With the University of Aberdeen exchange programme, you can study in another European country as part of your degree. The credits gained from study abroad count towards your Aberdeen degree programme - so it won't add an extra year to your studies! Participants also receive a grant to help with any extra costs incurred.
Who would this option suit?
- European exchange is possible as an undergraduate student at Level 2 and Level 3. Please note that some subjects do not permit Level 3 exchange, or will only allow students to study abroad for a single semester. Check with the Go Abroad Tutor for your subject/s for restrictions.
- European exchange is also possible for PhD students, who wish to spend an extended period at a partner university.
- European exchange is NOT suitable for Postgraduate Taught Masters students - please look at our other options to find a more suitable opportunity.
Eligibility criteria
In order to apply, students should:
- have an overall C average, and be on track to achieve
- 120 Credit points at the end of 1st year AND/OR
- 240 Credit points at the end of 2nd year
- have the support of your Go Abroad Tutor/s (you don't need to request this in advance - they will be contacted as part of the application process)
Important points to note
- There is a single application deadline (in January), regardless of whether you plan to study abroad in September or January.
- Bilateral agreements for 2023/24 are currently under negotiation, and therefore subject to change. Options will be finalised no later than January 2023.
Find out more about applying for European exchange on our How to Apply page
Further resources
How to search
The University of Aberdeen has partnerships with around 120 universities across Europe. As most European partnerships are subject-specific, opportunities available will depend on your degree programme. Students are only eligible to apply under subjects that are named in the title of their degree programme. Joint degree students can apply under either subject, provided that both subjects are taught at the partner in English. Where agreements are at School level, eg Biological Sciences, students from any subject within the school can apply, provided that relevant courses in English can be found.
Please browse our list of European partnerships below, ordered alphabetically by subject. Within each subject, they are ordered alphabetically by country.
- All subjects
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Most of these destinations are open to students from all subject disciplines (with the exception of Medicine and Dentistry) on the provision that you can find suitable courses taught in English that meet the requirements of your degree programme.
Where these are restricted to one or two subjects, or we know these destinations to be unsuitable for certain degree programmes, we have noted this, though this list is not exhaustive.
University Grenoble Alpes
Kiel University
Constructor University Bremen
University of Mainz
University of Iceland
VU Amsterdam
University of Oslo
- Accountancy/Finance
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Copenhagen Business School
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Umeå University
- Anthropology
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Tallin University
University of Lapland
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University of Leipzig
Click here for more informationUniversity of Tromso (aka UiT - the Arctic University of Norway)
Bahçeşehir University
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- Biological Sciences
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Find more information from the School of Biological Sciences
University of Tromso (aka UiT - the Arctic University of Norway)
- Business Management
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Copenhagen Business School
Click here for more informationUniversity of Turku
Umeå University
Click here for more information - Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies
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Utrecht University
Click here for more information - Chemistry
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For Chemistry exchange options, please check our University-Wide options to find one suitable for your degree requirements here for European options and here for International options.
Please note, students can do their final year Chemistry Project at non-partner institutions. For further details, please contact your Go Abroad Tutor here.
- Computing Science
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Université Paris VI (Sorbonne University, Campus Pierre et Marie Curie)
University of Freiburg
Click here for more information.University of Padova
Stockholm University
- Divinity/Religious Studies
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Humboldt University of Berlin
Click here for more informationFAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
University of Tübingen
(for Postgraduate research students only)
Theological University Kampen
Utrecht University
Click here for more informationUniversity of Bergen
- Economics
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University of Oviedo
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- Education
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University of Jyväskylä
University of Lapland
University of Stavanger
Mondragon University
Uppsala University
- Engineering
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Please note that the following options are only suitable for final year projects. For students wishing to spend time abroad in Level 2, there are no suitable Erasmus options - please consider International Exchange instead.
TU Dresden
[Suitable for Civil and Mechanical-related projects.]
University of Bologna
University of Padova
[Suitable for Civil-related projects.]
University of Genova
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[Suitable for Chemical-related projects.]
Chalmers University of Technology
KTH - Royal Institute of Technology
- English
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University of Vienna
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University of Liege
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University of Copenhagen
Click here for more information.Trinity College Dublin
Utrecht University
Click here for more informationUniversity of Bergen
- Film & Visual Culture
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University of Copenhagen
Click here for more information. - French
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Université Libre de Bruxelles
University Grenoble Alpes
UCO Angers
Click here for more informationBordeaux Montaigne University
Click here for more informationUniversity Savoie Mont Blanc
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Université Rennes II
Click here for more informationUniversity of Haute-Alsace
Click here for more informationUniversity of Reunion Island
Click here for more information - Geography
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For Geography exchange options, please check our University-Wide options to find one suitable for your degree requirements here
- Geology
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University of Catania
(For Masters and Postgraduate-level students only)
University of Naples Federico II
Erasmus Links for Project
If you are interested in project opportunities abroad please contact the Go Abroad Tutor for Geology.
- German
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University of Graz
Click here for more information.KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Click here for more information.University of Cologne
Click here for more informationTrier University
University of Leipzig
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Click here for more information.University of Freiburg
Click here for more information.University of Bonn
University of Rostock
Click here for more information - History
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*The History Department is very keen to encourage and support students thinking about going abroad either for a year or a semester. Normally, students go abroad the whole of Year 2 or one semester in Year 3. History does not require any specific course matching. So, you are free to take any history courses you wish. On the Exchange Study Plan, you are asked to give an idea of what courses you might take. That will give the Go Abroad Tutor in History an idea of what you're thinking to take. But, the key thing is you're not trying to match any courses you might have taken here at your university abroad. The History Department want you to take advantage of all the unique offerings abroad not replicate something here, they will do our best to help you if you want to go abroad.
Ghent University
University of Copenhagen
Click here for more information.Pedagogical University of Krakow
University of Amsterdam
University of Groningen
Utrecht University
Click here for more informationUppsala University
- History of Art
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University of Bologna
Click here for more information. - Law
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Vienna University of Economics and Business
KU Leuven
Click here for more informationAarhus University
University of Helsinki
University Grenoble Alpes
University of Strasbourg
Humboldt University of Berlin
Click here for more informationUniversity of Freiburg
Click here for more information.University of Regensburg
Click for more information.Maastricht University
Click here for more information.University of Bergen
University of Deusto
Click here for more information - Mathematical Sciences
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RWTH Aachen University
University of Regensburg
Click here for more information.HFT Stuttgart
Click here for more information.Autonomous University of Barcelona
Ege University
Please note that all Mathematical courses are taught in the local language
- Medical Sciences
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Find more information from the The School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition here University of Camerino
Click here for more information. - Music
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Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Click here for more information.Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
This is an exchange partner for students of the Community Music degree programme only.
Fryderyck Chopin University of Music
Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdansk
- Philosophy
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University of Copenhagen
Click here for more information.Utrecht University
University of Bergen
University of Warsaw
- Politics & International Relations
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University of Lapland
University of Turku
Sciences Po Lille
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Sciences Po Rennes
Click here for more informationUniversity of Malta
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University of Deusto (Bilbao campus)
Click here for more informationStockholm University
Click here for more informationBahçeşehir University
Click here for more information - Psychology
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Find more information from the School of Psychology here
Osnabrück University
Leiden University
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University of Graz
Click here for more information. - Sociology
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University of Lapland
Click here for more informationBahçeşehir University
Click here for more information - Spanish
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University of Alicante
Click here for more informationComplutense University of Madrid
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University of the Basque Country
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