These tours are optional and have an additional cost. Students are encouraged to live with Mexican families since this living arrangement provides students with a unique opportunity to obtain an inside view of Mexican life. Homestays have also proven to be an excellent way to give students more exposure to the Spanish language. The University provides assistance regarding housing arrangements. Most living arrangements include a double-occupancy lodging and three meals a day in a warm family atmosphere.
Single rooms are available upon request but have an extra cost.
VISA American and European students may enter Mexico with a tourist visa, which is issued at the immigration counter in the Mexican airport and is good from 30 to 90 days. Traveling to Mexico, students need either a valid passport or a certified birth certificate and two other forms of identification. The University of Guanajuato provides basic medical consultation free of charge and a limited insurance policy, which only covers accidents on the University s premises. Students can do an independent study in order to pick up another three credits. Students will obtain three credits for participating in language program course work.