![]() | Education System in Spain |
Primary Education
Education in Spain is compulsory and free between ages 6 and 16 and administered on a regionalized basis. Primary schooling is divided into three 2-year cycles during which literacy, numeracy and an introductory knowledge of a range of academic subjects is achieved.Middle Education
For the balance of their free and compulsory education period pupils move on to lower secondary school. Upon completion of their academic program they are awarded the title of graduado de educación secundaria or secondary education graduate.Vocational Education
Alternatively students may opt for 2 years of occupational training instead and qualify as a técnico or technician. With this they may enter the workforce, and enrol later in a higher technical program after acquiring related experience.Tertiary Education

The most venerable tertiary institution of all in Spain is the University of Salamanca that is in fact the third oldest operating university anywhere in the world. It dates from 1134 although it only received a Royal Charter in 1218.