When applying for a European exchange place, students may apply select up to three universities. The three choices may be a mix of: specific department to department partners; and institution-wide partners listed below.
These are departmental links only available to students studying government and international affairs as part of their degree. Students studying joint/combined honours that include government and international affairs may also apply for these universities, but must select a majority of modules in government and international affairs at these partners.
Partner Code
Partner Name
Country
Language
UG
PGT
PGR
CH ZURICH01
University of Zurich
Switzerland
6
X
D HEIDELB01
Ruprecht Karls Universitat Heidelberg
Germany
B1 German
1
D KONSTAN01
Universitat Konstanz
Limited English courses. Mainly B1 German
2
E GRANADA01
University of Granada
Spain
B1 Spanish
E MADRID28
B1 Spanish/B2 English
E SALAMAN02
University of Salamanca
F LILLE103
Universite de Lille
France
F MARSEIL55
Sciences Po Aix en Provence
F PARIS014
Sciences Po*
English
4
F TOULOUS48
Sciences Po Institut d Etudes Politiques de Toulouse
I ROMA03
Luiss Libera Universita Internazionale degli Studi
Italy
S UPPSALA01
Uppsala Universitet
Sweden
NL AMSTERD01
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Netherlands
TR ISTANBU16
Kadir Has University
Turkey
*Please note:
These university partners are open to students from any academic Department - except any departments listed in the "Restrictions" column listed below. If your department is listed as a restriction you must not apply for a place at that partner. Before making an application, you must check that sufficient modules for a full workload are available in your subject at these partners. To do this you will need to visit the partner university's incoming exchange website. These university partnerships are are supported our membership of the Coimbra Group (CG) Student Exchange Network (SEN) and Arqus on the Move Network.
Please be aware that institution-wide places are more competitive than departmental places. If demand for places at the partners below exceeds the quota number of places available, places will be allocated by the International Office based on grades and the application materials provided. When making an application, on the host section of the European application form, please indicate (from the column “type” below):
List of Institution-wide exchange partners
German B2
English B2 (search for classes taught in English)
Institution-wide
Applications for subjects with restricted admission will be considered upon prior consultation with the departments concerned.
Pharmacy lab placements are generally difficult and cannot be guaranteed.
French B2
English B2
Unlimited***
Medicine: Applications approved within a limited number of places and after prior validation by the departmental coordinator.
Finnish
Swedish
German B1
English B1
Education
Italian A2
Italian B1
Italian
Coimbra SEN
Law, Economics & Business, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy.
Polish B2
Restricted Acces to Faculty of Law, Administration andEconomics and Faculty of Biotechnology.
All applications will be approved upon prior consultation withthe departments concerned.
Portuguese B1
French B1
Unrestricted***
Spanish B1
French
German C1
Priority to students from Biosciences and SGIA
TRISTANBU16
Priority to students from SGIA
* The Languages for a Year Abroad page provides additional information about CEFR language levels.
** Technically, these universities are part of both of the SEN and Arqus network. Please select these as 'Institution-wide' when applying.
***Unlimited / unrestricted numbers - should one of these be exceptionally popular, Durham reserves the right not to allocate a place. This is because exchange partnerships operate on the principles of long-term balanced reciprocity between universities in terms of the number of students sent and received. In such a scenario we will work with the partner to establish the maximum number of Durham students they can reasonably accommodate.
While numerous partners teach in English, many European partners have language requirements. Speaking a foreign language will expand the number of partners at which you will be able to study. Click the link below to find out more about partner language requirements, learning a language and support.
Each department has an exchange coordinator that will advise on academic issues and options available in your Department. Likewise they can provide support, should academic issues arise while abroad.