Study Abroad
Study abroad opportunities
A period studying abroad can be the defining experience of your undergraduate degree.
You will have the chance to immerse yourself in another culture, learn a new language, and develop a new international perspective – enabling you to tackle problems as an engaged global citizen.
Our Venice Programme
Our School for Cross-faculty Studies (SCFS) Venice Programme includes two intensive modules which run onsite in Venice every summer, both of which may count towards your Liberal Arts optional module requirement.
Long-term study abroad opportunities
Extend your degree by a year and study abroad in your third year. With our unique Liberal Arts partners in Europe and Canada, our study abroad programme allows you to make the most of your passion for interdisciplinarity and critical thinking. We offer personalised support before, during, and after your year abroad. Our international partners include:
Concordia University
Montréal, Canada
"The Liberal Arts College at Concordia teaches you to think critically, enhance your communication skills, and become a more resourceful, innovative and self-confident person. You’ll join a small community of scholars to study great works in carefully constructed seminars. We aim to foster an intimate intellectual community by providing a rich student experience with activities, projects, and trips."
Constructor University
Bremen, Germany
"Constructor University offers a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary study programs ranging from the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering to the social sciences and economics.
Class sizes are small and for each student a professor acts as a personal mentor and academic advisor. Students are actively involved in research from their first year of study."
Leiden University College
The Hague, The Netherlands
"Leiden University College The Hague offers an English-language honours undergraduate programme in Liberal Arts and Sciences in an international setting. LUC's focus on Global Challenges sets us apart from other programmes and colleges with a thematic approach to the majors.
In keeping with the Liberal Arts and Sciences ethos, our students have a high degree of freedom to construct their own programmes."
Leuphana University
Lüneburg, Germany
"Following Anglo-American traditions, Leuphana College stands for an idea of education that aims at fostering personal development, practical ability, and social responsibility."
"Bachelor degree programmes at Leuphana College encourage students of all disciplines to develop an open and inquisitive mind that questions assumptions and looks for solutions beyond the boundaries of academic discourse."
University College Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
The Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) program at UCF "enables students to learn broadly about the human and the non-human world, to systematically develop their capacity for high-level academic work in exchange with others, and to gradually unfold their own interests and abilities in ways suited to their aspirations. We encourage students to critically reflect on science and knowledge and to become skilled communicators and creative shapers of their environment."
What are the benefits of studying abroad?
- You will ask critical questions from new cultural and intellectual viewpoints, creating valuable insights to the pressing questions facing the world today.
- You will be able to differentiate yourself from other candidates in terms of your employability, adding value to your applications and gaining genuine, credible examples from your experiences abroad.
- Although the teaching is in English at our Liberal Arts partner institutions, your experience will be enhanced if you learn the main language of communication. By doing so, you will improve your ability to be resourceful and adaptable in different situations. In an ever-increasing internationally focused working world, language skills can be sought after by graduate employers.
- By socialising and networking in a new environment, you will grow and develop as an active and engaged global citizen. This will allow you to approach the important challenges of contemporary life not only from an academic perspective but from a global viewpoint too.
Embracing new challenges...
I have learnt how to manage loneliness and how to find/stay in contact with like minded people in a foreign city. I have also discovered new academic interests and challenged myself to take intimidating modules.
Sara
Liberal Arts Graduate
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