Who we are

More than a language school: a bridge to higher education.

Mission and Vision

Mission

Our mission is to support international students in their Spanish-learning process, offering a comprehensive educational experience tailored to their personal and professional goals. We have two centers in Barcelona that address different training needs:

BCNLIP: One focused on cultural immersion, where language learning is combined with local experiences, social activities, and contact with the city’s everyday life. This approach fosters an emotional and practical connection with the language and culture—ideal for those who want to live Spanish beyond the classroom.

BCNLIP-UP: Another with a more academic focus, aimed at preparing students to enter higher studies or universities in Spanish-speaking environments. Here, learning is structured around concrete objectives, rigorous methodologies, and personalized guidance to achieve the necessary linguistic and academic competence.

From BCNLIP-UP, we aim to become a benchmark in preparing international students for access to higher education in Barcelona, integrating Spanish teaching with content and methodologies from different academic disciplines. We understand the language as a tool students can actively apply in areas such as the sciences, the humanities, or the social sciences. In addition to Spanish, we offer Catalan courses, as well as preparatory classes and subjects such as biology or mathematics, providing interdisciplinary and flexible training that connects language learning with academic and professional development in a university environment.

This is the spirit that defines our BCNLIP-UP project: an independent school that will maintain BCNLIP’s closeness, diversity, and quality, but with a clear academic vocation—designed for those who see Spanish as a key to their educational and professional growth.

Vision

At BCNLIP-UP we aspire to be a benchmark in Barcelona for teaching Spanish with an academic and interdisciplinary approach, training international students capable of successfully facing the linguistic, cultural, and academic challenges involved in studying or working in Spanish-speaking contexts.

We see ourselves as an innovative, rigorous, and human institution where learning Spanish not only means acquiring a language, but also developing key competencies for critical thinking, intercultural communication, and integration into academic and professional life.

Our vision is to consolidate ourselves as a bridge between the international world and the university system of Barcelona and the Spanish-speaking sphere, where Spanish learning dialogues with other disciplines, fostering a global, critical, and contextualized education.

We want to build an international community where learning is demanding yet approachable, where effort goes hand in hand with motivation, and where every student can feel supported on the path toward personal, academic, and professional goals.

Our Institution’s History

Learn how we have evolved over the years to offer the best academic training.

Our Origins (2006)

The project was born in 2006 as a language school in Barcelona, BCNLIP, which over time grew and adapted to the needs of international and local students, creating a diverse, open, and constantly evolving community.

BCNLIP UP: An evolution toward higher academic training

In 2023, BCNLIP UP emerged as a natural response to the more academic and professional aspirations of part of the BCNLIP student body. This new center represents an evolution: a space created to raise language teaching to a higher level, integrating language learning with tools and content from the university and professional spheres.

BCNLIP UP’s academic orientation

With a clear vocation for rigor and support, BCNLIP UP is aimed at students who want to access higher studies or train in a demanding academic environment, whether in universities, vocational programs, or specialized professional settings.

What does ‘UP’ mean in BCNLIP UP?

The name UP encompasses three dimensions of our educational offer:

University Pathway (UP)

We prepare you to pass the entrance tests to study at a Spanish university.

University and Professionalism (UP)

Our academic programs open doors to the academic and professional worlds.

UP to B2

Intensive training to reach an advanced level of the language in a short time, whether in Spanish, Catalan, or other languages.

Our educational offer