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Please talk through your interest in studying abroad with the FCH Director.

If you are on a FCH course with a modern European language, you will already have provision for an Erasmus year within your degree, and the arrangements for your year abroad will be made by Modern Languages.

Language

Many of our partner universities teach in English. However partners in France, Germany, Italy and Spain teach in their respective languages.

If you are going to a university where you will be studying in a foreign language, you must be able to understand the language well enough to follow lectures and tutorials.

We expect students applying for these universities to have either:

  • Studied the language at A-level (or equivalent) and continued studying the language through the Foreign Language Centre or Modern Language department during the first and second years.

or

  • To have started the language through the Foreign Language Centre and reached at least intermediate level before going abroad.

If you are going to a country where the local language is not English (but teaching is in English), you may wish to study the local language as part of your programme there. We encourage you to do this.

For some European placements it is possible for students to go early to their host country, and study an Erasmus Intensive Language Course (EILC). This course is paid for by the EU, and students will receive an additional grant payment. For more details visit the International Office website.

Minimum grade requirement

Students applying to study abroad must normally achieve an overall average of 60 or above from their first year of study. This is also usually a requirement set by host universities outside Europe. If your first-year average is less than 60, please talk things through with the FCH Director as you may still be able to make an application.

As part of the application process students will be required to provide evidence of their current marks (i.e. copies of feedback sheets), a transcript from their first year and references from their tutors.

 

Application process

The application process follows this timetable:

When What
Late November A meeting will be held in order to tell all interested students about the options for studying abroad.
November to January Arrange to meet the FCH Director to discuss your application.
1st February Deadline for internal applications.
Approx.
8th February 		Students are told the destination university to which they can go.
Before Easter Meeting with students to explain about next stage in the application. Successful year-abroad applicants who are still on a three-year programme change across to the four-year equivalent.
Easter Deadline for returning completed application forms to be sent to partner universities.

 

Internal Application

Students wishing to study abroad must first complete an internal application process. The FCH Director and/or subject Study Abroad co-ordinator and the International Office will go through all the applications in order to decide which students can go to which partner university. Most students get to go to their first choice, but this depends on the number and quality of applications each year.

The application consists of the following parts:

  1. Application form

    This simple form asks you to tell us your first, second and third choice of destination university. You must also tell us which modules you would wish to study at each university. The form can be downloaded by clicking here. You should complete the form electronically, print it out, sign it and give to the FCH Director.

  2. Meeting with the FCH Director

    You must meet with the FCH Director before you submit your application. The purpose of this meeting is to:

    • Check that your degree programme is compatible with studying abroad
    • Check that you are likely to be accepted for studying abroad (and so it is worth you applying)
    • Discuss your destination choices
    • Discuss your module choices
    • Answer any questions you may have about studying abroad

  3. References (x 2)

    You must get two references. One should be from your personal tutor. However, if this is not possible, then a reference from another tutor at the university who has taught you is acceptable. Your second reference should be from someone at the university who taught you.

    We want to know the following from your references:

    • That you are a good student who will be a credit to Exeter
    • How well you perform academically
    • That your tutor feels studying abroad (at the institutions you have chosen) would be beneficial to your studies.

  4. Personal statement

    We need you to write a short personal statement explaining your motivation for studying abroad. It should not be more than one side of A4, and should not be less than half a side.

    You should use your personal statement to follow on from your application form, and clarify the following:

    • Why you have chosen to study abroad
    • Why you have chosen your specific destination universities
    • Why you have chosen the specific modules you have put on your form
    • Why you are a good candidate for us to select for your preferred university

    We want to know that you have researched your destination universities, so you should demonstrate this in your personal statement. It is fine to just focus on your first two choices, although you should still research your third choice to make sure you would be happy to go there.

  5. Transcript / feedback sheets

    You must include evidence of your marks in your application. For any completed years of study (i.e. the first year if you are going abroad in your third year), you must include a full transcript. This can be produced from your MyExeter student page.

    For the current year of study please include feedback sheets from any current modules. These can be from presentations, formative essays, summative essays or any other type of assessed work. You should try and make sure you have evidence of how you are performing in all your first semester modules.