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Universidad de Málaga
Málaga, Spain
(pop. 600,000)
Student Enrollment: 33,888
Language of instruction: Spanish
www.uma.es/
Mobility Programmes Office
Degree courses
Information for Exchange Students
Important Visa information for Spain
PROGRAM TYPE
Academic year or limited semester exchanges
ISEP-Exchange for International students; chance of placement is limited.
ISEP-Exchange for US students; chance of placement is limited.
Chance of Placement
ISEP-Exchange chance of placement for US and International students is Limited. Full-year applicants get preference.
Courses
Communication Studies: (audio-visual communication, journalism, publicity and public relations); Computer Science: (computer engineering, computer systems management, computer systems); Economics and Business Administration: (actuarial & financial sciences, business administration, economics, management & public administration); Educational Sciences: (audition & language, child education, foreign languages, music education, pedagogy, psychopedagogy, physical education, early primary education, primary education, social education, special education needs); Engineering: (automatic and electronic engineering, electronic engineering, industrial engineering, industrial management); Fine Arts; Architecture; Health Sciences: (nursing, physiotherapy, podiatry); Humanities and Modern Languages: (geography, history, history of art, philology [classical, English, Spanish], philosophy, translation & interpreting [Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Italian]); Industrial Relations and Staff Management; Law; Labour Studies: (labour studies, labour relations and social work) ; Medicine: ( medicine and surgery); Polytechnic: (electrical engineering, electronic engineering and mechanical engineering, industrial design, technical industrial engineering); Psychology: (psychology, speech and language therapy); Sciences: (biology, chemistry, chemical engineering, environmental sciences, mathematics); Social Work; Telecommunication: (telecommunications engineering, telecommunication systems, professional sound and video technology and electronic systems); Tourism.
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Academic Notes
Liberal Arts courses are most appropriate for exchange students. The University of Malaga is strong in Spanish, Classical and English Philology, History, Education, Law, Economics, Computer Science, and Translation and Interpreting.
Special Academic Conditions
Junior-level standing is preferred. Some first-year courses are oversubscribed and, therefore, closed to ISEP participants; information about oversubsribed courses and enrollment procedures is available on Malaga's Web site. Graduate studies are not available.
Language Notes
Students must have an advanced level of Spanish having completed at least six semesters of university-level Spanish or the equivalent. A month-long intensive course in Spanish language (70 hours total) is offered prior to exchange in September and February (tuition included in ISEP benefits). Students pay for their housing and meals during the pre-session (students interested in moving into the residence hall early while participating in the pre-session may contact the Residence Hall directly via e-mail). In addition to summer courses, Spanish language and culture courses are offered during the academic year (not included in ISEP benefits).
For more information on courses and language options, see the:
ISEP Spanish Language Advising Guide for US Students
ISEP Spanish Language Advising Guide for I-to-I Students
Program Dates
Academic year exchanges preferred: early October (early September for the language course) to late June/early July. Limited semester placements (Semester 1: early October to February; Semester 2: February to late June/early July). Because semester exchanges are limited to a few per year, apply in February for the spring semester for best chances of placement.
Housing and Meals
Students live in residence halls and receive a monthly meal stipend. Alternate housing and meal benefits cannot be offered. There is no married student housing.
Profile
Being of fairly recent creation (1973), the University of Malaga was born with a spirit of progress. In the last decade, the university has expanded more than any other young university in Spain, being presently ranked among the main higher education institutions in the country. Total enrollment: 42,000.
The university's facilities are located on two campuses: El Ejido Campus and Teatinos Campus. There is public transportation from both campuses to the city center. The El Ejido Campus includes university administration, the International Relations Department, the Faculties of Economics and Business Management, the School of Engineering and the Polytechnic; the remainder of the university's faculties and schools together with the Centralized Research Services, sports facilities, computer center, residence hall, and general library are located on the Teatinos Campus.
Location
Malaga, the capital city of the Costa del Sol and the birthplace of Pablo Picasso, has become the economic capital of Southern Spain due to its important tourist sector. Located on the Mediterranean and close to the Strait of Gibraltar, the origins of Malaga are remote. Throughout its 3,000 years of history the Phoenicians, Romans and Arabs, among other civilizations, have forged the character of an open and cosmopolitan city.
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