Types of Universities in Spain
Nov 28th, 2008 by admin
There are four various types of universities in Spain:
1) escuelas universitarias or university schools when three-year courses are provided;
2) colegios universitarios or university colleges when the three years of study moving to a licenciado is finished;
3) facultades or faculties when long-term courses are provided in all disciplines;
4) higher technical schools of architecture and engineering or escuela superior de ingeniería y arquitectura when long-term technical courses are finished.
The system of Spanish universities is strictly structured, so students are to decide on a set curriculum and are banned to alter universities at their studies.
Spanish universities’ studies are parted into three cycles.
1. The three-year diploma or first cycle is termed a licenciado or diplomado, counting on the of course and the college.
2. A second is a tesina or licenciatura, awarded after 5-6 years of study at a facultad, and it is equal to a British or American MSc or MA. The ingeniero superior y arquitecto degree is given after a 5-6-year course at higher technical schools,
3. The third cycle of education is the PhD or doctorate program that results in getting the academic degree of a doctor or a Doctor en Filosofía y Letras.