The education offer in Madrid is one of the most important in the world. The city houses prestigious universities and research centres. That’s the reason why many people come here to complete their studies. Besides, the over 400 million native Spanish speakers in the world encourage many more students to come to our city to learn and practice Spanish.
Schools: future starts here
Madrilenian children and teenagers are our bet for the future, that’s why we believe that the education is the best surface over which to build the future. Because of this, Madrid is improving year by year in the ranking of the best cities where to live in the world. An offer that covers not only schools, but plenty of centres such as libraries, technical schools and alternative education. To make the citizens of tomorrow continue as the most modern, open and educated society.
Universities: professionals of living
No matter the future that you choose for you and your loved ones, you can make it true in Madrid. Seven public universities, eight private universities, summer courses, training seminars and courses, scholarships, internships… All of this makes Madrid the city with the most complete university offer in Spain and one of the best in the world.
Besides, if you come to study here, you’ll see how easy it is to make new friends and classmates. You can stay in halls of residence that will also show you their best side to make you enjoy your stay the fullest, or maybe share a flat near university and start experiencing life on your own.
Erasmus and exchange programmes: exchange makes us grow up
If you’re looking for a city to get a complete educational experience, which will also allow you to learn an essencial language and that combines perfectly education, culture and fun, Madrid is your place to be. That’s the reason why more and more students from all over the world decide to come to spend a semester with us. A proof is that many of the students who come for a few months to our universities end up staying to live here or become addicted to the city and come back every time they can.
Postgraduate-Masters degrees: experts for development
The best business schools, the most specialised Masters… Everything is in Madrid. But besides, if you come to complete your studies to this city, you’ll probably end up staying if you want. Because the job offers are always available for those with the best education.
Languages: 400 million native speakers
Spanish is one of the most important languages in the world nowadays, and it will be even more important in the future. And there’s no better place to study it than in the centre of the Spanish-speaking world par excellence, Madrid. Besides, the open and espontaneous character of the Madrilenians will let you practice your Spanish from the very beginning.
Official schools such as Instituto Cervantes, have their head office in the city, from which they promote hundreds of activities every year. Specialised academies and schools on teaching Spanish as a foreign language will make you immerse into a language that has inspired some of the greatest works of world literature.
But in Madrid you can also study other essencial cultures through official schools such as the British Council, the Alliance Française, the Goethe Institut or the Istituto Italiano de Cultura.
Vocational jobs: from baker to IT technician
Vocational training has an special place in Madrid. Here you will be trained to be a gardener, instructor, jeweler, patissier, baker, haidresser, make-up artist, chef, IT technician, artisan… Thousands of suggestions that mix the most traditional jobs with the most modern ones. Here all occupations are useful!
Non-academic education: the other studies
Sometimes a hobby ends up becoming your occupation. You join a photography course and you start discovering a new world through your lens. In Madrid you will find the widest offer for those subjects that aren’t taught at official schools and will become your next passion. Theatre workshops, dance courses, painting, design, cooking… and sometimes, even for free! And, who knows: maybe from your hobby you get to your real vocation. Everything is possible in Madrid!
Accesibility: open for everyone, breaking barriers
We want to break the barriers. We are fighting for everyone to get their full education equally: no matter if you are visually, hearing or motor impaired. In Madrid we fight to help you break the barriers. Try to spend a few days with us and you’ll see how the city will do anything for you. There are many activities made for those with disabilities, something that wouldn’t have been possible without the collaboration of such important associations as ONCE, PREDIF or FESORCAM among others.
