European Exchange

European Exchange


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

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

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Kiel University

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Constructor University Bremen

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University of Mainz

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University of Iceland

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VU Amsterdam

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University of Oslo

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Accountancy/Finance

Copenhagen Business School

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Umeå University

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Anthropology

Tallin University

 

University of Lapland

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University of Leipzig

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University of Tromso (aka UiT - the Arctic University of Norway)

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Bahçeşehir University

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Biological Sciences

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University of Tromso (aka UiT - the Arctic University of Norway)

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Business Management

Copenhagen Business School

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University of Turku

Umeå University

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Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies

Utrecht University

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Chemistry

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

Université Paris VI (Sorbonne University, Campus Pierre et Marie Curie)

University of Freiburg

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University of Padova

Stockholm University

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Divinity/Religious Studies

Humboldt University of Berlin

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FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

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University of Tübingen

(for Postgraduate research students only)

Theological University Kampen

Utrecht University

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University of Bergen

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Economics

University of Oviedo

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Education

University of Jyväskylä

University of Lapland

University of Stavanger

Mondragon University

Uppsala University

Engineering

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

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University of Padova

[Suitable for Civil-related projects.]

University of Genova

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[Suitable for Chemical-related projects.]

Chalmers University of Technology

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KTH - Royal Institute of Technology

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English

University of Vienna

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University of Liege

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University of Copenhagen

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Trinity College Dublin

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Utrecht University

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University of Bergen

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Film & Visual Culture

University of Copenhagen

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French

Université Libre de Bruxelles

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University Grenoble Alpes

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UCO Angers

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Bordeaux Montaigne University

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University Savoie Mont Blanc

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Université Rennes II

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University of Haute-Alsace

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University of Reunion Island

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Geography

For Geography exchange options, please check our University-Wide options to find one suitable for your degree requirements here

   
Geology

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

University of Graz

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KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

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University of Cologne

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Trier University

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University of Leipzig

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University of Regensburg

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University of Freiburg

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University of Bonn

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University of Rostock

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History

*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

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Pedagogical University of Krakow

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University of Amsterdam

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University of Groningen

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Utrecht University

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Uppsala University

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History of Art

University of Bologna

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Law

Vienna University of Economics and Business

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KU Leuven

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Aarhus University

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University of Helsinki

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University Grenoble Alpes

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University of Strasbourg

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Humboldt University of Berlin

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University of Freiburg

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University of Regensburg

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Maastricht University

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University of Bergen

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University of Deusto

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Mathematical Sciences

RWTH Aachen University

University of Regensburg

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HFT Stuttgart

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Autonomous University of Barcelona

Ege University

Please note that all Mathematical courses are taught in the local language

 
Medical Sciences
 Find more information from the ​​​The School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition here  

University of Camerino

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Music

Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

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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

University of Copenhagen

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Utrecht University

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University of Bergen

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University of Warsaw

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Politics & International Relations

University of Lapland

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University of Turku

Sciences Po Lille

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Sciences Po Lyon

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Sciences Po Rennes

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University of Malta

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University of Deusto (Bilbao campus)

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Stockholm University

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Bahçeşehir University

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Psychology

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Osnabrück University

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Leiden University

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University of Bergen

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University of Graz

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Sociology

University of Lapland

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Bahçeşehir University

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Spanish

University of Alicante

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Complutense University of Madrid

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University of Granada

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University of the Basque Country

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University of Santiago de Compostela

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