Choose to live in one of the following housing options:
Although every attempt will be made to match each student's preferences with our housing options, roommate and housing assignments are based upon availability and other factors. Therefore, your housing preferences cannot be guaranteed. We encourage you to apply early as it will assist us in organizing your housing arrangements.
Homestay
The majority of homestays are located in the city center and are close to buses that regularly run to and from the university. Each homestay has been carefully chosen to ensure the best possible living arrangements for each student. Homestays may consist of a single señora (with or without children) or a traditional two-parent household. This housing option allows students to continue practicing Spanish outside of the classroom while learning about Spanish culture. In most cases, one student is housed with each family and will have a single room. Students are provided three meals per day and laundry service once a week. All families are welcoming and generous with their home, but participants should remember that they are guests and will be expected to adapt to the traditions and rules of their host family.
Apartment
CEA students also have the opportunity to choose to live in a shared apartment. Students will be assigned an individual room in an apartment shared with other CEA students studying at the University of Alicante. The majority of the apartments are located in the city center. All of the apartments are close to buses that regularly run to and from the university. No meals or laundry service are included with this housing option, though students will have access to a fully equipped kitchen and a washing machine. Students are responsible for meals and phone usage, so additional funds should be allocated for these expenses. Apartments do not have phones for incoming or outgoing calls.
Independent Living
CEA highly recommends that students live in the housing provided. Requests for permission to arrange independent housing must be made on the online housing or paper application form as determined by your program no later than the application closure date. For academic year students, requests for permission to arrange independent living arrangements for the second semester must be made no later than the second semester's application closure date. Students whose requests are approved will receive a rebate for housing. CEA resident directors will not provide assistance with independent housing and will not speak or act on behalf of any student who chooses to pursue such arrangements. Rebates are not granted for students who move out of their CEA housing or choose to pursue independent living arrangements after the application closure date.
