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GLOBAL
OPPORTUNITIES
Every year, over 900 Queen’s students
take the opportunity to study or gain workrelated experience outside of Northern
Ireland. Nothing is more rewarding. While
overseas, you’ll load up on confidence and
independence. You’ll experience the colour of
life elsewhere. You’ll enrich your own journey.
Queen’s encourages students to take
advantage of a period of study at an overseas
university or an international work placement
as part of their degree. Some degrees
(especially those with a language element)
include a compulsory year abroad. These are
generally four-year courses, during which
you will spend a year either studying at a
partner university or on work placement with
an employer. Many other degrees offer the
option of participating in a study exchange
scheme for one or two semesters, usually
in your second year. The ‘semester abroad’
option will allow you to graduate within
the usual three years. There are also lots of
summer programmes available, when a longer
period abroad is not possible.
EXPLORE THE WORLD
There are many options and we’ll
help you research them – from
studying in Europe or Canada to
interning in Asia or South America.
Our annual Go Global Week gives
students the chance to chat to
organisations that can offer them
an experience of a lifetime to
study, work or volunteer abroad,
and to hear from other students
who have already taken part.
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Advanced language skills are not
always necessary in order to study
abroad – many of the university’s
European partners teach in English,
as well as the university’s partners
in North America and Australasia.
John Grey
Ruth Bleakley
If you already have some
knowledge of a foreign language,
then studying abroad is an
excellent opportunity to improve
your fluency. All students – not just
those studying Modern Languages
– are strongly encouraged to
enhance their language skills
and many choose to attend the
university’s Language Centre,
located within the McClay Library,
before they go abroad. Please visit:
go.qub.ac.uk/langcent
Rebecca Stoops
Queen’s University Belfast – Undergraduate Prospectus 2025