Spanish Program for Foreign Students

For applications from abroad

1. Send the coordinator an invoice request letter. Attach a scanned copy of the main page of your passport. Make sure to include address and phone number correctly in the letter.
2. Do the payment at the nearest Citibank branch office upon reception of invoice on the part of UPB (the coordinator will send you procedure details).
3. Send the coordinator a scanned copy or fax of the bank receipt (proof of payment). Make sure to include clear full name and the word ESPEX. Keep the original receipt and bring it with you!

General terms

Upon entering the ESPEX Spanish for foreign students Program at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Language Center, you accept the following general conditions:
1. Academic hours: an academic hour of class corresponds to 55 minutes of student-teacher contact (not 60 minutes). Therefore, a 2-hour-block is a 1-hour-and-50-minute class.
2. Attendance: attending 80% of the course will allow you to get a certificate of attendance (delivered on demand).
3. Study visa application process: if you need to apply for a study visa before the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through an acceptance letter from UPB Language Center while in Colombia, you must:

• ​register, at least, for three courses in a row (120 hours);
• commit to a minimum of 10 hours per week of lessons;
• pay in advance for 100% of the cost of all the courses of the contracted program you will take during the time of your visa;
• attend the 80% of each course. If you fail to attend the 20% of a course without a valid reason and without notification to the coordinator, the University will report the competent authorities of your absence.

Refund

A. The UPB will refund 100% of the value of the contracted program only in the following cases:

• When the University has been responsible for the cancellation of the course.
• When a student has been refused a visa by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• When, by force majeure, a student cannot start the contracted program (Each case will be justified in writing and analyzed by the Evaluation Committee of the Language Center).

B. The UPB will refund 90% of the value of the contracted program when the student reports in writing on the cancellation of the program before its start or before elapsing 10% of it.