Spanish FSP Buenos Aires

The Spanish and Portuguese Department offers a foreign study program in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  The program provides the opportunity to study Spanish language, Latin American literature, and civilization on an advanced level. Classes are taught at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT) by local faculty as well as by the Dartmouth faculty member. 

Buenos Aires is one of the most vibrant, intellectual, and artistic capitals of the Americas. A major cosmopolitan city, Buenos Aires boasts over 50 theaters, a wealth of architectural monuments, numerous active cultural centers, and a lively art world. The program aims to expose students to Argentine literature, history, and society through classroom work as well as excursions, site visits, and personal contact with families. The UTDT, a private university, is a modern institution built on an American model. Located in the city of Buenos Aires, in the residential neighborhood of Belgrano, the University is well connected by public transportation to this capital's most interesting cultural sites.
 
Founded in 1991, UTDT is a non-profit institution, which is ranked among the top in Argentina and in Latin America. Created on the pillars of two cornerstone organizations in Argentina: the SIAM factory (1910) and the Instituto Di Tella (1958), the University inherited the entrepreneurial and innovative spirit of the SIAM company and the avant-garde essence of the Instituto Di Tella. UTDT's mission is to educate the country's new business, political, academic, and artistic generations and to produce basic and applied knowledge in an environment of pluralism, academic excellence, and equal opportunity.

About 17 students are selected for the program. 

For more information about applying for this program, see our webpage on How to Apply & our FAQs under section 2 (How to Apply: Application)

Students live with Spanish-speaking homestay hosts for the full duration of the program. The homestay living arrangement is an integral and required component of this program. The homestay experience often offers several benefits, including improved language skills (especially in foreign language environments), deep cultural insights, integration into the local community, the opportunity to experience daily life like a local, and the chance to build meaningful relationships.  

The program includes two major excursions (typically to Mendoza or Jujuy and to the National Park of Iguazú Falls) and a trip to a ranch/estancia. A week-long break also offers an ideal opportunity to travel within Argentina.

For more information, please see the Spanish and Portuguese Department website.

Budget Sheet for Spanish FSP Buenos Aires