Why Mester?

As our global community becomes more united and intertwined economically, socially, and culturally, it´s essential for future generations to be attuned to other cultures and languages in the world around them. There are over 325 million native Spanish speakers in the world! Therefore, Spanish-language fluency is an extremely valuable skill, both personally and professionally. Spanish is widely spoken in the business world and studying abroad is a fantastic way to enhance your resume. As the native tongue of many important authors, dramatists, and historians, Spanish is the language to learn if you are interested in liberal arts studies! Mester feels that Spanish is not only a window into the Spanish spirit and civilization but a means to interact with various other cultures that have adopted Spanish dialects as their native language.

Mester offers its study abroad students the opportunity to participate in a unique and completely different lifestyle from their own. We enthusiastically accept the challenge of preparing our students for leadership in the future.
At Mester, education does not end in the classroom. We make sure that each and every one of the sociocultural activities we organize brings a different aspect of Spanish culture to life.

Whether guiding students around historical monuments, taking them on weekend excursions to other cities, giving them lessons in salsa or Spanish guitar, or taking them on various tapas tours, our goal is the same: to show students life beyond the classroom.

While abroad, you will receive excellent individualized guidance from Mester’s staff members. Our advisors can help you design the program that best fits your academic, professional and personal goals.

Our interactive and intensive courses incorporate grammatical, communicative, literary, linguistic, and cultural objectives. Our academy and faculty strive for excellence by keeping our teaching materials up to date. We are accredited by the Instituto Cervantes and have received the Quality Seal from the University of Alcalá de Henares.

Mester provides up-to-date, tailor-made workbooks created by our invested teachers and staff. To supplement these teaching materials we carefully select resources from the most prestigious Spanish publishers. Above all we place great emphasis on ensuring that our students learn the language in a friendly and open environment.

The majority of our students come to Mester due to recommendations from students or teachers who have previously participated in our programs. Mester works diligently to evaluate and apply our students’ feedback to continually improve our teaching performance.