Study Abroad

Year Abroad - If your degree scheme at Swansea includes an intercalary year abroad (four year degree scheme), you will be able to study at a partner institution in the third year.

Semester Abroad - Some degree schemes allow you to participate in a semester abroad in your second year as part of a three year degree scheme.

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Work Abroad

Swansea University has a variety of different opportunities to gain international work experience: Erasmus work placements, British Council Language Assistant placements, internships with multi-national and small businesses in India, Law, Media & Museum internships in the USA and short- term internships through MBA programmes.

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Summer Programmes

Summer Programmes are the ideal way to benefit from an international experience. Especially if you are unable to participate in an intercalary year or semester abroad.

We currently offer experiential programmes in Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe and North America. 

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GO FURTHER

Thousands of Swansea University students have studied abroad on a variety of programmes. If you are a past student and would like to give us your photos, case studies or videos, we would love to hear from you please email: studyabroad@swansea.ac.uk

To read and view the experiences of some of these students click here.

Why Go Abroad?

There are innumerable benefits to studying and working abroad, many of which will enhance your CV.

A recent survey by i-Graduate, an independent research organisation, showed ‘around 60% of the country’s top employers indicate that experience of international study enhances employability’.

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Selling Your Experience

It is essential that you market your study or work abroad experience successfully to potential employers.

Here is a list of attrubutes to include in your CV.

Assessment & Credit

Students spending a semester abroad will enrol on a Swansea module (or combination of modules) worth 60 Swansea Univesity credits. Students spending a full academic year abroad will enrol on a Swansea module worth 120 Swansea University credits.
Please see the module catalogue for the list of module options in relation to your period studying or working abroad.

The number of credits that a student is required to study abroad will be defined in the learning contract completed before departure. Details of the exact modules studies will be recorded on a learning agreement and approved by the academic coordinator at Swansea, changes to the learning agreement can be made (if approved by the academic coordinator) within 4 weeks of the study placement beginning.

Students will be awarded academic credit by their host University. The academic transcript provided by the host institution will be used to convert the credits gained into Swansea marks using the Swansea University grade conversion table.
The ECTS system is used to convert marks attained at European institutions 5 ECTS are equivalent to 10 Swansea University credits.
For Universities outside Europe, students will be informed of the credit system at their host and the required credit load. Students will need to take the minimum number of credits to maintain full time status. 

For work placements abroad a training contract will be completed prior to departure, this will detail what the student is required to do in order to satisfactorily pass the work placement module. Full details of the activiites to be carried on during the placement will be recorded in the training agreement.

If you have any questions please contact:

Email: studyabroad@swansea.ac.uk

Tel: 01792 606850

Learn a Language

We offer several different ways to learn a language at Swansea University. You can study French through a degree, Arabic through our Students Union, or Mandarin in your spare time. These can be the stepping stone to your experience abroad.

Find out which languages we offer...