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European Summer Schools Still Accept U.S. Applicants

Could Be Perfect Way to Spend Extra Days in Favorite Place

Spain and Portugal

Monthly expenses in Spain vary from $40 to $60. The most important Spanish Universities offering summer courses to foreigners are located at Barcelona, Madrid, Santiago, Seville Valladolid, and Zaragoza. In addition, Spanish language and history instruction is scheduled in special summer schools in Cadiz, Pamplona and Santander. The People's University of Segovia gives a one-month course on art history. Most institutions begin teaching early in July, with the Barcelona, Seville, and Valladolid universities starting in August.

In neighboring Portugal, the cost of living is about the same as in Spain and the Portuguese government offers a number of scholarships to foreign students who want to attend summer sessions. This summer the University of Coimbra is scheduled to have an extensive program of instruction in the fields of language, literature, history of art, archaeology, ethmography, and geography. Some of the liberal arts courses of the University of Lisbon in the capital are conducted in English.

Scandinavia

Tuition fees for summer courses in Sweden are comparatively high. The program offered by the Swedish Institute in Stockholm, including sight-seeing trips to neighboring regions, costs $70.

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The Swedish Institute offers in August a political, cultural, and economic survey of "Modern Sweden." Sociology seminars are held by the Universities of Lund and Mullsjo in August and September. The University of Stockholm concentrates on language instruction to foreigners throughout the summer. There is also a summer course in June and July in woodwork, handicrafts, ceramics, painting, drawing, and interior decoration at the Nyckelviksskolans Institute in Viggbyholm.

In Denmark, where the student should estimate on $70 a month, there is a Committee for the Propagation of Knowledge about Denmark Abroad which holds courses in Copenhagen all summer. The tuition for each four-week course on Denmark is $15. Special sessions for men and women at the Fredensborg College of Physical Education are conducted in English July 29 to August 30.

Norway offers only one summer course at the University of Oslo, specifially for American students, which lasts from June 23 to August 4.

Greece and Middle East

In Greece, the American School of Classical Studies makes available Greek art, archaeology, and history and literature courses to graduate students and undergraduates majoring in the Classics.

The only educational institution which offers summer courses for American students outside the continents of Europe and America is the American University in Beirut, Lebanon. Courses for undergraduates include Arabic language, philosophy, and culture.

Study tours and American college summer courses abroad, such as the Yale-Reid Hall Summer Session in Paris, add to the opportunities for college students who want to travel and study during the summer

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