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Looking to learn Spanish in Uruguay? Academia Uruguay is Uruguay’s leading school for Spanish language courses and classes. Small class sizes and warm helpful staff combine with a stunning historic location in the Old City of Montevideo. They also offer Spanish courses online.
Who studies at Academia? Students over 18. They include people getting prepared for a big trip around South America by taking Spanish courses in Uruguay. Folks moving and/or retiring to Uruguay. Students studying for university credits back home. The descendents of Uruguayans who are back to rediscover their roots.
Safety and “peace and quiet” are two of the main reasons travellers choose Montevideo to study Spanish, according to Soledad, the language director at Academia Uruguay.
On site Spanish courses start every Monday throughout the year.
Cultural activities In Uruguay, Academia includes a weekly program of fun, authentic experiences and events for students.
Assistance with accommodation You can arrange everything from transportation from the airport to apartment rental or a home stay with the school.
Online classes Can’t get to Montevideo yet? Academia offers an affordable way to learn Spanish online, in small groups, which combines 16 hours of classes per month with a teacher plus unlimited platform access. The course is designed to take 30 hours a month (16 synchronous hours and the rest of the hours of asynchronous autonomous work on the platform) and costs 260 USD. As an ex-language teacher, I can vouch that 30 hours is recommended to gain conversational fluency.
Private online classes are also possible and cost 350 USD per package of 10 hours.
Academia Uruguay occupies the top floor of a 100-year old art-deco building. Its historic elevator has been restored to its full glory.
Small group size Groups are really personalised online and in person. Request your own group if you bring together three or more students of the same level.
An online learning platform for self-guided study This is probably the only online learning platform in the world where most of the content is about Uruguay and Latin America. How useful is that?! It is designed to be complementary to your face-to-face classes—where a real life teacher is teaching you live from Montevideo.
If you’re planning to move to Uruguay, you’ll really be kickstarting your adaptation You’ll learn the local accent, which is very different to Mexico or Spain. That will make thing soooo much easier once you are here. Not to mention the multiple benefits of meeting several times a week with a native Uruguayan and all the things that you’ll be able to learn regarding day to day life in Uruguay as well as the history and culture.
Speciality language classes There are intensive courses, Spanish for tango enthusiasts, Spanish for Portuguese-speakers.
Academia Uruguay
academiauruguay.com
Juan Carlos Gómez 1459, Montevideo, Uruguay
+598 2915 2496
info@academiauruguay.com
10 responses
It is a wonderful resource. My wife and I speak a little Spanish, but wanted to brush up just a little bit for our month-long trip to Montevideo for Carnival 2026. I arranged an hour a day for a few weeks before our trip via zoom, and an hour a day for a few weeks after we arrived in person. We also joined in on the weekly tours the school had for the 2 weeks in person. The classes were very helpful both in brushing up on Spanish, Rio Platanese, and getting tips about things to do.
I’ve taken group classes at Academia Uruguay for several months now in preparation to move to Uruguay. I’m now here and can confidently say it was worth every penny. I intend to continue taking classes until I can comfortably communicate in nearly all situations, which will take a while longer. Maira has been my instructor since I started, and she is one of the best teachers I’ve ever had in any subject. She’s endlessly patient, adjusts her teaching to everyone’s pace, and adjusts her own speaking speed and complexity to match the level of her students’ understanding. She knows her students are adults with busy lives, and is flexible with homework and focus level. She’s been an invaluable resource for information about the area with a local’s knowledge of markets and events and general things a foreigner would not know.
Thank you for the wonderful experience!
It is a game changer to have one-on-one lessons. Highly, highly recommend! Online works great.
Hello
iam from Egypt i want to Travel to montevideo to learn spanish then live and work there
What is programs for that and how much it cost ?
and what Papers required so that i can have Uruguay ID
Thanks
Hello,
Thank you very much for your interest in the Spanish courses offered by Academia Uruguay.
Classes are taught in group or individual format and start every Monday of the year, so once you have obtained the visa to travel to Uruguay you should only choose the date of your preference.
Regarding the process to obtain the tourist visa (which allows you to stay in Uruguay for 90 days) Academia Uruguay can help you by issuing a letter confirming your enrollment in our Spanish courses so that you can start the process at the Uruguayan consulate in your country of origin. To obtain this letter there are some conditions such as minimum and maximum number of weeks of group classes, paying an administrative fee for the visa, and paying the total amount of the reservation in advance, among others.
I am leaving you my email so you can write me and I will gladly send you all the details.
Regards
Paula (paula@academiauruguay.com)
Hello, I’m from Canada staying in Punta Del Este for about two weeks now.
I would love to learn Spanish language, but attending in the school to learn.
Hi Nasser, please contact Academia at info@academiauruguay.com
I can strongly recommend this place. Beautiful people there. And wonderful teachers who understand how different we learners are, and who keep challenging us to be and do our best.
♥️Academia Uruguay
It’s a great school. I took my Spanish classes there and the teachers and staff are great! I learned a lot and I made some friends from other places too.
[This comment was added to Guru’Guay’s old site on 01/05/2018]
My husband and I just finished a two-week intensive introduction to Spanish at Academia Uruguay, and we highly recommend it! Our teacher, Lucia, was excellent, patient, and very sensitive to everyone’s pace and the overall needs of the class. We learned so much, and we had a wonderful time doing it. We found the afternoon classes worked well for us, the price was very reasonable, and it was very convenient to get to from our apartment on Sarandi. An overall wonderful experience for two adults who hadn’t been in a classroom in 20 years, and we really feel like we have a great foundation from which to keep learning as we make our way around this beautiful country.
[This comment was added to Guru’Guay’s old site on 28/01/2018]