Housing

First Night in Barcelona

On the first night in Barcelona, all students stay in a 4-star hotel with a double room (dinner and breakfast included). It is located five minutes from the city center and very close to the residence where students will stay during their time in Barcelona. The next day students move to their permanent residence, where they will have a welcome meeting and check in. For more information, click here.

Residence: TSH Barcelona

CASA-Barcelona students stay in single rooms at the TSH Campus Barcelona, which houses a mixture of Spanish and international students. Newly renovated, the residence has furnished rooms, shared kitchens, private bathrooms, free internet, TV, and air conditioning/heating. TSH also has common areas where students can meet with friends and classmates. The residence is beside the "Marina" metro station and the tramway line, 10 minutes from UPF and downtown Barcelona.

Facilities

Rooms: All rooms have a complete bathroom, TV, internet connection, air conditioning, heating and a window. They also have a 190x90cm bed, wardrobe, table and desk lamp, chairs, bookshelf and cork to hang photographs. The mattress and its cover, sheets, blanket, quilt, pillow, and towels are provided by the residence.

Kitchen: A kitchen is shared among ten students. It is equipped with a refrigerator, ceramic hob, oven and extractor fan. Each student will receive a pack of kitchen utensils upon arrival.

Common facilities: Common areas are available to all residents free of charge. It consists of three multipurpose rooms and three solarium areas with a rooftop pool.

Residence Services: The services that the residence offers for free include:

  • Weekly cleaning of the room, kitchen and bathroom
  • Weekly change of sheets and bath towels
  • Air conditioning and heating
  • 24 hour concierge
  • Internet connection in the rooms
  • TV

Other services offered to residents, for a fee, are:

  • Pre-paid service for outgoing calls
  • Laundry with automatic washers/dryers
  • Coffee machines, soft drinks and snack machines

Laundry: Keep in mind that electricity and other basic supplies, such as water or gas, are much more expensive in Europe than in the United States.

Contract with the residence: All students must sign a contract before moving into the residence.

Location

TSH Campus Barcelona
C / Sancho de Ávila, 22 
08018 Barcelona 
Tel: (+34) 93 217 88 12 
Metro: Marina (red line)
Web Site

Academic Year Students (Full-year Students)

Full-year students will have the option to find their own accommodation for the spring semester. They must inform CASA-Barcelona staff before November 15 about their choice for the second semester.

At a glance

City
Barcelona, Spain

Lead Institution
Brown University

Partner Institutions

Housing
Self-catered, single rooms at a student residential facility

Language requirements
Five-six semesters of college-level Spanish (or the equivalent), or two semesters of Catalan

Calendar
Academic year
Fall or Spring semesters

Applications
Students from CASA member institutions apply via their home institution. Non-CASA member students apply through Brown University.

Special Features
Distinctive research, internship, and volunteer opportunities

Member Universities

Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Georgetown University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Northwestern University
Trinity College, University of Dublin
The University of Pennsylvania
The University of Melbourne
Vanderbilt University