Courses focusing on heritage studies may equip students with a broad understanding of how cultures impact the present. Programs provide students with the knowledge and skills to research and apply cultural findings to locations, politics, literature and art.

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a sovereign state and a member state of the European Union. It is located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Spanish universities regulate access to their own degrees and they fix the academic fees. They can also offer unofficial postgraduate degrees. The capital city Madrid has possibly the largest number of bars per capita of any European city and a very active nightlife.