important change - study options in spain

The Skidmore in Spain program has been suspended beginning in fall 2025. Instead, we encourage students to apply to one of the newly approved and existing off-campus study program options in Spain with our long-term partner CIEE. The approved CIEE program options in Spain have the same academic opportunities that were available with the Skidmore in Spain program. Students will continue to have superior on-site support and a variety of co-curricular and social programming opportunities. CIEE also offers comprehensive pre-departure support, including visa assistance. 

• CIEE Liberal Arts program in Madrid, Spain
• CIEE Liberal Arts program in Seville, Spain
• CIEE Business & Culture program Barcelona, Spain

Students studying in Madrid during spring 2025 will continue to participate on the Skidmore in Spain program, fully supported by OCSE and the Skidmore in Spain program staff in Madrid. However, students planning for future study in Spain will apply for an approved program through CIEE. 

Students interested in studying in a Spanish-speaking country should also consider approved program options in Latin America:

• CET Colombia in Cali, Colombia
• CIEE Liberal Arts Program in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• CIEE Semester in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• IES Abroad Galapagos Islands Direct Enrollment-GAIAS in Quito, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
• IFSA Chilean Universities Program in Santiago, Chile
• IFSA Chilean Universities Program in Valparaiso, Chile
• SIT Study Abroad Mexico: Migration, Borders, and Transnational Communities in Oaxaca, Mexico
• SIT Study Abroad Panama: Tropical Ecology, Marine Ecosystems, and Biodiversity Conservation in Panama City, Panama
• SIT Study Abroad Peru: Indigenous Peoples and Globalization in Cusco, Peru
• The School for Field Studies (SFS) Chile - Wild Patagonia: Fire and Ice in Puerto Natales, Chile
• The School for Field Studies (SFS) Costa Rica - Ecological Resilience Studies in Atenas, Costa Rica