Being old is not something valorated nowadays in our society. However, the oldest Spanish university, the university of Salamanca (USAL), can show you that experience is something valuable and it goes together with the quality.
It has a medium size with 9 teaching campuses, located in different cities. The strongest point is the faculty of Humanities, with very a huge list of courses.
At this university study people from all around the world, you can discover new cultures, there are thematic cultural weeks (mmm…I still remember amazing sushi made by some Japanese girls), many conferences about all kinds of topics and very active students´ night life 🙂
I highly recommend it, the quality of studies and teachers´knowledge is awesome, and you will never be bored in this city full of life.

I loved studying at the University of Salamanca. I got a Master’s in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory. My classes were interesting and my professors were, overall, not only very knowledgeable, but also very kind and willing to help and offer guidance. There is a diverse interest pool which is very useful when looking for a supervisor.
The only drawback I can think of is that the administration wasn’t the most accommodating for international students. Some things were rather confusing, coming from a whole different country, let alone academic system, and admin wasn’t always as clear as it could be.
But overall, I would thoroughly recommend the university and am very happy with the program!

Compared to many other universities in Spain, it’s cheap. This implies that many times the quality of teaching is terrible, and in addition, the teaching staff is not very qualified. The only good thing that I would highlight is that you can sign up for a wide variety of activities.