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.

Country	Institution	Target language	Language requirements
Argentina	Universidad Torcuato di Tella (UTDT) ^	Spanish	Spanish at a minumum of CLIE Level 4 / CEFR B2
Australia	Flinders University ^	English	N/A
Australia	University of Melbourne ^	English	N/A
Australia	University of Queensland ^	English	N/A
Australia	University of Sydney ^	English	N/A
Brazil	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro	Portuguese	All exchange students must take a test to confirm their proficiency in Portuguese
Canada	McGill University ^	English	N/A
Canada	Université de Montréal ^	French	French at CLIE Level 3 is recommended
Canada	University of British Columbia ^	English	N/A
Canada	University of Toronto ^	English	N/A
Canada	University of Waterloo ^	English	N/A
Chile	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Spanish	Spanish at CLIE Level 3 is recommended
China	Peking University ^	Chinese	Proficiency in Chinese to take subject courses or study Chinese and take 12 credits total in English or study only English-taught subject courses
China	Shanghai Jiao Tong Univesity	Mandarin	Some experience of Mandarin but English taught courses are available
China	Zhejiang University	Mandarin	Some experience of Mandarin but English taught courses are available
Colombia	Universidad de los Andes	Spanish	Spanish at a minimum of CLIE Level 4 / CEFR B2
Ecuador	Universidad San Francisco de Quito	Spanish	At least four semesters of Spanish at UCL
France	École Normale Supérieure (Paris)	French	French at a minimum of CLIE Level 3 / CEFR A2 / B1
France	Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po)	French	Some experience of French but English taught courses are available
Germany	Humboldt University of Berlin	German	German at a minimum of CLIE Level 4 / CEFR B2
Germany	University College Freiburg	English	N/A
Hong Kong	Chinese University of Hong Kong (Morningside College)	English	N/A
Hong Kong	University of Hong Kong ^	English	N/A
Italy	Università degli Studi di Firenze	Italian	Italian at a minimum of CLIE Level 3 / CEFR B1
Japan	Hitotsubashi University	Japanese	Subject courses are available in English
Japan	Kyoto University ^	English
Japan	University of Tokyo ^	Japanese	Subject courses are available in English
Japan	Waseda University ^	Japanese	Subject courses are available in English
Jordan	University of Petra	Arabic and English	Arabic is the language of instruction for humanities, while English is used for most other disciplines
Lebanon	American University of Beirut	English	N/A
Netherlands	University College Maastricht	English	N/A
New Zealand	University of Auckland ^	English	N/A
Peru	Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Perú ^	Spanish	Spanish at a minimum of CLIE Level 4 / CEFR B2
Portugal	University of Porto	Portuguese	See details here
Singapore	National University of Singapore ^	English	N/A
Singapore	Singapore Management University	English	N/A
South Korea	Seoul National University	Korean	Many subject courses are taught in English
Spain	Universidad Complutense de Madrid	Spanish	Spanish at a minimum of CLIE Level 3 / CEFR B1
Spain	Universidad de Salamanca	Spanish	Spanish at a minimum of CLIE Level 3 / CEFR B1
Taiwan	National Taiwan University ^	English	N/A
USA	Cornell University ^	English	N/A
USA	Northwestern University ^	English	N/A
USA	Stony Brook University ^	English	N/A
USA	University of California ^	English	N/A
USA	University of Florida ^	English	N/A
USA	University of Michigan ^	English	N/A
USA	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ^	English	N/A
USA	University of Texas at Austin ^	English	N/A
USA	University of Washington ^	English	N/A

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