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Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain (Exchange Program) (Outgoing Program) Featured:

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Dates / Deadlines:
Dates / Deadlines:
Term Year App Deadline Decision Date Start Date End Date
Fall 2024 03/15/2024
03/27/2024 08/22/2024 12/21/2024
IMPORTANT DATE INFORMATION: The start date is flexible since students will arrange their own housing and the student visa will allow students to enter Spain around two weeks prior to the start of classes. Comillas recommends that students arrive approximately one week prior to classes. Classes will tentatively start on September 2 and orientation will likely be scheduled around August 29 or 30, depending on the department. The start date is the arrival date. To arrive in Spain on August 22, students must depart the U.S. on August 21. The end date is the day after the last day of the exam period, which runs December 9-20. The schedule for final exams will be available after enrollment and students could be done prior to the end of finals. Some departments have international students take their finals earlier in the exam period.
Academic Year 2024-2025 03/15/2024
04/01/2024 08/22/2024 05/22/2025
IMPORTANT DATE INFORMATION: The start date is flexible since students will arrange their own housing and the student visa will allow students to enter Spain around two weeks prior to the start of classes. Comillas recommends that students arrive approximately one week prior to classes. Classes will tentatively start on September 2 and orientation will likely be scheduled around August 29 or 30, depending on the department, for the Fall semester. The start date is the arrival date. To arrive in Spain on August 22, students must depart the U.S. on August 21. The end date is the day after the last day of the exam period, which runs April 28-May 21 for the Spring semester. The schedule for final exams will be available after enrollment and students could be done prior to the end of finals. Some departments have international students take their finals earlier in the exam period.

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Fact Sheet:
Fact Sheet:
Program Type: Exchange Study Abroad Program Coordinator: Mari Keyser
Click here for a definition of this term Language of Instruction: English, Spanish Click here for a definition of this term Minimum GPA Eligibility: 2.75 GPA
Open to Non-KU students: No Open to graduate students: Yes
Click here for a definition of this term Fulfills KU Core Advanced Education Goal 4.2 - Culture and Diversity: Yes
Program Description:


Funding your Study Abroad Program

KU Study Abroad can do personalized financial aid and scholarship advising for students.  Please visit 108 Lippincott Hall or call 785-864-3742 to set up an appointment.  KU students who qualify for financial aid in the form of Stafford and/or other loans, Federal Grants, and KU or outside scholarships may apply the aid to the cost of a study abroad program.  
 
KU Study Abroad supplemental scholarships are available to KU degree seeking students. Applications are available online. The scholarship application deadline is March 1 for Summer, March 15th for Fall and Academic Year programs and October 1 for Spring, Winter Break and Spring Break programs.
 
For additional scholarship opportunities visit:  www.studyabroad.ku.edu/other-scholarship-opportunities
 

Application Procedures

All applicants will be required to complete several documents for each study abroad application.  Below is a list of documents that will need to be completed for an application. 

  • Academic Plan and Approval Form
  • Authorization to Release Student Information
  • Financial Aid Questionnaire
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Student Conduct Verification
  • Two General Recommendations and One Language Recommedation
  • Unofficial Transcript or Advising Report
  • Verification of Minimum GPA Requirement

For more detailed information about the application process, please visit our Application Process page.



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Program Reviews:
Roon C Johnson, Fall 2016 Participant
I learned that this is an experience you can't quite some up to someone that asks, "how was you study abroad?" It was an experience that was so unique to me and the people I shared it with. I also learned to be flexible and open. I originally had an apartment and it was terrible. I was about to suck it up and just get through it, but then I met these Portuguese guys that showed us where they lived. They had an open flat below them and the next day my roommate from KU and I moved across Madrid. It was the best decision I made because we met our group of friends through this move. Being flexible and able to make decisions on the fly helped me more than I can convey.

Fall 2019 Participant
Take advantage of the opportunity to relax. The school work was minimal, as I believe it should be. You will gain more of a lasting experience not in the classroom, but in the streets. Go on trips, make new friends, talk to people you never would have talked to. But also appreciate the city you are in. I was fortunate enough to be able to go on five trips in five consecutive weeks, and I found that by the end of it, I missed my host country. I spend the last few weeks of my remaining time soaking in as much as I could before I left. I found that studying abroad was much like going to KU as a freshman. That first semester was so important to me in gaining new experiences and friends, that it was refreshing to do it all over again years later in a different country.

Summer - One Month 2017 Participant
Take the initiative to take what you learn in each class and apply it to what suits you. Abroad you have many opportunities to learn about culture, history, and language. Take those chances to take what you learn in the classroom and apply it in real life. Whether that be traveling to a city your teacher recommended, practicing your foreign language skills in day to day life, or diving into the culture and history of your host country; take the opportunity before you are abroad and during your time abroad to think about what you hope to get out of this experience, and how you hope to live that experience out.

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This program is currently not accepting applications.