Fall Quarter in Barcelona
Fall 2025
September 22 - December 13, 2025
¡Vámonos! Join your COCC classmates for a term filled with fabulous travel, food, culture, architecture, music, and exploration. Adventure is waiting for you along the Mediterranean Sea in beautiful Barcelona.
Application Due: May 30, 2025
To learn more, please contact Sara Henson (shenson@cocc.edu), Josh Evans (jbevans@cocc.edu), or Pat Kennelly (pkennelly@cocc.edu).
Program Fees: 10-14 students = $10,400 with reductions if more students participate.
Application link: https://www.barcelonasae.com/apply-now-customized-programs
Barcelona is the exciting upcoming destination for you through COCC's Study Abroad program. This vibrant city offers a central location in Europe, mild Mediterranean climate, a renowned soccer team, and an international student scene. Your learning opportunities include the Catalonian cuisine and culture, Roman ruins, world class art museums, historical churches and capricious architecture.
With a population of 1.6 million, Barcelona is Spain's second largest city. It is cosmopolitan and European, and also serves as capital of the traditional region of Catalonia. Indulge yourself in rich culinary experiences, from tapas to paella.
You'll get to know Barcelona's charming and diverse neighborhoods: the rambling alleys of the Gothic Quarter, the grand nineteenth-century boulevards, and the pedestrian Ramblas. Our classroom will offer easy access to everything Barcelona has to offer, from the elegant shops and cafés to the colorful markets to the rough-and-tumble harbor.
Barcelona is home to Antoni Gaudí's fanciful Sagrada Familia church and Parc Güell, which epitomizes the Art Nouveau of Modernisme, as well as major museums featuring modernists Miró and Picasso, Catalan art, and a lively maritime history of six hundred years.
Everywhere, the modern juxtaposes the ancient—even the fourteenth century cathedral boasts a nineteenth-century neo-Gothic facade. The Montjuïc Castle overlooks the 1992 Olympic Stadium, where the U.S. Dream Team earned basketball gold. From the mountains to the sea, come immerse yourself in all that COCC in Barcelona has to offer.
This opportunity is available to all students who are 18+ years old when the program
begins and have earned at least 12 college credits with a GPA of at least 2.5.
Non-traditional participants are also welcome. Participation in the course of study
offered is expected.
Participants should have completed SPAN 101, a recent year of high school Spanish, or the equivalent.
You will earn COCC transferable credits while studying in Barcelona.
Live with a family in Barcelona:
Students may live in vetted homestays which include daily breakfast and dinner or in shared apartments. Homestays may be individual or shared with other students from COCC. This is great way to deepen your acculturation, speed up your language acquisition and really get a local experience.
Study-Abroad Scholarship Information
Gilman International Scholarship Program
Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarships award up to $5,000 to students who are currently receiving a Pell Grant for their
education at COCC. Our last survey showed that one in three applicants receives an
award, which averages $3,500. Please visit https://www.gilmanscholarship.org for more information.
Gilman March 2025 Deadlines & Timeline: Deadlines & Timeline - Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship (gilmanscholarship.org)
The student deadline is March 6, 2025.
ASCOCC Study Abroad Scholarship
Students who have applied for a COCC Study Abroad program are invited to apply for the ASCOCC Study Abroad scholarship. Download the application and information at this link: ASCOCC Study Abroad Scholarship information-application (Word doc).
Additional Scholarship Information
Students interested in other study abroad resources should check with COCC Financial Aid, at the Barber Library, and elsewhere for further information about new and continuing scholarships. Moneygeek, a private firm, offers information on study abroad scholarships on their website as well.
- Basic Information
- Steps to Barcelona
- COCC Courses in Barcelona
- Barcelona SAE Application Link
- COCC Barcelona Application Information
- COCC Barcelona Assumption of Risks form
- Scholarships Specifically for BarcelonaSAE Programs
- In-Country Provider: Barcelona SAE
- Reflections from Previous Barcelona Trips
- FAQ: Barcelona 2025
- 2022 Weekly Newsletter
Contact Sara Henson, 541-330-4357, shenson@cocc.edu.