As a CIS student, you’ll be met at the airport by Suffolk Madrid staff, who will escort you to your chosen accommodation. After you arrive, you will be given a thorough orientation of Madrid and taken on an excursion outside the city. Excursions vary each summer, but past orientations have been run in Caceres and Galicia. The program includes intensive Spanish lessons, an academic orientation, and many excursions to historically, culturally, and environmentally important local sites.
Students come to the Madrid campus from Eastern and Western Europe, Spain, Africa, Asia, and the US, making for a truly international and cross-cultural setting. Summer in Madrid offers 24-hour online access to library resources in Boston while maintaining its own permanent collection of books and CD-ROM resources.
One reason our Madrid program is so popular is the number of excursions included in the program fee. You will get to see some of Spain's most popular cities. Possible destinations include Seville, Cordoba, Segovia, and Toledo. Frequent extracurricular events are also offered in Madrid, such as walking tours, museum visits, bullfights, and so on. Gourmet dinners are often arranged and are a satisfying way for students to get to know one another!