Spanish Courses

Our Spanish Course for Residents in Buenos Aires is specially designed for people living in the city for work, study, or cultural reasons. It’s the ideal option for foreign residents, expats, and international students who want to improve their Spanish—whether for daily life, university studies, research, or professional goals.

This long-term program offers solid and progressive language development, aligned with academic standards.

🗓 Structure:

• The program consists of 4 cycles, each made up of multiple levels.

• Each level includes 45 hours of class and can be taken in different formats throughout the year:
  → Four-month format: starting in March or August
  → Three-month format: starting in March, July, August, or September
  → Intensive summer courses: available in January and February

• Students can enroll in as many levels as needed, from beginner to advanced.

🎓 Key Benefits:

• No enrollment fee

• Certificates issued by the University of Buenos Aires (UBA)

• Classes taught by experienced native Spanish teachers

• Dynamic and interactive classes (online or on-site, depending on availability)

• Diverse and multicultural learning environment

This is the perfect opportunity to take your Spanish to the next level—whether you’re living in Buenos Aires or joining us online from anywhere in the world. 🌍

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👉Enrollment dates. ➡ Academic Calendar

Contact us and test your Spanish! ➡  internacionales@cui.edu.ar

Our intensive Spanish course in Buenos Aires is designed for students to fully immerse into Spanish language. It allows them to quickly acquire and polish Spanish language knowledge, from zero to superior levels, in just ten months.

The communicative approach guides our lesson planning and defines the dynamics of our classes. We also apply strategic and task-oriented approaches. Besides, we complement this course with cultural activities that help students in their linguistic and cultural immersion.

Our intensive Spanish course in Buenos Aires is ideal for students wishing to swiftly perfect their use of the language. It serves both for general and specific purposes, such as university studies, cultural and linguistic research, and work-related activities.

Our Intensive Spanish Course is organized in four cycles and ten monthly levels. The first three cycles, of two levels each, provide a full coverage of the language. And the following four levels complete the program with specialized content. Students can enroll for as many levels as they need according to their goals, schedule and budget. Each level starts at the beginning of every month and can be accomplished in four weeks. However, students can join this course in different dates and for a shorter period (this might require specific dates and/or extra one to one lessons).

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Our online Spanish course is aimed at those who want to become familiar with Spanish and/or live away from Buenos Aires, or for those who want to continue their Spanish studies after leaving CUI.

Each of the ten levels in this course will consist of ten sessions that work interactively and effectively on the four skills of the language -listening, speaking, reading and writing- leading to a wholesome command of it. You can combine the course with private lessons.

If interested in trying a sample session of Level 1, please contact us and include the following information in your message. We will e-mail back the session link free of charge.

Information required:

• Name
• Nationality
• Age
• Gender
• Occupation

Upon completion of this sample session, you will be able to use greetings, introduce yourself and spell in Spanish.

The SIELE (International Service of Evaluation of the Spanish Language) is a certificate made by universities and institutes of international prestige.

SIELE certifies the degree of competence in the Spanish language through four tests: Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Written Expression and Interaction and Oral Expression and Interaction. It is a progressive exam that allows you to certify your level in all areas.

Our courses prepare you to successfully pass each of the certificate tests given the Spanish Program provides full language coverage.

We have a private preparatory course so you can familiarize yourself with the SIELE exam and have the necessary tools at the time of performance, focusing on the content of the classes in both oral production and written production.

The SIELE exam is 100% online and can be taken at any time of the year. The CUI is an Official Examination Center and we have exam tables every week to take the exam at any time.

You can certify your level of Spanish through the SIELE exam S5 modality or Global B2 modality and receive the certificate to present upon admission to the university.

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For more information about the exam, click here.

This course is designed to train students for the DELE Exam (Diploma in Spanish as a Foreign Language). This is an official title issued by Instituto Cervantes that certifies Spanish language proficiency according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Students can opt for any of the available levels, from A1 to C2.

The course trains students in oral and written comprehension and production. It consists of intensive practice that covers the four skills -reading, writing, listening and speaking. Besides, in this course students learn and practice techniques and strategies that will help them pass the exam successfully.

For this course we offer an initial placement session to assure that students are choosing the right exam level according to their knowledge and skills. We provide online materials and copies, mock exams, and audios. Students shall buy specific books.

The following are the CEFR levels that the DELE can certify:

-> A1 (Basic level)
-> A2 (Waystage level)
-> B1 (Intermediate level)
-> B2 (Advanced level)
-> C1 (Proficiency level)
-> C2 (Mastery level)

For more information on the exam, click here.

This is a program specially designed for Brazilian students. Its learning material approaches Spanish taking advantage of its proximity to Portuguese. Therefore, it allows a rapid and deep improvement in the language from day one. Besides, the course focuses on the most interesting cultural aspects for Brazilians and includes cultural activities integrated with the contents of the classes.

Our program is aimed at Brazilian students who want to greatly improve their Spanish skills in a short period. That is why it’s ideal for those who travel to Buenos Aires for just a few weeks. It can also be the best option for students who will start their University studies in the city and do not feel fluent yet.

CUI offers three levels for this Spanish course for Brazilian students in Buenos Aires: Initial, Intermediate and Advanced. Each level consists of 2 weeks of 4 hour lessons that take place from Monday to Friday, for a total of 40 hours of lessons.

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Our Spanish Course for Chinese students was born in 2006. It’s aimed to promote the integration of the Chinese community to the local one, taking care of their linguistic and cultural needs.

This program is ideal both for recently arrived Chinese citizens and also for those who have been living in Argentina for some time.

Our teachers have been specially trained for teaching Spanish to Chinese students. Besides, this program features specifically designed learning material and the assistance of bilingual Chinese-Spanish tutors. We also provide advice and assistance throughout the visa process, residency in the country and enrollment in graduate and postgraduate degrees, both in public and private universities in Argentina.

We have designed introductory courses for chinese students with no previous experience with the Spanish language.

Our Spanish Course for Chinese students is an annual program. We have designed our curriculum following the guidelines of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), and we cover from A1 to C1.

Our certificates are recognized by the University of Buenos Aires.

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