. Every year this internationally acclaimed city draws in visitors from around the world to discover its culture, cuisine, city sights, and world famous art, music, shopping, and nightlife.
On the Summer Programs in Buenos Aires, students can focus solely on intensive Spanish language acquisition, or split their time between a Spanish language course and two courses related to their specific areas of interest.
Option 1: Latin American Studies
Students take three seminars taught in Spanish pertaining to Argentina and Latin America (recommended total credits 9-12) over a 7-week period:
- Culture and Society
- Political Science and Economics
- Spanish Conversation (for intermediate/advanced speakers).
Courses are at the Universidad Austral, a small, private university, courses are personalized and academically demanding; classes are small to put an emphasis on participation. The Austral offers students a library, computer labs and internet access, a cafeteria and snack bar, and offers an ideal option for students wishing to learn via interaction both in the classroom and with the surrounding city.
Option 2: Spanish Language Studies
Students can study for 4, 8-9, or 13 weeks over their summer in Argentina and take Spanish language courses with students from around the world at the following levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate I
- Intermediate II
- Advanced
Courses are at the Universidad de Belgrano, a private university founded in 1964 with an enduring tradition of high academic standards. Students have access to its library, bookstore, study areas, restaurants, computer labs, athletic events, and cultural activities, and are located in the stately neighborhood of Belgrano, close to restaurants and the shopping of Palermo.
Any person of any age or nationality wanting to take a summer program in Argentina is eligible to apply. If a current undergraduate, U.S students are required to have a minimum accumulative 2.5 GPA, and students of all other nationalities can submit their course marks to be evaluated on a similar scale.
We strive to provide our students with the very best accommodation options available during their summer program in Buenos Aires. We maintain a well-established network of comfortable apartments and family homes in some of the city’s best and safest neighborhoods. Our goal is to create comfortable and culturally rich accommodation settings where students will be able to immerse themselves in the Argentina culture during their studies abroad. All of our accommodation gives students that are in a summer program in Buenos Aires the opportunity to meet locals and foreigners, and to live and breathe the culture and language of Argentina.
Family Homestay (with meals)
The family homestay option is the best fit for students looking for a great deal of interaction with local Argentines and who want to witness first-hand the host family’s daily life and customs. The host families know the city of Buenos Aires inside and out, offer insight into porteño (Buenos Aires) culture, and greatly enhance the student’s immersion process. The dynamics of our host families vary from señoras living alone to young married couples with children to solo parents with college students. All families and living conditions are screened to ensure secure and comfortable living environments. Students join the family for meals. We believe the family homestay to be the best option for those truly seeking to accelerate their Spanish by seizing the opportunity to practice castellano on a daily basis.
Shared Apartment
The shared apartment option suits independent students looking to live with other young native Spanish speakers living in Buenos Aires. These individuals are well acquainted with the city and its porteño culture, and provide an excellent resource for expediting the student’s immersion in Buenos Aires. Students may have anywhere from one roommate up to eight other young people living under the same roof. The other roommates are students or young professionals living, working, and/or studying in Buenos Aires and are generally between the ages of 20-32. When living in a shared apartment students enjoy more freedom and added responsibility. Students are expected to cook their own meals and clean up after themselves. The shared apartment option offers independence to students who still look to gain from the knowledge and experience of their locally-based roommates.
Expanish puts a strong emphasis on providing students who wish to take a summer program in Argentina with the opportunity to study at a few local Argentine universities. As such, we work closely with each student’s home institution to get financial aid processed and approved, and we additionally have created several scholarship opportunities to aid to students in a study abroad summer in Argentina in their endeavor.
Application deadlines are sixty (60) days before program start date for all summer study abroad in Buenos Aires. Applications received between sixty (60) days and seven (7) days before Summer Program in Buenos Aires start dates will be evaluated on a case-by case basis. Submissions will not be accepted less than seven (7) days before the Summer Program in Buenos Aires start dates.
Other Activities:
We encourage all students enrolled in our summer programs in Buenos Aires to experience the most they can from Buenos Aires and Argentina by taking part in our student activities and workshops. All of our activities and workshops promote student learning, cultural immersion, travel, and interaction with locals and foreigners. Our activities and workshops combined with a summer program in Buenos Aires create an inspiring and unforgettable study and travel abroad experience.
Faculty Information:
The Austral strives to incorporate new technological mediums into its teaching methods, and curricular hours outside the classroom stress practical learning, so students learn through seeing, doing, and critical analysis of the two. The Universidad Austral uses these methods to encourage students to initiate societal changes in a responsible and informed manner in modern-day Argentina.
The Universidad de Belgrano is one of the oldest private universities in Argentina, founded in 1964 with an enduring tradition of high academic standards. Spanish classes are taught by native professors trained in instructing students who speak Spanish as a second language.
Other Activities:
We encourage all students enrolled in our summer programs in Buenos Aires to experience the most they can from Buenos Aires and Argentina by taking part in our student activities and workshops. All of our activities and workshops promote student learning, cultural immersion, travel, and interaction with locals and foreigners. Our activities and workshops combined with a summer program in Buenos Aires create an inspiring and unforgettable study and travel abroad experience.
Activities: Our activities are normally offered 4-5 days a week in the afternoons or evenings in order to add to the student experience without interfering with coursework. Most activities are included in the summer programs in Argentina free or at a low cost for students, such as meal or entrance costs. Students enrolled in a summer program in Argentina have the opportunity to enjoy the following activities: weekly staff and student dinners; weekly football games; day trips to Tigre; local concerts; asados (Argentine barbecue); tango shows and classes; museum and exhibit visits; artisan fairs; weekly cultural city tours.
Workshops: We offer a variety of workshops to our students in our summer programs in Buenos Aires including cooking classes, wine tasting, tango lessons, polo lessons, photography, and fileteado painting. Each workshop comes in packages of 2, 4, or 8 classes and can be reserved upon arrival. Workshops are a great way to add to the study abroad experience and to learn about the culture in Argentina, acquire new skills, meet locals, and practice the Spanish language.
We encourage all students in our summer programs in Argentina to participate in our extraordinary excursions and to put their Spanish language skills to use. We offer exciting adventures to some of the most magnificent cities and areas in Argentina where students will be able to discover the cuisine, landscape, people, culture, and history of Argentina. Here are the included weekend excursion destinations we offer students in our summer programs in Argentina to discover: Colonia, Uruguay; Iguazú Falls, Argentina; and on programs of at least 8 weeks also to Mendoza, Argentina; and a day at an estancia, Argentina.
Facility Information:
Students in a summer program in Buenos Aires will find something new at Austral; all courses incorporate new technological mediums into teaching methods as well as boast practical learning where students learn through seeing, doing, and critical analysis of the two. Students have access to a library, computer labs, internet access, and a cafeteria and snack bar. Austral provides all of its students, local and foreign, with a learning focused and yet student interactive atmosphere, creating a total language, culture, and city immersion experience.
For students in a summer program in Buenos Aires who are focusing in Spanish studies, the Universidad de Belgrano is a private university founded in 1964 with an enduring tradition of high academic standards. Classes are taught by native professors trained in instructing students who speak Spanish as a second language. Students have access to its library, bookstore, study areas, restaurants, computer labs, athletic events, and cultural activities, and are located in the stately neighborhood of Belgrano.
Notes:
Prices stated cover the whole program length.
Price Includes:
- University courses and academic credit
- Official university transcript
- Housing
- Weekend excursions:
* Day trip to Colonia, Uruguay
* Day trip to an estancia (traditional Argentine ranch) - programs of eight weeks or more
* Weekend trip to Iguazú Falls
* Weekend trip to Mendoza, Argentina - programs of eight weeks or more
- Weekly social and cultural activities coordination
- Airport pick-up
- Orientation and city tour
- ISIC Student Identity Card
- Cell phone (+ a US$60 deposit)
- Conversation partner (Intercambio)
- Pre-Arrival and Welcome packets (calling card, subway pass, insider's city guide, maps, and more).
Price Excludes:
- Flight
- Workshops
- Additional excursions.
Also see Study Abroads in:
University Study Abroad
South America
Argentina
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