Who Can Study Abroad

Who can study abroad?

(i) Language students

A period of study abroad is an integral part of several programmes, including the BA Global Languages, and the BA Joint Honours if it includes any continental language. 
All BA Global Experience students must do a year of study abroad, and if their subjects include any continental language, the study abroad destination must be a country where that language is spoken. 

The BA Joint Honours, if it includes a successful year abroad due to language studies, becomes a BA International.  If you are a BA International student studying a continental language, you will generally be expected to spend an academic year attending a university abroad or doing a teaching assistantship.

In the case of all of these programmes, your language department coordinator(s) will talk to you in Second Year about possible host universities.  The destination to which you are assigned may depend on your other degree subject(s) and the availability of suitable modules therein at any given host institution.

Students who are taking two languages may have an option to spend an Erasmus semester in each of two countries, enabling them to spend an extended period in the environment where each language is spoken.

(ii) Non-language students

All BA Global Experience students, including those not studying continental languages, will be expected to undertake a year of study abroad.  (see below)

If you are a BA Joint Honours student who is not studying a continental language, it may also be possible to study abroad. We have a number of Erasmus partner universities in Europe that offer courses through the medium of English, as well as some partner universities in the USA, Canada and Hong Kong. Eligible students will be invited to apply for available places in January.  The number of places will be quite limited, and it will be a competitive process.  Successful applicants will spend a full year studying their two degree subjects abroad, and will be expected to secure 20 ECTS (or equivalent) in approved courses in each of those subjects (that's 40 ECTS, or equivalent, in total) in order to pass the year. Students should note, however, that the options in this regard may be very limited for Joint Honours students, and the best pathway for a non-language student who wishes to study abroad is the BA Global experience  (see below).

An information event for 2nd Year Joint Honours students is normally held in late January.  Students who are not studying a continental language are invited to come along and find out more about studying abroad for a year through the medium of English. 
The deadline for study abroad applications will be in early February. 

Further updates will be posted here in due course.

(iii) Other (denominated) programmes
Some other College of Arts programmes provide the option of a semester abroad, and the relevant Programme Directors will advise.

(iv) BA Global Experience
The BA (Global Experience) is our flagship international programme that offers all its students an international experience in Year Three, whether or not they are studying continental languages.
BA Global Experience students who are studying one or more continental languages will receive information about their Year Abroad options from the relevant Language Disciplines.
BA Global Experience students who are not taking continental languages will be contacted in early November by the College's Mobility Officer, Mary Lyons, about their options for studying abroad, and the processes involved.