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Useful Information
Use the Pocket Money Calculator to determine approximately how much money you'll be spending once you get to Spain!
All prices quoted on this web site are given in Euros. To convert Euros into your own currency UniSpain provides you with XE's Personal Currency Converter. The converter will pop-up in a separate window so you can do your conversions without leaving this web site.
XE.com Personal Currency Assistant
Find out when schools are closed by consulting our online calendar for national, bank and local holiday dates.
Online Calendar
Before you finish packing your bags and head to Spain, you might be interested in a detailed weather report for Spain and your chosen destination. Below you can find a link to weatherunderground.com's Spanish weather site (in English), which includes forecast, general conditions, temperature maps for Spain or for specific regions in Spain.
Spanish Weather
If you need academic credits from a US College or University please see below which Spanish schools already have an agreement with a US University and the guidelines to follow.
If you wish to study Spanish in a University and need academic credits you will have to contact your study abroad officer at your own university to find out if they already have an agreement with the university in Spain and how to arrange for the credit.
To receive credits you must complete a 3 week program and for 12 weeks it is possible to earn up to 12 hours of undergraduate or 9 hours of graduate credit.
In the following programs offered by UniSpain it is possible to get credits from the University of Southern Mississippi.
- Don Quijote Granada
- Don Quijote Salamanca
- Don Quijote Sevilla
- CLIC Sevilla
Guidelines:
First you need to get a Pre-approval from your college or university. Contact your study abroad office or Spanish language department and ask about what they require you to arrange for your credits before you departure towards Spain.
Thereafter you need to contact the University of Southern Mississippi (see details below) for an application form and information on procedures to follow. In UniSpain we will always be ready to help you providing the necessary papers from the Spanish schools or any other query.
Contact names in the University of Southern Mississippi:
Melissa Ravencraft, Coordinator
College of International and Continuing Education
Box 10047 Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0047
Tel: (601) 266-5009 Fax: (601) 266-5699 E-mail: m_ravencraft@bull.cc.usm.edu or
Melissa.Ravencraft@usm.edu
Or
Yvonne Unnold, Assistant Professor
Department of Foreign Languages
Box 5038 Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5038
Tel: (601) 266-4864 or 4964
Fax: (601) 266-4853
E-mail: Yvonne.Unnold@usm.edu
In our link section below you can find links to a broad range of themes from general tourist information to help finding flight tickets or where to buy Spanish study books. In each section we have a selection of the best web sites with all kinds of information on the various subjects.
If you want to recommend a website that might be useful for our visitors and relates to one of the section bellow, please send an email to webmaster@unispain... (don´t forget to add .com)
Town Guides
- Alicante Guides
- Barcelona Guides
- El Puerto Guides
- Granada Guides
- Malaga Guides
- Madrid Guides
- Salamanca Guides
- Sevilla Guides
- Tenerife Guides
- Gran Canaria Travel Guide
- Hotels & Real Estate in Spain
- Flight Tickets & Travel Information