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Love love love Barcelona

A Study Abroad Program Review For

IES Abroad: Barcelona - IES Abroad Barcelona Center

Program Information

Study abroad in Barcelona—capital of the autonomous province of Catalonia. The IES Abroad Barcelona program provides students with opportunities to learn or perfect Spanish while studying business and liberal arts.

Provider: IES Abroad
Location(s): Barcelona, Spain
Year Founded:
Website Take me there!

Review By:

Brittany B. (Advertising, University of Kentucky) on October 31, 2011

Overall Rating

Personal Information

* Start Date: 2011-08-01
* End Date: 2011-12-10
How much international exposure did you have prior to this program?

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* Overall educational experience

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

Work load was not bad!!

* Host Country Program Administration

On-site administration of your program

LOVE IT

* Housing:

* Food:

LOVE IT

* Social & Cultural Integration:

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

Going out for my 21st birthday!

* Health Care:

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

* Safety:

Hate those pick pocketers

* Home Institution Advising:

How well did University of Kentucky prepare and support you for your time abroad?

Finances

* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?

(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost)

Language

* Did your program have a foreign language component? Yes
If applicable, to what degree did your living situation aid your language acquisition?

Language acquisition improvement?

Other Program Information

* Where did you live?

Select all that apply

  • Host Family
* Who did you live with?

Select all that apply

  • Americans

A Look Back

* What did you like most about the program?
  • The experience
* What could be improved?
  • The cost
* If you could do it all over again, would you choose the same program? Yes
* What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile? YESSSSSS