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Study Abroad Destinations

This is a representative list for students going abroad in 2024/25. 

^ Institutions marked with this are open to other departments at UCL so you will be competing for limited places at these institutions.

CountryInstitutionTarget languageLanguage requirements
ArgentinaUniversidad Torcuato di Tella (UTDT) ^SpanishSpanish at a minumum of CLIE Level 4 / CEFR B2
AustraliaFlinders University ^EnglishN/A
AustraliaUniversity of Melbourne ^EnglishN/A
AustraliaUniversity of Queensland ^EnglishN/A
AustraliaUniversity of Sydney ^EnglishN/A
BrazilPontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro PortugueseAll exchange students must take a test to confirm their proficiency in Portuguese
CanadaMcGill University ^EnglishN/A
CanadaUniversité de MontréalFrenchFrench at CLIE Level 3 is recommended
CanadaUniversity of British ColumbiaEnglishN/A
CanadaUniversity of Toronto ^EnglishN/A
CanadaUniversity of Waterloo ^EnglishN/A
ChilePontificia Universidad Católica de ChileSpanishSpanish at CLIE Level 3 is recommended
ChinaPeking University ^ChineseProficiency in Chinese to take subject courses or study Chinese and take 12 credits total in English or study only English-taught subject courses
ChinaShanghai Jiao Tong UnivesityMandarinSome experience of Mandarin but English taught courses are available
ChinaZhejiang UniversityMandarinSome experience of Mandarin but English taught courses are available
ColombiaUniversidad de los AndesSpanishSpanish at a minimum of CLIE Level 4 / CEFR B2
EcuadorUniversidad San Francisco de QuitoSpanishAt least four semesters of Spanish at UCL
FranceÉcole Normale Supérieure (Paris)FrenchFrench at a minimum of CLIE Level 3 / CEFR A2 / B1
FranceInstitut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po)FrenchSome experience of French but English taught courses are available
GermanyHumboldt University of BerlinGermanGerman at a minimum of CLIE Level 4 / CEFR B2
GermanyUniversity College FreiburgEnglishN/A
Hong KongChinese University of Hong Kong (Morningside College)EnglishN/A
Hong KongUniversity of Hong Kong ^EnglishN/A
ItalyUniversità degli Studi di FirenzeItalianItalian at a minimum of CLIE Level 3 / CEFR B1
JapanHitotsubashi UniversityJapaneseSubject courses are available in English
JapanKyoto University ^English 
JapanUniversity of Tokyo ^JapaneseSubject courses are available in English
JapanWaseda UniversityJapaneseSubject courses are available in English
JordanUniversity of PetraArabic and EnglishArabic is the language of instruction for humanities, while English is used for most other disciplines
LebanonAmerican University of BeirutEnglishN/A
NetherlandsUniversity College MaastrichtEnglishN/A
New ZealandUniversity of Auckland ^EnglishN/A
PeruPontifica Universidad Catolica del Perú ^SpanishSpanish at a minimum of CLIE Level 4 / CEFR B2
PortugalUniversity of PortoPortugueseSee details here
SingaporeNational University of Singapore ^EnglishN/A
SingaporeSingapore Management UniversityEnglishN/A
South KoreaSeoul National UniversityKoreanMany subject courses are taught in English
SpainUniversidad Complutense de MadridSpanishSpanish at a minimum of CLIE Level 3 / CEFR B1
SpainUniversidad de SalamancaSpanishSpanish at a minimum of CLIE Level 3 / CEFR B1
TaiwanNational Taiwan University ^EnglishN/A
USACornell University ^EnglishN/A
USANorthwestern University ^EnglishN/A
USAStony Brook University ^EnglishN/A
USAUniversity of California ^EnglishN/A
USAUniversity of Florida ^English N/A
USAUniversity of Michigan ^EnglishN/A
USAUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ^EnglishN/A
USAUniversity of Texas at Austin ^English N/A
USAUniversity of Washington ^EnglishN/A

Current BASc students can find out more about each of the institutions above via the BASc Study Abroad SharePoint page (UCL login required).