International USC

The USC offers training in different languages to the university community and to any interested outsiders, by accredited courses with internationally recognized titles held at various centres and by different services. A wide range of programmes is available, with flexible hours and modes of attendance, and the programmes are supported by diverse educational resources.

These activities support the mobility actions by responding to the demand for training in different languages with correct preparation and the corresponding accreditation, and also by meeting the needs of visiting students from other countries who wish to learn more about the languages and culture of Galicia and Spain.

Modern Language Centre (CLM)

The Modern Language Centre (CLM) organizes courses in several modern languages, with the aim of achieving written and oral fluency in the languages.

The courses are mainly aimed at members of the university community, although anyone over 16 years interested in learning a new language can matriculate for the courses.

The CLM is the delegated Galician examination centre for the Goethe Institut’s "ZD" and "ZMP" exams for German as a foreign language.

Foreign students studying in Galicia may sit the exams for the Starting Certificate, Basic Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Spanish as a foreign language (DELE) (drawn up by the Spanish Ministry of Education through the Cervantes Institute) in the CLM, which is one of the authorized centres. The exams are held twice a year (in May and November). The CLM also organizes "Preparatory courses for DELE exams".

International courses

With over fifty years of experience, throughout the year USC International Courses offers a wide range of Spanish as a Foreign Language Courses and Spanish and Galician Teacher Training Programmes:

• Academic semesters.
• Intensive Spanish language and culture courses.
• Spanish programmes for specific purposes (EFE): Spanish and Tourism, Business Spanish, Spanish and Health Sciences, Spanish and Environmental Sciences.
• Teacher Training Courses for primary, secondary and specific purposes in Spanish as a Foreign Language.
• And, linked to Compostela and St. James’ Way, thematic courses such as the Spanish and St. James’ Way Course and cultural workshops such as St. James’ Classroom.

Communicative methodological based on the guidelines of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and on personalised monitoring. It combines the knowledge of Spanish and Galician language and culture with effective communication and integration in daily life. Our courses and programmes are held on the two campuses of the USC (Santiago de Compostela and Lugo) and abroad.

We collaborate with different foreign universities and institutions such as the Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (AECID), the Instituto Cervantes and the Secretary General of Linguistic Policy of the Regional Government of Galicia. After the announcement in August, we are also the DELE Examining Centre (Initial Certificate, Basic Diploma and Higher Diploma of Spanish as a Foreign Language), issued by the Ministry of Spanish Education through the Instituto Cervantes.

Galician language courses.

At the USC, the Galician Language Institute and the Linguistic Standardization Service offer courses on the language and culture of Galicia