Exchange Schemes
Spend part of your course abroad (in Sweden, Poland or the USA) and expand your sociological imagination! According to HEFCE (Source: Attainment in Higher Education, Erasmus and Placement Students), year abroad students:
- are more likely to be employed six months after graduating
- have above average salaries (especially if they are not language graduates)
- are more likely to be employed abroad
Erasmus Exchange (Sweden or Poland)
The Department of Sociology participates in the European Exchange Programme (SOCRATES-ERASMUS) which allows you to study at another European university as part of your course. [Click on this link for more information from the University International Office]
We have agreements with universities in Sweden (Lund) and Poland (Krakow) for the exchange of students wishing to study abroad. Both are leading sociological institutions in Europe. Both universities are situated in beautiful, historic university towns.
- Poland: Jagiellonian University in Krakow [Click on this link to go to the Institute of Sociology home page]
- Sweden: Lund University [Click on this link to go to the Department of Sociology home page]
Everyone who has been on the Erasmus program will testify to the great intellectual and social value of spending several months living and studying in another European city. As one student put it: "I really enjoyed my time in Sweden! The time I stayed there enhanced me both socially and educationally – I would thoroughly recommend it!" Another described it as "... a mind broadening experience – the worst thing is the fact you have to leave and say goodbye to so many good friends."
Key features
- Courses count towards your Leicester degree
- You will be taught in English
- You can only go in the second semester of your second year
- There is free language training before you go and/or as you arrive in the host university
- A student mobility grant is available from the European Union. This grant varies annually. It is usually about 370 Euro per month for Sweden and 310 Euro per month for Poland. All eligible students are awarded this grant which is not means tested.
- You pay no fees to the host institution, but you will continue to pay your Leicester fees
- You will take part in a departmental shortlisting process in the second semester of your first year
Study Abroad (USA)
We have an agreement with various universities in the US for the exchange of students wishing to study abroad.
- University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
- More about the University of Georgia
- More about the Department of Sociology
- Application checklist for University of Georgia
- A sociology student who spent a semester at the University of Georgia said: "Don't let this opportunity pass you by. It's the best thing I have ever done in my life."
- California State University (Long Beach, CA)
- The State University of New York (Buffalo, NY)
Key features:
- Courses count towards your Leicester degree
- You can only go in the second semester of your second year
- You pay no fees to the host institution, but you will continue to pay your Leicester fees
- You won't get a monthly allowance for this exchange
- You will take part in a departmental shortlisting process in the second semester of first year
