The Study Abroad Office provides students currently studying at King’s with the opportunity to study abroad at some of the world’s premier institutions for a year, or a semester, as a fully integrated part of your degree. There are varied and numerous opportunities to spend time abroad in order to enrich your studies, increase your employability and broaden your horizons. Search the exchanges that are available to current King’s students to study abroad as part of your degree programme on the Study Abroad website: (www.kcl.ac.uk/studyabroad)
Having researched where you’d like to go by attending the Study Abroad Fair, reading information on the King’s website and our partners’ websites, and speaking to both returning and visiting students, it’s time to apply to King’s to study abroad!
All students applying to study abroad are recommended to list at least two destination universities in the online application. Those indicating the University of California must list three California campuses where their major is studied. This counts as one destination.
Modern Language students in French, German and Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies must list at least three partner universities.
On submitting the completed online application, an email will be sent to the first named referee on the application, requesting them to provide the Study Abroad Office with a reference on your behalf.
To have your application accepted, you must also have uploaded the following two supporting documents:
1. PERSONAL STATEMENT OF NO MORE THAN 500 WORDS CONSIDERING:
- Why you want to study abroad
- What particularly interests you about your first choice institution and country
- Why you feel you are qualified to participate in an exchange programme and what you want to achieve during your experience abroad
- How will a year/semester abroad contribute to your academic goals, future career and personal objectives?
2. FIRST YEAR STUDENTS – A-LEVEL TRANSCRIPTS OR EQUIVALENT
SECOND/THIRD YEAR STUDENTS – RECORD OF AGREED RESULTS
(AVAILABLE FROM THE COMPASS)
Please click on below link to go to Study Abroad as part of your King’s degree application form.
