I’m the first to admit that I wish I’d taken a year abroad. I took a gap year before university, and I went on to use every possible opportunity to travel in uni holidays etc, but it’s not quite the same thing.
Students at QMUL are encouraged to study abroad thanks to the university’s various links to partner universities across the globe. Students of all departments (with the exception of Law, Medicine and Dentistry) are eligible to apply. At QMUL, Modern Language students can choose to work, study or teach abroad as part of the Erasmus scheme. German students can also choose to study or work abroad at independent German institution, checking with their year abroad coordinators first.
The university of Leicester offers the chance to go abroad for most of its students. That is to say, you don’t need to be studying Modern Languages to go abroad for a year. Generally speaking, other departments outside of Languages tend to have partner universities across the world for you to spend your year abroad in. Here are their schemes:
As you are ordering your university prospectuses to study languages, eager to get your final year of 6th form out of the way so as to become a real student, you might feel a little overwhelmed at just how many unis are on offer, what combinations to go for and what you should be looking out for. Here is our uni checklist (compiled by students), to help you pick which Modern Languages course:
At the university of Nottingham, you can choose to study at a partner university, get a similar yet different experience offshore at a foreign Nottingham university campus or work at an international company for your year abroad. Most departments offer the chance to spend either a summer, semester or year abroad to work, study or teach.
The option to study abroad is popular with students at the university of Exeter, across the board. Whether you’re studying Languages or fancy spending a semester or year abroad, there’s loads to choose from.
Modern Language students have 5 options:
Students outside of the Modern Languages faculty can get in touch with the International Office to get more information about their options.
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