The Language Center of the National University of Colombia, Medellin Campus, is an academic unit affiliated with the campus' Vice-Rectorate. It offers foreign language training programs to facilitate language learning for the university community and the general public. At the same time, it offers Spanish language programs for non-Spanish speakers from other parts of the world that are interested in learning Spanish. Its high-quality standards of education, which are framed by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), take into account the students’ intercultural necessities and expectations for the acquisition of linguistic and sociolinguistic competences.

This program is intended for non-Spanish speakers that have contact with the academic community such as visiting professors, assistant professors from other countries, grantees, interns, foreign master's and doctoral students, undergraduate students and students in study abroad and language-learning programs from foreign universities which have established agreements with our institution; and they are also intended for the interested public of the city of Medellín.

To train those enrolled in the program to effectively use Spanish as a permanent and lasting form of oral and written communication.

To prepare the students to pass each of the CEFR levels so that they may seek out a Diploma of Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE).

To promote, by means of the Spanish language, a better understanding between Hispanic culture and the student's home country, and to transmit an authentic and positive image of Colombian society and culture.

To contribute to the development of attitudes and values of respect for the international society, such as cultural and linguistic pluralism, acceptance, and appreciation of diversity and cultural differences.

The Language Center has twenty years of experience teaching foreign languages. It serves an average of 5,000 students per year in the Foreign Language Training Program and 1,000 students annually in the Extension Courses Program. We are staffed with a faculty of 38 highly qualified instructors with university training, most of them native Spanish-speakers.

• Our professors of the Spanish Program for Foreigners (ELE) have solid training and experience in the teaching of the Spanish language.
• Our courses are certified by the National University of Colombia and are framed according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
• We offer extracurricular conversation clubs, workshops and individualized tutoring sessions to complement the program.
• We guarantee classrooms equipped with the latest information and communication technologies. Our cutting-edge methodologies allow, through communication strategies, the use of the target language from the first class.
• We evaluate both the oral and written performance of the students. Our students have access to a Resource Center equipped with modern information and communication technologies as well as a library of reading and audio-visual material.
• International students enrolled in our Spanish courses are offered the option of attending other university courses that are of interest for the student.
• The students of the Spanish Program for Foreigners will be able to attend numerous cultural, sport and scientific activities programmed by the University.

The Office of Inter-institutional Relations and Mobility -OMRI- will offer assistance and support to the foreign students of the courses of ELE with logistical matters related to their lodging in the city.

Contact Information

Office of Inter-institutional Relations and Mobility (OMRI)

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Frequency of class per week

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

Hours per week

4

4

4

4

6

6

6

6

Number of weeks

8

8

8

8

6

6

6

6

Total/hours

32

32

32

32

36

36

36

36