Exchange Students

Asia

• All papers taught in English, except courses offered by the Department of Chinese.
• Entry to Business and Economics courses is competitive.
• Semester 2 start (September intake of University of Hong Kong) is not recommended due to shortage of student accommodation at University of Hong Kong.

• Short-term four week programme for students enrolled in CHIN212 only.
• Not available as a regular semester or year long exchange.
• Contact the UC Chinese Department for information.

• Courses in Chinese as a foreign language only.
• Information available from Laura Meriluoto laura.meriluoto@canterbury.ac.nz

• All papers taught in English (except Japanese language courses).
• Commerce students will receive priority

• Intensive Japanese language programme
• Japanese majors only.
• One year exchange only.

Postgraduate Computer Science students only.

• Japanese majors will receive priority.
• Intensive Japanese language programme.  A programme is also available for those with limited Japanese. Those with very advanced Japanese may be able to enrol in standard university courses if they meet the required Japanese proficiency level.
• One year exchange only.

University of Tokyo

• Engineering only.
• Undergraduate courses taught in Japanese.
• May be a possibility at postgraduate level with little or no Japanese.

• All courses in English.
• Course restrictions apply at NUS.
• NUS Business (Commerce), Economics and Law courses are extremely popular and often over-subscribed. Course availability cannot be guaranteed. Please note that Business and Law courses are ONLY open to Business or Law majors. However, it is possible that the Business and Law majors may be rejected from taking the courses due to oversubscription. Students need to be flexible in their course choices especially for those who require Business, Economics and Law courses and to consider taking courses outside these subject areas. For Business, exchange students coming to NUS for Full Year, can apply for Business courses for one semester only.
• Engineering students - you are required to have minimum GPA of 5.4 on a 9.0 scale to be considered for the exchange programme with NUS.
• Undergraduate courses at NUS range from Level 1000 (module code starting with “1” for Year 1)  to Level 4000 (module code starting with “4” for Year 4). Level 5000 and above are graduate (postgraduate) courses which are not open to undergraduate exchange students. The Level 2 and above courses usually require pre-requisites and exchange students have to fulfill these requirements.

• Core courses in Nanyang Business School are not open to exchange students.
• All courses in English.

• Undergraduate only.
• Courses in English. Please visit SMU's website for course descriptions.
• The School of Accountancy at SMU offers very limited courses to exchange students, so if the student is an Accountancy major, the student must contact the academic advisors to check if there are sufficient Accountancy courses for course registration.
• Exchange students going to SMU are advised to seek private accommodation.

Europe

• Commerce students only.
• Courses taught in English
• Courses taught in German requires a high level of proficiency in German.
• WU International Relationships Office's website

Denmark

University of Copenhagen

• Arts, Science and Law. Please note that the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagent only offers a limited number of places on certain courses to exchange students.
• Many courses taught in English.
• Subjects not offered at Copenhagen: Business, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Management, Engineering and Design.

• Commerce students only.
• Many courses are offered in English.
• Semester 1 start (UC time) is highly recommended, due to better accommodation availability.
• Currently students going to Aalto on exchange are required to travel to Sydney for the visa application for Finland (you must however check with the Finnish consulate for the most up to date advice prior to arranging travel for the visa application). Students cannot apply for the visa until after they have been accepted by the partner university.
• You are responsible for arranging and funding travel to Sydney for this purpose, as well as for all fees associated with the visa. UC cannot provide immigration/ visa advice and you must always contact the relevant consulate or embassy for visa queries.

France

• Commerce students only.
• Inforamtion on courses offered at Audencia Nantes School of Management, semester structure, living in Nantes, etc. is also available at the website of International Exchange Programme for UC Commerce students.

Grenoble Institute of Technology

• Engineering students only.
• Courses taught in French.
• High level of French required.

• Most courses taught in French.
• High level of French required.
• Must have completed four semesters of study prior to commencement of exchange.

IEP Lyon & University of Lyon 2

• Most courses taught in French.
• High level of French required.

• Courses available in both English and French.
• This exchange is a good option for students with limited or no background in French, as many courses are offered in English.
• Must have completed four semesters of study prior to commencement of exchange.

• Most courses taught in French.
• Good level of French required.

• Good knowledge of German required.
• Some courses offered in English (mostly at postgraduate level).

• Engineering and Science only.
• Students must be fluent in German.

• Engineering and Science only.
• Students must have a high level of German.

• Engineering only.
• Students must have a high level of German.

• Commerce students only.
• Semester 2 start (Fall semester of WHU) is not recommended
• 80% of undergraduate courses are taught in English.
• Internships a possibility.

• Fine Arts students only.
• Entry is competitive.
• Some courses at Utrecht may not be open to exchange students. Information about the course availablity and restrictions for exchange students could be found at: http://www.hku.nl/web/English/English/Exchange.ht
• More information for exchagne students.

• Open to students studying Russian only.

• January start (Semester 1 Canterbury time) is recommended (you will need to apply by Canterbury’s 2013 application deadline).
• Commerce students only.
• Many courses are offered in English.

• High level of Spanish required.
• Spanish majors will receive priority.

• Commerce students only.
• Information for exchange students (University of Navarra's website)
• Courses in English

• Exchange students at the School of Economics and Business Administration of the University of Navarra could pursue a whole semester of Business courses in English and at the same time study Spanish Language at the Institute of Spanish Language and Culture of the University of Navarra. The Institute of Spanish Language and Culture (ILCE) is an institution independent of the School of Economics and Business Administration, therefore not all the courses they offer are free of charge for the exchange students. If you need further information on this, please contact University of Navarra (School of Economics and Business Administration).

Many courses taught in English. See: information on courses in English.

• Subjects at Bath open to exchange students: Biology/Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, Education, Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Health, Mathematical Sciences, Natural Sciences, Politics, Languages & International Studies, Physics, Psychology and Social & Policy Science.

• Accounting & Finance, Architecture, Business Administration and Mechanical Engineering are CLOSED to exchange students at Bath.

• Bath exchange is undergraduate only. Students must take the majority of their units (courses) in the subject area in which the exchange is held.
  Students may take units from Bachelor’s degree programmes (BA and BSc programmes) and from "undergraduate Master's" degree programmes (e.g. MBiol, MChem, MEng, MMath, MPharm, and MPhys programmes). These units are marked Levels 1 to 4 in our Unit Catalogue.
  Exchange Students are not permitted to take units from postgraduate Master’s and Doctoral degree programmes. These are marked Levels 5 to 6 in the Unit Catalogue.
• Course information can be found in the online Unit Catalogue.

Open to all, but Geology students will receive priority. Refer to http://www.le.ac.uk/international/sa/

Some courses or subjects are not open to exchange students studying at Leicester. Please visit the course restrictions website for more information on this.

• Management modules are only available for students majoring in this subject. Limited places available and will be given on a priority basis.
• Engineering, Geology and Mathematics students (one semester and full year) are required to stay for the exams in January and June. (see exam dates at Lecicester's website above).
• Biological Sciences: Students are only to apply for the same year modules to avoid timetable clashes.
• Politics & International Relations: Third year modules are not available.
• Media & Communications: Modules are only available to students majoring in this subject.

Open to all. UC has both a Law exchange and a general university-wide exchange with the University of Nottingham. The general exchange includes both the University of Nottingham’s UK campus and the Nottingham campus in Ningbo (near Shanghai), China.

Important:
Students applying to Nottingham to study in Nottingham’s departments of Business, English, Architecture and Culture/Film/Media (Communications Studies) can now only apply for Semester 2 2013. Semester 1 2013 exchanges in these areas at Nottingham are already closed.

Course restrictions apply to Nottingham. All applicants should consult the module guidance and FAQ list and the School module information which includes information on modules (courses) and Academic Schools at Nottingham with limited availability or specific requirements.

Please also see: Nottingham's International Exchange Programme website.

North America

Canada

• Fine Arts only.
• Entry is competitive.

• Engineering students must have completed two years of study in Engineering before they apply to Alberta. This means that the earliest Engineering students can go to Alberta is the second semester of the 2nd Professional Year.
• Computer Engineering and some Business courses, mostly Accounting courses are not open to exchange students. To find out which Business courses are not available to exchange student, please visit the website of the Alberta School of Business.

• September start recommended.
• The earliest you could now start at UBC would be September 2013 (you would need to apply by Canterbury’s annual application deadline of 1 July 2012).
• UBC’s faculties of Law and Engineering have very limited spaces for exchange students. Engineering and Law students are advised to consider other options.
• Please see:
  Information on course availability and restrictions at UBC

USA

• Berkeley
• Davis
• Irvine
• Riverside
• San Diego
• Santa Barbara
• Santa Cruz
• UCLA

Strong academic background and good grades in pre-requisite subjects are required. In most cases, a minimum GPA of 6.0 will be required.

Students applying to the University of California must select at least 3 campus choices from the 8 University of California campuses (we cannot guarantee first choice).

The University of California has specific pre-requisites (PDF, 22KB) for students wishing to study certain subjects at California. Please consult the document above to check that you have met these pre-requisites.

Important:
Students must also check the information on enrolment restrictions at each California campus. You need to click on the “Undergraduate Impacted Majors” tab at the top of the web page to find the information on enrolment restrictions.

Forestry students only.

Note: Exchange students are required to pay for any course related costs at Virginia Tech, such as field trips, materials, etc.