Study Abroad-Bilbao, Spain
Since 2003, over 300 UMW students have participated in the UMW in Spain program for a summer, semester or for an academic year at our partner institution, the University of Deusto-CIDE. You do not have to be a Spanish major to participate; it is open to all majors. In fact, our course offerings address the needs of many students. Some of our most typical students coming on the program are looking to:
- complete these UMW’s Gen Ed Requirements:
- Foreign Language, Experiential Learning, and Global Inquiry
- complete their IA major requirement of two courses at the advanced level
- take courses for their Spanish major
- take courses for their Business major
- take courses for their Economics major
- take courses for elective credit
- experience studying in another country
- become more fluent in Spanish
Be part of the group!!
Quick links:
- Top Ten Reasons to Study Abroad
- Click here to visit our YouTube Channel
- Click here for a short film about Bilbao
- Donwload program brochures here
- See what Alumni says here
- Join us on Facebook: UMW in Bilbao, Spain
Program highlights:
- Tour Madrid, the capital of Spain
- Touch the Roman Aqueduct of Segovia
- Visit the Alcazar of Segovia (XII century).
- Roam the streets of Toledo, where Christians, Arabs and Jews lived in peace
- Visit the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
- Tour the town of Gernika, whose bombing during the Spanish Civil War inspired Picasso's famous painting, "Guernica"
- Climb the Bridge of Bizcay, recently recognized as a European Heritage Site
- Experience the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona
- Visit the south of France
- "Bilbao, 10 Years Later", New York Times (Sept, 23, 2007)
UMW Summer 2009: You guessed it...at the Running of the Bulls
UMW Summer 2008: Where's the UMW crew?...at Larrabasterra
UMW Summer 2007 participants in Gernika
UMW Summer 2006 participants in the Town of Gernika
UMW Summer 2005 participants in the Town of Segovia
UMW Summer 2004 participants in the Town of Gernika
MWC Summer 2003 participants in the Town of Toledo
