don Quijote 30 Scholarships. Press Release

30 Scholarships for Study Abroad Offered to Educational Institutions Actively Promoting the Learning of Spanish

don Quijote, Spain's leading provider of in-country Spanish courses in Spain and Mexico, is offering 30 scholarships to educational institutions presenting innovative plans to promote the learning of the Spanish language. Universities, colleges, community colleges and high schools worldwide are invited to present their plans in Fundación don Quijote's annual international scholarship programme.

Each winning institution will select a student to receive the scholarship, which will consist of a 2-week intensive Spanish language course at any don Quijote school in Spain or Guanajuato, Mexico.

In addition each scholarship student will receive a 5% discount on the cost of their don Quijote accommodation.

Through the programme don Quijote aims to:

  • Reward educational institutions going the extra mile to encourage their students to learn foreign languages and Spanish in particular.
  • Create a forum through which educators share great language programme ideas.
  • Provide an opportunity for 30 motivated and deserving students to experience the magic of study abroad.

Announcing the launch of this year's competition, Carmen Cantariño, Director of Sales at don Quijote, commented, "We are delighted by the terrific response we receive to the scholarship competition every year. Response to this programme is a terrific indicator of the growing interest in the Spanish language all over the world, and the passion and creativity of Spanish teachers. We're proud to play a role in the diffusion of innovative ideas in language teaching, and pleased to give 30 deserving students the chance to experience the adventure of in-country language learning."

Programme details and supporting information, including current statistics on the importance of the Spanish language, may be found on the don Quijote Web site at 30 Scholarships.

For 25 years, don Quijote, the market leader in in-country Spanish language courses, has been exclusively dedicated to the teaching of Spanish to foreigners. Each year the company welcomes as many as 15,000 students from 65 countries to its schools in Salamanca, Madrid, Barcelona, Tenerife, Granada and Valencia in Spain, and Guanajuato, Mexico. The company's Web site, www.donquijote.org, a Spanish language portal offering more than 70,000 pages of Spanish language resources, receives more than 20,000 visits daily.