THE UNIVERSITY LIFE

The University of León is divided in two Campuses, one of them is sited in Ponferrada and the other one is in the capital, and it is the biggest one.

The degrees available are in the reach of:
Experimental Studies Degrees
Degrees in Humanities
BA and Diploma in Social Sciences and Law
BA and Diploma in Experimental Sciences and Health
BA and Diploma in Humanities
Engineering and Technical Engineering
Third Cycle Studies (PhD)
Graduate Studies

And some own degrees and more university extension.

This is a very small University (comparing with others in Spain), and here there are very few students. In fact we haven´t got any fraternity but when party time comes, each Faculty organized an “Espicha” for the rest of the students in the University.

Our Espichas are typical parties in León in which organizers earn money so that their studies trip became cheaper. Usually, Espichas are on Thursday evening, but some of them starts in the morning and goes on all day long. It takes place in a tent on the street, maybe in a car park or over the green, green grass.
When the Espicha is over, students go out around the “barrio húmedo”, a neighborhood with a lot of bars and pubs. This is a very famous area in León to have “cortos y tapas” (little drinks and food) to go out every weekend.

"Empty green, green grass"and "Full green,

green grass because of an Espicha"

We five are students of the Faculty of Education in Vegazana’s Campus, studying to become English teachers. This is a new Faculty, actually it´s the newest in the Campus. It has only two years old. Here we have seven specialties and Psychopedagogy.

Along the day we have a lot of lessons, but, we have also free hours. We spend this time finishing our homework, our projects, going to the library, reading books, studying…but the most of the time we go to the snack bar. We have four here! People use to play cards in the bar, while they take some drink (soft drink…), or they just spend time with friends talking about teachers, partners, espichas…

But party is not the only thing we do here. Sometimes we have to study to pass our exams. Our assessments are in February, June and September. But if we want to have a good summer, we must go to the library as soon as possible, and study hard. During the assessments there are two libraries which are opened 24 hours a day.

People from other countries come to León to continue their studies as an Erasmus student at the University. We met an irish girl, Beth, who was so kind to answer some questions for us.

Thank you very much, Beth!!!!