Spanish universities urged to make studying ‘more attractive’ to foreign students

SPANISH universities are eager to attract more foreign students.

Education minister Inigo de Vigo has called on university deans to make studying in Spain ‘more attractive’.

Currently, only 2.9% of international students studying in Europe opt for Spanish universities.

The UK, Switzerland and Austria see the largest number of European students in Europe, accounting for 51% of all of Europe’s international students.

Dr Carlos Conde Solares, a Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Northumbria, UK puts Spain’s unpopularity down to three things: ‘lack of prestige’, ‘political rigidness of individual universities’ and ‘lack of funds spent on advertising’.