Internships

For the Degree in Early Childhood Education, Loyola University provides its students with the possibility of doing internships in external companies and institutions.  The external internships are managed by the Service of Employability and Entrepreneurship which coordinates all the processes and activities leading to the correct development of these internships, which are regulated by existing legislation and the internal regime which complements it.
The internships programmed in the curriculum are based, in great part, on the agreements being reached with FERE-CECA and Education and Management, so that its members take our students into their educational centers, Education and Management is the majority association of State-subsidized private school education in Spain, while FERE-CECA  is the group of those heading Catholic educational centers.
The information about internships will be published before the beginning of the course, specifying the name of the teaching center, its geographical location, the name of the students, tasks to be carried out, the duration, starting date, the tutor responsible and contact data about the company.

Why study Bilingual Degree in Early Childhood Education?

The Degrees in Education in Loyola University are centered on covering the needs and demands of the current work market in educative material.  We are immersed in a complex work environment, marked by the development of bilingualism, the intensive use of new technologies and the pursuit of developing students’ competencies. For this reason, in the design and development of the curriculum, these circumstances have been taken very much into consideration, with the aim of endowing students with the necessary skills to facilitate their future incorporation into the work market. The proof of this is that the degrees have been designed in accordance with the real demands of Primary and Early Childhood centers.

In today’s society it is important to have professionals who understand  the educational needs of children, as well as the vital contexts surrounding  them, collaborating with family education.

Graduates in Early Childhood Education develop the skills required to educate with creativity, responsibility and communication skills.  By the same token, graduates in Early Childhood Education from Loyola University are versatile professionals, able to carry out their work in different environments: the school, family, government, counseling, hospitals, cultural centers, welfare services, research, communication media, etc.

Students will be able to participate in academic exchanges in the most prestigious universities in Europe, the United States, Asia and South America. This degree enables them to practice language learning from the very first year of study, because the classes are bilingual.

Graduate in Bilingual Early Childhood Education

Education is the foundation of any society. For this reason, Loyola University offers the Degree in Early Childhood Education to train teachers to respond to the educational needs raised by the family, school and society.

The Degree in Early Childhood Education is directed to students who want to work with children from 0 to 6 years of age.  In the Degree for Early Childhood Education, English is clearly a protagonist in the training and curriculum as more than half of the subjects are given in English by native or highly qualified teaching staff.  This language has become a key and necessary tool in professional development in the field of education.  In this sense, to assure a professional use of English, internships are offered in bilingual centers.  

The University also has a volunteer service and offers students the possibility of collaborating with Educational centers as of their first year of study, which facilitates greater contact with the reality of education  in different contexts, increasing social and teaching skills, and most importantly, favoring the transformation of the educative community in  returning the  children to the limelight.

Students in Education Degrees will be able to understand the complexity of education through different sciences that converge in this field, in order to detect and solve problems, and  plan, carry out and evaluate innovative projects to help transform the educative reality of our society and give children an integral education.