Spending a semester, year or just a summer abroad as part of your degree will enhance your university experience and boost your career opportunities. Moreover, you will have an unforgettable time learning about a new country and culture and making new friends.
Southampton students can choose to spend time at a range of partner institutions worldwide – Europe, North and South America, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong; the world is your oyster.
Financial assistance is given in the form of grants, scholarships and tuition fee reductions of 85 per cent if spending a full academic year abroad. Student finance loans and maintenance grants would still be available to you together with travel grants and additional allowances for students from low income households.
Please visit the Exchanges and study abroad website where you can read more about the programme and find out what students, who have been part of it, think about it.
Chloe Harvey, BSc Population and Geography, said,
Studying abroad provides you with countless opportunities – to travel, explore new study options, make international friends, adapt to a different lifestyle and it gives you true independence in a new environment. Without a doubt, I can say that my semester studying at Western University in Canada was the most exciting 4 months of my life so far; I retuned with a refreshed outlook for my future education and career goals as well as making best friends for life, from every corner of the globe. For anyone considering a period of study abroad – jump in, with your eyes closed and an open mind!
Maxwell Phillips, MEng Aeronautics and Astronautics, said,
Why should you study abroad? Above all else, it’s fun! While abroad in Sweden I made some excellent, life-long friends and had a brilliant time exploring a new country with them. Time spent abroad as a student really is a once in a lifetime opportunity and, having gone and done it, I am certain that there is absolutely no excuse to pass on such an opportunity.