Escuela Universitaria de la Cámara de Comercio de Bilbao

EUCCB was initiated in 1990 by Bilbao Chamber of Commerce and is now affiliated to the Universidad del País Vasco (University of the Basque Country). It offers a personal service, small groups, regular tutorials and coaching as well as close links to industry. More than 70% of the lecturers have experience in management positions. Good Spanish skills are essential at this university, as you might guess from the fact that its website is only available in Spanish. The university is located directly in the centre of the city at Plaza Moyua, just a ten-minute walk from the Guggenheim Museum. The specialisations offered at EUCCB are “Marketing and Business Communication” as well as “Internationalisation and Logistics”.

345,000 people live in Bilbao, or almost 900,000 if the surrounding area is included. This architecturally rich industrial and port city is located in the north of Spain on the Nervión river. It is especially well known for the Guggenheim Museum with its spectacular titanium cladding. Bilbao is part of the Basque region. Instead of tapas, Bilbao is famous for its pintxos, small snacks such as fish, seafood, cheese or ham, served on a mini-baguette or white bread, which are put on the counter for self-service. Alongside (very clear) Spanish, the people here speak Basque, and many areas in public life such as street signs and signs with placenames are bilingual. The metro opened in 1995 and the new trams round off the city’s good infrastructure, which also allows fast access to nature, where woods, mountains and beaches with high cliffs along the Atlantic coast await. Bilbao itself has a vibrant night-life with lots of little bars and large nightclubs in the historical part of the city. The city’s cultural diversity is reflected in the galleries, in various museums, Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall, the Fantasy Film Festival or the International Festival of Documentary and Short Film. You should also try out some of the Basque rural sports, such as stone lifting, scything, wood chopping, weight carrying, tug-of-war or Basque pelota, a court sport played with a ball where players either use their hand, a basket or a wooden bat.