The biggest change happening in Madrid’s education sector is the trend towards bilingual and international education with more than 650 schools and institutes with Spanish and English bilingual programs. This action taken place at a time when Madrid is establishing itself as one of the best education sector in Europe with many of student’s enrollment from Spain and other parts of the world.
The Community of Madrid is a region with 14 universities and 15 Higher Artistic Education Centers and is now training more than 300,000 in tertiary education. Madrid, thus, has become one of the European educational meccas where the number of students in higher education is larger than in London and Paris.
This is perhaps evidenced by the large number of schools in the region that offer bilingual facilities. These experiences are being implemented with the intention of educating students to fit into an international environment that is fast dominating the world job market, with English as the dominant language. Bilingual education does not stop at private and public schools, and several international schools offer tuition in languages such as French, German, and Italian, among others.
So, it turns out that education in Madrid is not only confined to teaching languages, but it’s also not all about Madrid’s MHRC. Education experts and recent OECD reports rank the region’s education system as one of the best in the world. The newest PISA outcomes indicate that learners in Madrid teach reading scientific and mathematical skills better than national averages. This achievement put Madrid’s students on the same level as students from some of the most developed countries in the globe.
Indeed, the qualifications achieved in Madrid can be better explained by the fact that out of the 100 best educational establishments in Spain, 36 are located in the region. Such concentration of education has not escaped the attention of international families and students looking for schools with the best education.
International students are particularly observed to be escalating at university levels. Madrid´s universities provide an extensive variety of degrees, with 230 undergraduate degrees, 109 double degrees and 70 degrees in English. This and other countries’ people fascination with Madrid rich cultural and economic life has made the flows of the international students more regular.
Foreign students studying in undergraduate and master’s programs in the universities of Madrid in the 2018/2019 academic year number more than 22, 000 people. It is likely that this number has risen in the recent past mainly because more people are identifying the city as an educational hub.
However, there is more to Madrid’s education system than the academic programs it offers its learner. There are many business schools in the city, four of which boast triple crown, accreditations given to only the best business schools around the world. Both these business institutions, which include IESE Business School and IE Business School, attract students and professionals from different parts of the world, therefore strengthening Madrid’s reputation as an educational city.
Developing and reinforcing Madrid’s education system align with global trends has its benefits and risks. The matter of raising an international student percentage enriches the classroom with diversity and multicultural point of view, however, enhances universities’ construction and mingling necessities to satisfy its numerous cultural students’ demands.
As for the future, the authorities of Madrid are aimed at keeping up the growth of education standards that made the region famous all over the world and working on the weaknesses. Girls careers development, continual drive for improved technology use in the classroom, STEM education, and teacher development are all things that will continue to ensure Madrid is on the cutting edge of educational technology.
This global connection boosts the opportunity for Madrid students as the school widely supports the learning of two languages and international programs. In the future years the capacity of the city to attract and maintain international talent in the format of students as well as educators will remain as a competitive advantage.
Being a cradle of knowledge, Madrid is all set for a further evolution as a center of education in Europe and worldwide supported by the abundance in cultural life and new economic perspectives. This future is not only being crafted for the students in this city but more significantly the goals of bilingualism and international education are in line with Spain’s development objective of economic growth and world interaction.