Spanish Center
The Spanish Center offers personalized individual courses, as well as specialized programs and courses for student groups, aiming to enhance Spanish language skills in specific areas.
For this type of course, the Center prepares a customized Spanish class proposal according to the specific needs of each interested individual.
Both the academic schedule and the course focus will depend on each person’s requests, making them fully tailored courses. To receive a course proposal with the final cost, you must send an email to [email protected] requesting the price for a personalized Spanish course with a specific focus. Additionally, please include the following details in the email body:
Since this is a personalized course, the cost will depend on its duration, meaning the final price can be adjusted to fit each individual’s budget by modifying the number of hours and class sessions.
What does the tuition fee for a personalized course include?
We offer programs and courses for groups of students from universities, institutions, or agencies. For these programs, Universidad Viña del Mar (UVM) manages all academic and administrative logistics, as well as accommodation and transportation to and from Santiago International Airport if required. These programs often include cultural outings and activities, along with bilingual coordinators (Spanish-English) to accompany the groups during their stay.
At Universidad Viña del Mar (UVM), we have extensive experience in designing customized programs tailored to the needs of various institutions. The Spanish Center offers this option to help students acquire or enhance their Spanish language skills in specific subject areas.
We work with two main models:
Faculty-Led Model: Groups of students are accompanied by a teaching team from their home institution during their stay in Chile. Universidad Viña del Mar (UVM) provides fully equipped classrooms for faculty members to conduct their classes during designated hours within the customized program schedule.
Tailored Programs: Universidad Viña del Mar (UVM) organizes lectures, courses, activities, and cultural excursions based on the topic agreed upon with the students’ home institution.
This training program is designed for future teachers of Spanish as a second language or as a foreign language who are non-native Spanish speakers.
The main purpose of this program is to strengthen the training of these future teachers in three main areas: Spanish language domain, development of strategies for teaching Spanish and practical classroom experiences.
Target students: Future teachers of Spanish as a second language or as a foreign language who are in their last year of university career and first stage of professional development. They must have a B1 level of Spanish. No previous experience or specific training in foreign language teaching is required.
Spanish level required: B1.
Classes format: Face to face in campus or virtual courses.
Term: Semester (March-June, August-December).
*Pedagogical practice experiences included in the 3 courses. Copyright Nº: 2021-A-1953.
For six years, UVM ran a specialized program with CEGEP Garneau from Canada. The Summer Semester was one of the Faculty-Led programs organized through the Spanish Center. Its goal was to provide CEGEP Garneau students with the opportunity to visit Chile and Viña del Mar for a 15-week semester program during the Chilean summer.
The program included an intensive Spanish course, volunteer program and thematic courses designed to provide in-depth knowledge of Chilean and Latin American culture in various fields. It also offered students a cultural immersion experience through academic learning not only in the classroom but also by visiting culturally significant sites, conducting research, interviews, and surveys to develop projects showcasing their learning outcomes.
For Students with advanced Spanish domain (advanced B2 or higher), we offer other courses for specific purposes. Please look at the information in the Spanish website of our Center.
* For all our Short-Term Programs a minimum of students is required to open them:
Please send an e-mail to request information regarding: prices, application process and calendars.