Bachelor’s degree · Initial professional preparation
Grado en Gastronomía y Artes Culinarias
Bachelor's Degree in Gastronomy and Culinary Arts
Basque Culinary Center · Basque Culinary Center - Donostia-San Sebastian, Donostia-San Sebastian · Spain
- Official award
- Bachelor's Degree in Gastronomy and Culinary Arts (Official)
- Duration
- 4 years
- Delivery
- On campus · Full-time
- Tuition
- EUR 11,903see costs below
Award and recognition
Four-year competence-based degree combining kitchen practice, service, science, business and gastronomy culture, with compulsory placements, a specialisation pathway in year three and an end-of-degree project.
- Qualification category
- Bachelor’s degree
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- Mondragon UnibertsitateaFaculty of Gastronomic Sciences of Basque Culinary Center; the page states the official degree is attested by Mondragon Unibertsitatea.
- Issued by the school
- No: awarded by another body
- On completion
- Official bachelor's degree attested by Mondragon Unibertsitatea.
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Subject
- Culinary arts, Culinary management, Culinary entrepreneurship
- Entry level
- Beginners welcome
Verified in official recordMondragon UnibertsitateaPartner-awarded degree
Scope: Official bachelor's degree attested by Mondragon Unibertsitatea (Faculty of Gastronomic Sciences)
Structure and practical training
- Duration
- 4 years
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the campus.
- Teaching language
- Spanish, English
- Credits
- 60 ECTSCredit systems differ between countries and are not interchangeable.
- Note on hours
- 60 ECTS per year over 4 years (240 ECTS implied; total not stated).
- Final project or exam
- End of Degree Project (30 ECTS in year 4) taking place in a company; 6-month format.
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Internship and placement
Required internship
An internship or externship is part of the program requirements.
- Published duration
- External placements in years 1, 2 and 3 plus a 6-month final project in year 4
- Geographic restrictions
- Years 1-2 in Spain; year 3 national and international.
No placement is guaranteed unless the school states so. Restaurant names or logos on a school’s site do not prove a current training partnership.
Admissions
- Prior education
- Legal requirements for access to the university in Spain (e.g. Baccalaureate with PAU, higher vocational training, university degree) or equivalent for international applicants.
- Application materials
- Online application via Mondragon Unibertsitatea applicant portal
- Academic documentation
- Online admission test
- Entry route
- Free application, document upload, online admission test, then a EUR 1,000 place reservation within 7 days of admission notice.
- Intakes
- Course period: September 2027 - June 2028
- Official application
- Application and instructions
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Costs
Original currency is authoritative. Tuition, mandatory extras and accommodation are shown separately and never converted or added together for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition per academic year (includes enrolment)Tuition · mandatory | EUR 11,903per year, 2027-28 | All studentsFees include didactic material, work clothing (first year), cooking utensils, personal locker, extra-curricular seminars, learning journeys and placement management. | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| Place reservation (deducted from annual tuition)Deposit · mandatory | EUR 1,000one-time, 2027-28 | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
No mandatory extras (uniform, knife kit, ingredients, equipment, examination fees) are published for this program. Ask the school what is not included in the tuition.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: funding.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. How verification works.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)