The Complete Guide to Using AI in the Education Industry in Spain in 2025

Spain's approach to AI in education in 2025 pairs practical classroom guidance with a national push for infrastructure and language tech: the Ministry's INTEF guidelines on AI in education lay out an ethical decalogue, classroom use-cases and teacher-facing tools for students, teachers and administrations, while the Government's Spain's Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2024 backs investments - from a €90M boost for MareNostrum to a Spanish/co‑official language model called ALIA - to make AI accessible and accountable across schools and public services.

For educators and staff looking for hands‑on skills, short applied courses such as Nucamp's AI Essentials for Work bootcamp registration teach promptcraft, tool use and workplace integration to turn policy into classroom practice.

Bootcamp	Length	Early bird cost
Nucamp AI Essentials for Work	15 Weeks	$3,582

“We have to decide where we draw the line. Certain decisions must be taken by humans and not by machines.”

Spain's 2024–25 AI strategy stitches big-picture investment to on-the-ground education goals, pairing a €1.5 billion rollout (on top of €600M already mobilised) with concrete measures to make classrooms and public services AI-ready: Axis 1 doubles down on capacity - a €90M boost for supercomputing to supercharge MareNostrum and a pledge to dedicate 20% of MareNostrum 5's capacity to industry - while a new public family of language models, ALIA, is designed to include more than 20% Spanish and co‑official language data (vs.

under 5% in many current models) so tools actually work for Spanish learners; Axis 2 funds practical adoption (programmes like Kit Consulting and expanded Digital Kit support SMEs and schools); and Axis 3 embeds ethics and oversight via the Spanish Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence (AESIA) and governance bodies that link research, schools and administrations.

For educators this means policy that's meant to be useful - clear funding streams, language-aware models and supervision - so AI supports personalised learning without leaving Spanish classrooms dependent on opaque foreign systems (a vivid example: ALIA's explicit target to boost Spanish-language training to over one-fifth of model data).

Read the Ministry's strategic announcement and technical guidance to see how funding, language models and teacher support intersect for schools in 2025: Spain Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2024 - Official Ministry Announcement and the education-focused INTEF Guidelines for the Use of AI in Education (Spain).

Item	Amount / Target
Total Strategy funding (2024–25)	€1.5 billion (+ €600M earlier)
MareNostrum AI upgrade	€90 million
ALIA language-model Spanish share	>20% Spanish & co-official languages
Scholarships, training & talent	€160 million
Kit Consulting (SME advisory)	€300 million
Digital Kit expansion	€350 million

“We have to decide where we draw the line. Certain decisions must be taken by humans and not by machines.”

Royal Decree 69/2025, published in February 2025, rewrites Spain's vocational training playbook to make VET digitally traceable, modular and future‑ready: the decree creates state digital registers (a national register of vocational training, a register of accreditation of professional competences and a general registry of authorised VET centres) to give citizens easier access to training records and qualifications, introduces a new VET sector branch specifically for artificial intelligence and data (bringing the total to 27 sector branches) and standardises modular catalogues so courses are cumulative, certifiable and aligned with EU levels - so learners can progressively build recognised AI skills across short modules and full programmes.

The law is part of a wider modernisation push with substantial backing - over €6.5 billion of investment, 376,000 new VET places and new applied‑technology (aulas ATECA) and entrepreneurship classrooms - to help schools, training centres and employers match fast‑moving labour market needs; see the Cedefop official summary of the Spain VET reform (Royal Decree 69/2025) and the Educere explanation of the new modular VET model and practical guidance.

Item	Detail
Royal Decree	69/2025 (published Feb 2025)
Investment	Over €6.5 billion
New VET places	376,000
AI & data	New VET sector branch (total: 27 sector branches)
Digital registers	State registers for training, accreditations and VET centres

Key statistics show Spain moving from policy to measurable momentum in 2025: national figures report that AI has attracted over €2 billion in investment since 2020 and the wider digital economy pushed to 26% of GDP (€414 billion) in 2024, signalling where AI is doing heavy lifting for public services and firms (Spain Tech Ecosystem Report 2025 - Dealroom investment data; Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence in Spain (2025 analysis)).

Private AI investment remains concentrated - the report notes roughly €360M of private AI funding amid faster overall tech funding - while classroom pilots already show striking learning gains: a government‑funded platform in Spain reportedly helped 85% of users improve their final math grades, a vivid sign that targeted AI tools can move the needle in core subjects (AI in Education statistics 2025 - student outcomes and classroom impact).

Put together, these numbers matter for educators and school leaders because they mean more local funding, clearer policy support and scalable tools - so adopting evidence‑backed AI now can turn national investment into better daily learning outcomes in Spanish schools.

Metric	Value (Spain, 2024–25)
AI investment since 2020	Over €2 billion
Digital economy share of GDP (2024)	26% (€414 billion)
Private AI investment (reported)	≈ €360 million
Reported improvement from gov't AI math platform	85% of users improved final math grades

“We've positioned ourselves as one of the leading countries in AI adoption among businesses, exceeding the European average with 9.3% of companies already integrating it into their processes,” the report notes.

Practical classroom uses of AI in Spain are already pragmatic and classroom‑ready: the Spanish Ministry's new Guide on the Use of AI in Education lays out hands‑on examples - machine learning that builds personalised learning pathways, virtual assistants that answer students' questions in real time, and tools that automate routine assessment and administration so teachers can focus on pedagogy (Spanish Ministry Guide on the Use of AI in Education).

Local pilots bring those ideas to life: the University of Alicante's “Help Me See” app shows how computer vision can narrate texts and objects to visually impaired students, improving campus access and independence, while language providers such as VAMOS Academy use AI to craft adaptive, spaced‑repetition paths and simulated conversational practice that keep learners motivated and speaking more quickly (AI in schools case studies and pilots; VAMOS Academy adaptive learning for language education).

The clear “so‑what” is simple: when AI handles repetitive feedback, translation and personalised practice, teachers regain time for coaching, and students get learning that meets them where they are - provided safeguards on privacy, fairness and teacher training are built in from day one.

“Everyone is a genius,” says a popular quote attributed to Albert Einstein. “But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

The AI toolset for teaching Spanish in Spain in 2025 looks less like a single silver‑bullet app and more like a curated toolbox: conversation‑first platforms such as Langua give learners human‑like roleplays, instant corrections, interactive transcripts and spaced‑repetition flashcards (with subscription tiers around €13–€29/month), while generalist models like ChatGPT are widely used as free or low‑cost 24/7 tutors for grammar checks, prompts and customised exercises; newer apps such as Univerbal or Talkio focus on gamified pathways and Spanish‑from‑Spain pronunciation with real‑time voice feedback.

For classrooms the practical win is clear - AI can simulate subject‑specific scenarios (the Guardian's reviewer practised a fitness‑trainer roleplay and rehearsed the phrase “Agarra la barra” before speaking to native Spaniards), make targeted vocabulary stick, and scaffold practice between live lessons - an approach that recent academic work frames as AI acting as a scaffolding tool for language learning.

Choose tools that let teachers control feedback, pick the Spain dialect and export mistakes into lesson plans so AI becomes classroom fuel, not a classroom replacement; see platform details and hands‑on reporting from Langua and real‑world testing in The Guardian, plus scholarly context on AI as scaffolding from Universitat Pompeu Fabra researchers.

“Agarra la barra.”

Teacher training in Spain is shifting from theory to hands‑on practice so classrooms actually change: the Ministry's INTEF

Guidelines on the use of AI in education

anchors CPD in ethics, practical classroom examples and a teacher‑facing decalogue while national programmes let educators build, test and research AI lessons; the School of Computational Thinking and AI (EPCIA) ran modular, evidence‑based courses (unplugged activities, Scratch, Python, AI and robotics) that combined online training with classroom implementation and impact research - one roll‑out involved roughly 884 teachers and, across editions, almost 900 teachers and some 17,000 students - a vivid sign that training scales beyond seminars into real classroom change.

Complementing these offers, a refreshed Digital Competence Framework (approved 2022) and tools such as SELFIE and the Procomún OER repository give a common reference for progression, while external providers and short courses (workshops on promptcraft, adaptive content and assessment automation) round out practical skills for busy teachers.

For school leaders the practical takeaway is simple: Spain provides ethics‑aware guidance, modular teacher pathways and tested classroom projects so professional development moves from

what AI is

to

how to use it responsibly with students

- links to the official INTEF Guidelines on the Use of AI in Education (official guidance) and the Cedefop summary of the School of Computational Thinking & AI (EPCIA) initiative make it easy to find course materials and research results.

Initiative	Key facts
INTEF Guidelines on the Use of AI in Education	Ethics decalogue, practical examples, annexes with classroom good practices; supports teacher CPD and resources.
School of Computational Thinking & AI (EPCIA) - Cedefop	2018–2022; modular teacher training (unplugged, Scratch, Python, AI, robotics); ~884 teachers in one cohort and ≈900 teachers & 17,000 students across editions; classroom implementation + research.

Ethics, data privacy and fairness are central to Spain's 2025 AI landscape: the government-approved draft law explicitly aims to promote

“ethical, inclusive and beneficial”

AI and bans hidden manipulative techniques, exploitative targeting of vulnerable groups, discriminatory classifications and social‑scoring uses - a hard boundary that touches education directly because the draft names schools and training as potentially high‑risk settings (Spain 2025 draft law for ethical, inclusive and beneficial AI (DLA Piper)).

Regulators are already sharpening their tools: the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has clarified it can act against AI systems that process personal data and has been building guidance, DPIA templates and privacy‑by‑design toolkits for organisations to follow (AEPD guidance on authority to enforce the EU AI Act (Digital Policy Alert) and related AEPD resources).

That push to compliance comes with teeth - the AEPD's 2024 annual report highlights stepped‑up oversight and rising enforcement - so schools and edtech providers should treat transparency, human oversight and controlled testing (sandboxes) as operational priorities, not optional extras, if AI is to help students without exposing them to unfair or opaque algorithmic decisions (AEPD innovation and risk-management resources).

Spain's AI-in-education push sits squarely inside a broader international conversation - the Ministry's Spain Ministry Guide on the Use of AI in Education mirrors global calls for human-centred safeguards and practical classroom examples, while UNESCO's UNESCO guidance for generative AI in education and research provides the high-level guardrails (data privacy, equity, provider duties and even age-aware rules) that Spain is aligning with; at the same time, Spain's focus on scalable pilots and cost-efficient tools - from real-time tutoring ideas like Querium-style real-time AI math tutoring examples to personalised learning pathways that lower per-student support costs - shows how policy meets practice.

The upshot for Spanish schools is simple and tangible: international standards steer what's allowed, national guidance shows how to do it responsibly, and classroom pilots demonstrate the

so-what

- AI can return time to teachers and more tailored practice to students, provided transparency and oversight travel with the technology.

For beginners in Spain the smartest next steps are practical and small: first, read the Ministry's classroom-focused INTEF Guidelines on the Use of AI in Education (Spain) (start with Annex 1's “good practices” and the teacher decalogue) to anchor any experiment in ethics, privacy and ready‑made lesson ideas; second, try a tight, low‑risk pilot - examples like real‑time math tutoring (see the Querium‑style demo) or a short personalised pathway show how AI can automate routine feedback and free class time for coaching (Real-time math tutoring demo (Querium-style)); and third, build practical skills with applied training so tools are used confidently - short courses such as Nucamp's Nucamp AI Essentials for Work bootcamp teach promptcraft, tool use and classroom-ready workflows.

Pair each pilot with clear consent, a simple DPIA and AEPD/AESIA resources for AI literacy, iterate based on teacher feedback, and scale only when evidence and safeguards are in place - this keeps innovation classroom-first, ethical and manageable for Spanish schools just getting started.

Bootcamp	Length	Early bird cost
Nucamp AI Essentials for Work bootcamp	15 Weeks	$3,582