Study Abroad

All of our programmes require students to spend time abroad – either living and working, or studying in the country whose language they are learning. This gives students the opportunity to become acquainted at first hand with another culture and to understand the different ways in which people live their social and professional lives; they learn to communicate effectively and appropriately in that culture; they develop their fluency in the language. These stays often have a profound impact on many of their lives and helps them mature into self-reliant and reflective citizens.

Students who are enrolled on the Two Subject Moderatorship programme (TR001) are required to spend a minimum of two months in the country of the language or languages they are studying. There are also possibilities for them to spend a year on an ERASMUS exchange. Or, indeed, to take a year ‘off-books’ in order to spend time working or studying in a foreign country.

Students who are enrolled on the European Studies (TR024), Business Studies and a Language (French TR085; German TR086; Polish TR089; Russian TR087 and Spanish TR090), Computer Science and Language (French, German and Irish TR39), or Law and a language (French TR018 and German TR019) programmes spend their third year on a student exchange scheme, studying their chosen area of interest alongside their contemporaries in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia or Poland.

There are also possibilities for postgraduate students to spend up to a semester studying abroad as exchange students or interns.