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Princeton in Spain

Program Overview

May 30–June 27, 2009

Applications for summer 2009 due by March 27, 2009.

  • Classes are exclusively for Princeton students. Class content and syllabi provided or supervised by Princeton.
  • Based in Toledo, Spain.
  • Open to current freshmen and sophomores
  • Maximum of 35 students, divided into two levels
  • Courses: SPA 207, Studies in Spanish Language and Culture (first level) and SPA 310, Spanish Art and Culture (second level)
  • Directed by Antonio Calvo (Director of Princeton's Spanish Language Program)
    Assistant to the Director: Enrique Martínez Bogo
  • Weekly excursions
  • Cost: $3,900 (covers tuition, room, breakfast, lunch and dinner, and all excursions). Air fare, books, and passport or visa fees are not included. 

Financial assistance is available

  • Special grants will be awarded to students planning to concentrate in Spanish
  • Students on financial aid are eligible to receive a scholarship from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
  • Students are encouraged to apply for a grant from Princeton's Office of International Programs (students on financial aid may apply for a grant of up to $1,500 from the Dean's Fund; any student may apply for a Language Grant of up to $3,000).  The application deadline is April 1, 2009.
  • Though regular financial aid is not available in the summer, aid recipients may apply for a loan from the Financial Aid Office (see Summer School Information Sheet)
  • Last year, all students on financial aid, as well as several not on financial aid, received some financial support. Grants ranged from $300 - $4,000 (all sources combined); over half of the students received $1,000 or more.  On average, students on financial aid paid only $1,800
Spanish Countryside
Students in Spain
Students participating in Princeton in Toledo during summer 2008 visited the 16th-century chapel of San Juan de los Reyes.