The Junior Sophister Year Abroad is an integral and compulsory part of the European Studies degree programme, and takes place in your third year.
The European Studies Study Abroad Handbook will help you plan ahead, and to ensure that your academic activities abroad meet Trinity’s requirements, enabling you to progress successfully into the Senior Sophister year.
The major language you choose out of the two you have studied in your first two years in College defines your destination (i.e. a country where this language is spoken). Additional costs of living will be covered by the EU Erasmus grant.
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My Erasmus year in Germany enabled me to apply and develop the language skills I acquired during my first and second years at Trinity, both in the classroom and in everyday life.
European Studies (2026)
University destinations available to Outgoing European Studies students for the 2026-27 academic year.
French |
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Bordeaux |
Institut d'Etudes Politiques |
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Grenoble |
Institut d'Etudes Politiques |
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Paris |
Université Paris Cité- UFR Géographie, Histoire, Economie et Sociétés |
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Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) |
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Strasbourg |
Faculté des Sciences Historiques, |
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Institut d'Etudes Politiques |
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German |
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Freiburg |
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität (Historisches Seminar) |
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Hamburg |
Universität Hamburg (Historisches Seminar) |
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Tübingen |
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (Historisches Seminar) |
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Vienna |
Universität Wien (Institut für Geschichte) |
Italian |
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Firenze |
Università degli studi di Firenze |
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Milan |
Università degli studi di Milano (Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali e Politiche) |
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Giuridici e Storico-Politici (Dipartimento di Studi Internazionali) |
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Pavia |
Università degli Studi di Pavia (Dipartimento di Studi Politici e Sociali) |
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Siena |
Università degli Studi di Siena (Dipartimento de Storia) |
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Facoltà di Scienze Politiche |
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Trento |
Università degli studi di Trento |
Polish |
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Krakow |
Jagiellonian University (Institute of European Studies) |
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Warsaw |
University of Warsaw |
Russian and Slavonic |
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Tallin |
Tallin University, Estonia |
Spanish* |
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Alcalá |
Universidad de Alcalá de Henares |
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León |
Universidad de León |
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Salamanca |
Universidad de Salamanca (Fac. Geografía e Historia) |
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Sevilla |
Universidad de Sevilla (Departamento de Historia Contemporanea) |
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Valencia |
Universitat de València (new for 2026-27) |
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Zaragoza |
Universidad de Zaragoza, Departamento de Historia Moderna y Contemporánea |
*Students majoring in Spanish might also apply for the CASA (Consortium for Advanced Studies Abroad) programme to spend one semester in Cuba or Santiago de Chile; but no Erasmus grant is available to fund this option.
Resources for current students:
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Study Abroad Coordinators
Contact information for European Studies Study Abroad Coordinators for the forthcoming academic year.
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ES Study Abroad Handbook
The European Studies Handbook for the forthcoming academic year.
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Study Abroad Supports
Contact information, Study Abroad resources and supports for Incoming and Outgoing European Studies students.
Advice on applying for Erasmus as a disabled student
Ailbhe Kelly (European Studies, 2021) gives advice to students who are applying for and participating in an Erasmus/Study Abroad year, from her experience as a student with a disability.