Barcelona Study Abroad Program
The mission of the Barcelona Program is to provide students with a multicultural and cross-national approach that fosters the enrichment of their personal and professional development.
Hosted by the ETSAV, the Illinois’ Barcelona Program is located at Sant Cugat del Vallès, a beautiful and prosperous town that has a rich history dating back to the medieval period and is part of Barcelona’s metropolitan area.
A breakdown on what our program costs
Detailed look into the Barcelona program.
Junior and senior-level undergraduate students of the Illinois School of Architecture are eligible to participate in the Yearlong program of studies (the one-semester option is not available for undergraduate students). Graduate-level students are eligible to participate for one-semester (Fall or Spring).
Everything needed for daily life–groceries, supplies, entertainment and medical attention–is available within a 5-to-20-minute walking radius.
Learn more about the city you will be living in. Sant Cugat del Vallès (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌsaŋ kuˈɣad dəl βəˈʎɛs]) is a town and municipality north of Barcelona, Catalonia.
All courses are taught in English by professors appointed by the Illinois School of Architecture and are conceived to guarantee that all program participants continue on a regular path toward graduation.
In addition to the field trips and workshops integrated to the structure of the three core courses, the Barcelona Program offers a wide range of related curricular and extracurricular activities.
View past student work from 2016 to today.
Barcelona Program overview s by Professor Alejandro Lapunzina and student experiences over the years.
Perspectives on the Barcelona program from our alums.
Academic Calendars
Barcelona Program Instagram
Basque Country Field Trip: Day 7 & 8
2025-02-11 to 2025-02-12
Final leg of the trip! Thank you for following along our journey in Northern Spain!!
These last two days, we visited Oke Casa de la Cultura in Ortuella and Palace of Alaferia to sketch analytical drawings.
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Basque Country Field Trip: Day 6
2025-02-10
Today we went to Biblioteca Deusto and did a drawing exercise in Plaza Nueva.
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Basque Country Field Trip: Day 5
2025-02-09
Big San Sebastián day!
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Basque Country Field Trip: Day 4
2025-02-08
Big Guggenheim day with exploring Bilbao and watching a theatrical performance!
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Basque Country Field Trip: Day 3
2025-02-07
From Santa Maria Eunate, to Pinchos in Logroño, to our arrival in Bilbao… today was a fun day!
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Basque Country Field Trip: Day 2
2025-02-06
We went to Fundación Museo Oteiza, Convent Restoration and explored Pamplona today!
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Basque Country Field Trip: Day 1
2025-02-05
We stopped at the beautiful Castillo de Loarre on our way to the first city of our spring field trip, Pamplona!
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Castelló d’Empúries
2026-01-19
Our class has started a thematic workshop dedicated to designing theaters!
We visited Castelló d’Empúries to analyze the sites for our upcoming temporary theater pavilions, and had the pleasure of seeing an in-progress renovation by our guest professors.
Stay tuned for project updates!
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