Hi everyone.
I hold both US and UK citizenship. I currently reside in the States. My wife and kids are American born and raised. We have developed a fondness for Spain and we are currently looking into eventual permanent retirement in Andalusia.
The ten year plan is such, because it would be exellent timing for us. In 10 years, I will be ready for retirement, and my kids (they are twins) will have just completed high school. I would like to make the permenent move to coincide with them starting their undergraduate degree programs in Spain. This problem is, their basic “tourist” level of Spanish will not be anywhere near a level needed to enter into a traditional Spanish university. Therefore, I need to find out if I can get them into an English-speaking university, where they would do their entire 4-year undergrad program. By the time they graduate, their Spanish skills will have increased to the point where employment would be achieavable, due to their overall imersion in the culture.
So my question is, are there English-speaking undergrad programs in Spain, and if so, how widespread are they? I’m guessing that Barcelona and Madrid are well covered, but it would be great if such programs existed in Granada or Seville. I’ve done all kinds of online searching, but I can only find programs that offer the one semester exchange type stuff.
If this plan turns into do-able, then I’d like to purchase a place soon, and let it out during the 10 years, keeping a couple of weeks for us to visit each year.