Course facts
What the official source states.
- Provider
- UPB ESPEX Spanish for Foreigners
- Language
- Spanish
- Destination
- Colombia · Medellín
- Campus
- Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Language Center
- Delivery
- In person
- Course type
- General Spanish · Group class
- Level
- A1–C1 (16 courses)
- Audience
- Not publicly specified
- Minimum age
- Not publicly specified
- Duration
- 40 hours per course
- Weekly intensity
- 10 hours per week (20 hours per week may be available on demand)
- Schedule
- 2-hour blocks Monday to Friday: 10–12, 12–2 or 2–4
- Format
- Group (2–10 students)
- Maximum class size
- 10
- Start pattern
- 2026 Medellín cycles start monthly; remaining cycles: 13 October – 10 November and 11 November – 11 December 2026
- Enrolment deadline
- Not publicly specified
- Tuition
- 2,141,400 COP per 40-hour group course, Medellín 2026 fees
- Additional fees
- Two courses cost COP 4,282,800; three or more courses receive a 10% discount.
- Accommodation
- Not publicly specified
- Visa-document support
- Study-visa acceptance letters require at least three consecutive courses (120 hours) paid in advance, at least 10 hours per week and 80% attendance.
- Entry requirements
- Not publicly specified
- Placement test
- Students with prior Spanish take a placement test that includes a short interview.
- Certificate
- A certificate of attendance is available on request with 80% attendance.
- Application process
- Agree course type and level with the coordinator, provide passport details, then pay at the Language Center, a campus bank branch or, from abroad, against a UPB invoice.