► Funding available
With the Erasmus 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?
- Erasmus Study 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.
- Erasmus Study is also possible for PhD students, who wish to spend an extended period at a partner university.
- Erasmus Study is NOT suitable for 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)
All applications to Erasmus Study will automatically be considered for funding. The only factor that may cause someone to be ineligible for funding is if they have previously received Erasmus funding at the same level. If you are in this situation, please contact the Erasmus Unit for advice.
Important points to note
- There is a single application deadline (in January), regardless of whether you plan to study abroad in September or January.
Further resources
- Erasmus Charter for Higher Education
- Erasmus Policy Statement
- Erasmus Student Charter
- Erasmus Plus - advice for participants
- Global Graduates
How to search
The University of Aberdeen has partnerships with around 120 universities across Europe. As most Erasmus 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 Erasmus 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 proviso 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.
Université Grenoble Alpes
Kiel University
Jacobs University Bremen
University of Mainz
University of Iceland
VU Amsterdam
University of Oslo
- Accountancy/Finance
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FH Kufstein Tirol University of Applied Sciences
Copenhagen Business School
Brest Business School
University College Cork
University of Deusto (San Sebastian campus)
Umeå University
- Anthropology
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Tallin University
University of Oulu
University of Lapland
Universität Leipzig
University of Tromsø
Bahçeşehir University
- Archaeology
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Universiteit Gent
Universität Leipzig
- Biological Sciences
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University College, Cork
Universita degli Studi di Camerino
University of Tromsø
For further destinations, see All subjects. In particular, see Université Grenoble Alpes which offers courses in English for Biological Sciences students. - Business Management
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FH Kufstein Tirol University of Applied Sciences
Copenhagen Business School
University of Turku
Brest Business School
University College, Cork
Universidad de Deusto (San Sebastián campus)
Umeå University
For further destinations, see All subjects. In particular, see Université Grenoble Alpes which offers a semester programme in English for Business Management students at IUT2. - Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies
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University College, Cork
Utrecht University
- Chemistry
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Université Bordeaux
Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz
Universität Regensburg
Universita degli Studi di Torino
Universita degli Studi di Camerino
Universitat de Barcelona
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
- Computing Science
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Université Paris-Sorbonne
University of Freiburg
University of Padova
Stockholm University
- Divinity/Religious Studies
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Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
(for Postgraduate research students only)
University of Tübingen
(for Postgraduate research students only)
Theological University Kampen
Utrecht University
University of Bergen
- Economics
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Universite of Rennes 1
University Pantheon-Assas
University of Oviedo
Complutense University of Madrid
Umeå University
- 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.
University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour
[Suitable for Petroleum-related projects at Undergraduate Level, and Oil and Gas Engineering at Reservoir at Postgraduate Taught level.]
Technical University of Dresden
[Suitable for Civil and Mechanical-related projects.]
University of Bologna
[Suitable for Chemical-related projects.]
University of Padova
[Suitable for Civil-related projects.]
University of Udine
[Suitable for Chemical-related projects.]
Chalmers University of Technology
[Suitable for Mechanical-related projects.]
KTH - Royal Institute of Technology
[Suitable for Mechanical-related projects.]
- English
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University of Vienna
University of Liege
University of Copenhagen
Trinity College Dublin
Utrecht University
University of Bergen
- Film & Visual Culture
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University of Copenhagen
For further destinations, see All subjects. In particular, see University of Iceland which offers suitable courses in English. - French
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Université Libre de Bruxelles
University of Picardie Jules Verne
Université Catholique de l'Ouest
Bordeaux Montaigne University
University of Savoie Mont Blanc
University of Rennes 2
University of Haute-Alsace
University of la Reunion
Sciences Po Lille
Sciences Po Lyon
Sciences Po Rennes
- Geography
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University of Potsdam
University of Catania
(for Masters and Postgraduate-level students only)
University of Pisa
- Geology
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University of Potsdam
University of Milan
University of Barcelona
The University of Barcelona is a public university located in the city of Barcelona. With over 90,000 students, UB is considered to be the best university in Spain in the QS World University Rankings of 2018.
Erasmus Links for Project
If you are interested in project opportunities abroad please contact the Go Abroad Tutor for Geology.
France
- Université de Strasbourg
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6
- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
Italy
- University of Catania (for Masters and Postgraduate-level students only)
- Università degli Studi di Napoli Fedrico II
- German
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Karl-Franzens Universitaet Graz
Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Pädagogische Hochshule Karlsruhe
Universität zu Koln
Universität Trier
Universität Leipzig
Universität Regensburg
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Rheinsche Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Universität Rostock
- History
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Universiteit Gent
University of Copenhagen
Université Paris-Sorbonne
Universität Leipzig
Pedagogical University of Krakow
University of Amsterdam
University of Groningen
Utrecht University
Uppsala University
- History of Art
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University of Bologna
Universita degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata'
- Law
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Vienna University of Economics and Business
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Aarhus University
University of Helsinki
Université Lumière Lyon II
University of Strasbourg
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Freiburg
University of Regensburg
Maastricht University
University of Bergen
University of Deusto
- Mathematical Sciences
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RWTH Aachen University
Universität Regensburg
University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Ege University
- Medical Sciences
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INSA, Lyon
University College, Cork
Universita degli Studi di Camerino
Universidad del Pais Vasco
Lund University
- Music
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Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
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
Utrecht University
University of Bergen
University of Warsaw
- Politics & International Relations
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University of Lapland
University of Turku
Sciences Po Lille
Sciences Po Lyon
Sciences Po Rennes
University of Malta
University of Deusto (Bilbao campus)
Stockholm University
Bahçeşehir University
- Psychology
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University of Osnabrück
Leiden University
University of Bergen
Jagiellonian University
Universidad del Pais Vasco
University of Graz
- Sociology
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University of Lapland
Université Catholique de l'Ouest
Bahçeşehir University
- Spanish
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Universidad de Alicante
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Universidad de Granada
Universidad del Pais Vasco
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela