Students interested in pursuing volunteer work are provided with opportunities to work with children and adolescents, human rights and women's groups or the elderly. In addition to guided visits around Madrid, students may participate in optional field trips to places of interest throughout Spain, such as Cordoba, Seville, and Cadiz. An optional field trip to Morocco is arranged during the spring break. Each semester selected students studying the European Union may participate in the Model European Union, which has been held in both Freiburg and London. Spring semester students studying drama may participate in the International Drama Festival scheduled at one of the other IES Centers in Europe, such as Paris.
Housing is provided in homestays or one of the university dormitories.
300-level Spanish required for spring semester students. Course in European history or culture.