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All you need to know about education in Spain

It's already a tradition at Education Worldwide and the German Education Server, whose physical headquarters are in Frankfurt: Every year at the Frankfurt Book Fair we present a dossier on the education system in the respective Guest of Honour country. This year Spain is the special guest of the Book Fair. In 2017, the escalating dispute over the independence of the Catalonia region caused a stir - Education Worldwide also published a dossier on educational issues within the conflict in Catalonia at the time. Since then it has become a little more quiet around Spain. Nevertheless, the country remains exciting, not only from a literary point of view. You can find information about the education system in Spain here in our web dossier.

Overview of the Education System in Spain

Educational Statistics and Indicators from Spain

Authorities & National Centres

Professional Societies, Organisations, Networks

A selection of websites from our database is provided below concerning the following topics:

• Springe zu: Overviews of the education system in Spain
• Springe zu: Ministries responsible for education and science in Spain
• Springe zu: Educational reports on and education statistics for Spain

 You will find further websites and literature on Spain here:

1. Websites on Spain
2. Literature on Spain  (German Education Research Portal)

Overviews of the education system in Spain

Spain
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in [...]

Egypt; Ethiopia; Algeria; Angola; Argentina; Australia; Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium [...]
The PEER portal is obviously the successor to the earlier Unesco Country Dossiers (see the Internet Archive). [...]

Europe; Austria; Belgium; Cyprus, Republic of; Czechia; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary [...]
The European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education provides national overviews of special needs education in numerous European countries. The information includes the following topics: legal system, financing, [...]

Spain
"The report "Facts and Figures on the Spanish University System" is a synthesis publication that presents the most relevant data on the Spanish University System, focusing on its structure (organisational and economic), access, students and staff." You can find reports starting in 2005. [Abstract: Site editors' information translated [...]

international; Australia; Canada; England; France; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Japan [...]
INCA (1996-2013) provided descriptions of government policy on education in Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, [...]

Spain
A SlideShare presentation on the educational system of Catalonia by the Department of Education of the "Generalitat de Catalunya" (government of the autonomous region of Catalonia). The statistical data used in this presentation are taken from the years 2005-2006. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Spain
"Each academic year, the State School Council prepares, approves and publishes the Report on the State of the Education System. It contains the educational development during the academic year and incorporates the proposals for improvement that the Council deems appropriate to send to the educational administrations." You can find [...]

Spain
"Since 2000, the Ministry of Education has published a synthesis of educational data in Spain, the "State System of Education Indicators (Sistema Estatal de Indicadores de la Educación)". It offers the results of the main educational statistics both at national level and disaggregated by Autonomous Community, also presenting [...]

Ministries responsible for education and science in Spain

Central America; Latin America; South America; Spain
Very rich website of the "Ibero-American Intergovernmental Cooperation Network for the Education of People with Special Educational Needs (RIINEE)". RIINEE was created in December 2004 on the occasion of the "1st Meeting on Educational Cooperation with Ibero-America on Special Education and [...]

Spain
Website of the Catalan Education Ministry. Unfortunately, this website is only available in Catalan. To get an idea of the site's content, you can have a look at the English thematical pages of the Government of Catalonia ("Generalitat de Catalunya"): "Education and [...]

Spain
The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) is a public institution dedicated to research in Spain. Belonging to the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the Secretary of State for Research, its main objective is to develop and promote research that will help bring about scientific and technological progress, and it is [...]

Educational reports on and education statistics for Spain

Belgium; Bulgaria; Cyprus, Republic of; Czechia; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Switzerland; Greece [...]
Eurydice (formerly Eurypedia and Eurybase) is a network of national units based in all countries of the Erasmus+ programme. [Its] task is to explain how education systems are organised in Europe and how they [...]

Spain
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports in Spain is responsible for all areas and levels of education in the country. There is an organizational chart of the Ministry on the website. According to the different responsibilities of this governmental institution links to educational institutions in the field of vocational training and [...]

Spain
This clearly structured homepage of the Council for Education in Andalusia provides an overview on the structure and function of the Consejería and on its branches in various cities and on central services in the province. There is also a link to the School Council of Andalusia.

Spain
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides very comprehensive country profiles on on education systems in Europe (formerly know as "Eurypedia"). All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in [...]

Spain
The INEM network server includes background information (Framework, Adress and telephone numbers), services offered to the citizen (Employment, Unemployment benefit, Vocational training, Workshops and Handicraft Centres), statistics (monthly advance of unemployment, rate recorded, Employment arrangements, recorded contracts, training [...]

Spain
Statistical data on education, provided by the Statistical Institute of Catalonia. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Spain
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of [...]

Egypt; Ethiopia; Algeria; Angola; Argentina; Australia; Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium [...]
The PEER portal is obviously the successor to the earlier Unesco Country Dossiers (see the Internet Archive). [...]

Spain; Latin America; United States of America (USA); Puerto Rico; Caribbean
Today (stand: March 2012), the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) represents more than 300 colleges and universities committed to Hispanic higher education success in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Latin America and Spain. Its mission is to promote the [...]

Spain
The National Statistical Institute offers a large collection of data on the following topics: university education, transition to the labour market, adult education, education expenditure, pre-university education, information technology in education.

Spain
The Conference of the Spanish University Principals in this website provides information about its mission and organization (commissions for many special agenda, e.g. student orientation), its political actions, the developments concerning the Higher Education Administration Law (LOU), international cooperation and statistical sources. [...]

Spain
Website of the Catalan Education Ministry. Unfortunately, this website is only available in Catalan. To get an idea of the site's content, you can have a look at the English thematical pages of the Government of Catalonia ("Generalitat de Catalunya"): "Education and [...]

Spain
"The report "Facts and Figures on the Spanish University System" is a synthesis publication that presents the most relevant data on the Spanish University System, focusing on its structure (organisational and economic), access, students and staff." You can find reports starting in 2005. [Abstract: Site editors' information translated [...]

international; Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Armenia; Australia [...]
This page provides a country list with fact sheets on the Human Development Index (HDI). The index focuses on three measurable dimensions of human development: health, education and standard of living. The fact sheets are [...]

Spain
The ministry of education offers statistics on non-university and university education.

Yemen; Sudan; Suriname; Zambia; Eswatini; Eswatini; Zimbabwe; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Taiwan; Tajikistan; Tanzania [...]
The site of the US American Directory of State Universities offers an online encyclopedia on education. The chapter "Global Education References" delivers statistical data and texts on education systems in different [...]

Spain
A SlideShare presentation on the educational system of Catalonia by the Department of Education of the "Generalitat de Catalunya" (government of the autonomous region of Catalonia). The statistical data used in this presentation are taken from the years 2005-2006. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Spain
"Each academic year, the State School Council prepares, approves and publishes the Report on the State of the Education System. It contains the educational development during the academic year and incorporates the proposals for improvement that the Council deems appropriate to send to the educational administrations." You can find [...]

Spain
"Since 2000, the Ministry of Education has published a synthesis of educational data in Spain, the "State System of Education Indicators (Sistema Estatal de Indicadores de la Educación)". It offers the results of the main educational statistics both at national level and disaggregated by Autonomous Community, also presenting [...]