Santander Course | English Online 2025 - British Council is aimed at residents in 13 countries.

Three calls for applications will be launched throughout the year, each offering 10,000 places.

Madrid, 13 February 2025.
Banco Santander, in collaboration with the British Council, is launching a new edition of the Santander Course | English Online 2025 - British Council. Over the course of the year, 30,000 places will be made available across three application rounds for individuals aged 18 and over residing in 13 countries: Argentina, Germany, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, the USA, Spain, Portugal, Peru, Poland, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay.

The first application round, which is now open, offers 10,000 places to candidates with English proficiency levels ranging from A1 to C1. The programme aims to help participants improve their English skills and enhance their career prospects. In the initial stage, which lasts eight weeks, all 10,000 selected participants will have access to six themes on social and workplace English, as well as four teacher-led Live25 webinars focused on improving grammar and pronunciation per month. Upon completing each theme, learners will receive a certificate of theme completion issued by the British Council.

In the second stage, the top 1,500 participants with the best results will continue in the programme. They will benefit from an additional 20 weeks of training, including up to 18 online teacher-led classes available 24/7, where they can interact and practise with one another and receive targeted feedback from expert British Council teachers.

The application period for the Santander Course | English Online 2025 - British Council will be open until 21 April on Santander Open Academy. The programme is completely free, and applicants do not need to be Banco Santander customers.

Santander and its support for education, employability and entrepreneurship

Banco Santander is firmly committed to progress and inclusive, sustainable growth, with a pioneering and well-established focus on education, employability, and entrepreneurship for over 28 years, setting it apart from other financial institutions worldwide. The bank has allocated more than €2.3 billion to these initiatives, supporting over 1.5 million individuals and businesses through partnerships with more than 1,300 universities (www.santander.com/universities).

Through its global learning and professional development platform, Santander Open Academy, it provides access to training designed to enhance professional skills and employability. This includes fully funded courses, high-quality free content, and scholarships in collaboration with leading universities and institutions.

About the British Council

The British Council is the UK's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We support peace and prosperity, building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries around the world. We do this through our work in arts and culture, education and the English language. We work in over 200 countries and territories and are on the ground in over 100 countries. In 2022-23, we reached 600 million people. www.britishcouncil.org