This page can be best described as "Everything you wanted to know about studying applied psychology in Spain, but were afraid to ask". It's in English and it is an excellent overview of studying psychology in Spain. I suggest that your student contact the author of the page to seek additional information about programs, requirements, etc. http://www.ucm.es/info/Psyap/hispania/
This page allows you to select a province in Spain and it gives you URLs for the various colleges and universities in each province.
http://www.orientacionescolar.com/oruni.htm
This page is intended to provide some information about student accommodation in Spanish Universities
http://servicios.ccti.ull.es/se/residencias/e_Residencias.asp
My understanding is that in Spain, the Universidad Autonoma, Universidad Complutense, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, and Universidad de Sevilla have pretty good international reputations. I would recommend that your student pick up an English/Spanish dictionary, or open one of those translation web pages, and go to the various institutions' URLs to browse and go through their offerings as best he can. Note that 'licenciatura' is the equivalent of our Ph.D. and 'Maestria', the equivalent of an M.A.
As an aside, I think your student may want to consider taking time off to simply learn the language. Taking graduate courses in a foreign language, even if it is only one course, while at the same time learning the language _will be_ a tough deal in my opinion. We all know that getting used to the terminology of a scientific discipline can be challenging by itself, particularly if the student is not even conversant with that language to begin with.
At any rate, if you find additional resources, I would appreciate very much if you would post them or forward them to me.
Thanks.
Miguel
At 01:15 PM 11/28/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Dear TIPSters in Spanish-speaking countries:
I have a curious query. A student of mine with excellent grades will be graduating from our psychology programme next term. Rather than immediately applying to graduate school in Canada, he wants to have an adventure and learn some Spanish (he's already fluent in French and English, but some people don't know when to quit!).
He's located an unusual scholarship he would like to apply for to achieve both of those aims. The scholarship encourages study and work "in a different cultural and linguistic setting" from Canada, such as a Spanish-language country. However, he must plan to enrol in a "formal postsecondary program [I think they mean university level]...consisting of taught courses, lectures or seminars... The international study program may also be combined with a period of research or work (internship). The programme must be for a minimum of eight consecutive months) including at least four months of taught courses."
Perhaps a university programme in a psychology-related field, with or without the opportunity to act as a research or clinical assistant would do, although it doesn't have to be in psychology. The catch is that neither he nor I have any idea where he could find such a programme. A problem is also that, at the moment, he does not speak Spanish, which would make formal coursework difficult for him. But if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know, and I'll pass them on to him. I know it doesn't seem very likely, but it can't hurt to ask.
Stephen
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