Santander Course | USA Summer Experience – Penn  offers a language immersion experience in the USA for students and young professionals aged 18 to 30 from 13 countries.

This includes the flights, university accommodation, health insurance, a certificate of attendance and activities.

Madrid, 30 January 2025.
Banco Santander has launched the second edition of Santander Course | USA Summer Experience – Penn, with the University of Pennsylvania, which offers students and young professionals 90 places to study English in person, allowing them to experience linguistic and cultural immersion on the university’s own campus, in the vibrant city of Philadelphia in the USA.

The course is aimed at young people aged between 18 and 30 years old from 13 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States and Uruguay). Applicants must have a level of English at least equivalent to B1 and no higher than C1 in order to apply for one of the places.

Santander Course | USA Summer Experience – Penn includes the cost of flights, university accommodation, medical insurance, a certificate of attendance, social and cultural activities and a letter of invitation from the University of Pennsylvania for the USA visa application process.

The course lasts three weeks, from 14 July to 1 August. The content is designed to help young people learn and practice English while reinforcing and practicing other skills, such as leadership, teamwork, persuasive communication, social media and positive psychology.

Applications will be open until 10 March in Santander Open Academy. This is a free course. No university degree is necessary, and being a Santander customer is not a requirement.

According to Rafael Hernández, Global Deputy Head of Santander Universities, “Language immersion is the best way to boost progress when it comes to improving language training. And what better than doing so immersed in a multicultural environment, in a city as iconic as Philadelphia and at an equally iconic university such as the University of Pennsylvania, with whom we have a very close and trusting relationship.”

Jack Sullivan, Director of the University of Pennsylvania English Language Programs (ELP) added “The ELP is thrilled to continue our valued partnership with Santander Universities through our second offering of the USA Summer Experience program.  We share the belief that developing English communication skills can be a powerful skill for success as well as the commitment to make a global impact by providing access to transformative programs such as this.”

Santander and its support for education, employability and entrepreneurship

For more than 27 years Banco Santander has maintained a firm commitment to an inclusive and sustainable growth with a pioneering and consolidated devotion to education, employability and entrepreneurship, which distinguishes it from the rest of the world's financial entities. The bank has allocated more than 2.3 billion euros and has supported more than 1.5 million people and companies through agreements with more than 1,200 universities.  It has been recognized as one of the companies that are contributing the most to changing the world for the better, according to Fortune magazine's 'Change the World' 2023 list (www.santander.com/universities).

Santander Open Academy is a professional learning and development global platform that offers access to training to improve professional skills and improve employability with 100% subsidized courses, free quality content and scholarships with leading universities and institutions around the world, which are updated according to the skills that are most in demand by the market.

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is an Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA). For more than half a century, English Language Programs (ELP) has offered open enrollment programs in academic, business, and general English as well as programs for students enrolled in areas such as business, design, and law. The ELP also offers teacher training, intercultural education, and testing. Customized programs and consulting services are available for foundations, multinational corporations, universities, and government agencies (https://www.elp.upenn.edu/).