Study abroad programme
Studying abroad is an excellent opportunity for undergraduate students to see the world, experience new cultures and study at one of Manchester's world-class partner institutions.
Why study abroad?
It really is the opportunity of a lifetime. There are many benefits to studying abroad
- It gives you a new perspective on your subject area
- It broadens your horizons
- It can be a good way to improve your language skills
- It helps you grow as a person
- It helps you in the job market
How does it work?
There are two possible ways of including study abroad as part of your Social Anthropology degree programme
- as part of the standard three-year degree, you can study abroad for one semester in your second year
- OR you can take the new four-year BSocSc in Social Anthropology with International Study, in which you spend your entire third year in a partner university abroad, returning in the fourth year to complete your degree at Manchester
Where can you go?
Within Europe, you can go to one of the following Universities with which Social Anthropology has an established relationship:
- Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre, La Défense
- Free University, Amsterdam
- University of Copenhagen
- Universitat Autònoma, Barcelona
These visits are supported financially through the EU-funded ERASMUS scheme (see the section below, 'Who pays for study abroad?' for further details on funding).
If you prefer to go outside Europe, you can go to one of the University's 'worldwide partnership' institutions. However, you should note that in this case, there is considerably less funding available (again, see below, 'Who pays?')
A full list of partner institutions is available on the University Study Abroad website. To help you with your selection, in Social Anthropology, we have a number of 'preferred' partners outside Europe with whom we have already established contact, including:
- McGill University, Canada
- The Australian National University, Canberra
- University of Auckland, New Zealand
- University of Missouri at Columbia, USA
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
- University of California, USA
Who pays for study abroad?
If you are accepted to study at one of the European partner universities, the ERASMUS scheme will provide you with a certain degree of financial support, including:
- a grant of about €225 per month (2011-2012 figures)
- a contribution of up to £250 towards language training
- an additional one-off €500 payment for widening participation students
If you go for one semester only, whether in Europe or outside of it, you will not have to pay any fees at the partner university, but you will have to pay your University of Manchester fees.
If you go for the full year, i.e. under the BSocSc in Social Anthropology with International Study programme, the current arrangement for European exchanges is that the UK government will cover your University of Manchester fees and you will still not have to pay any fees at the partner university. However, this arrangement is currently under review.
If you go to one of the partner institutions outside Europe, you have to continue to pay fees at Manchester whilst you are abroad. Fees range from £0-£3,000 and are dependent on assessed household income. Under present arrangements you pay considerably less than the fees normally paid by UK students back in Manchester. Also, although there are no automatic grants to cover costs, there are a number of competitive scholarships for which you may apply.
More Information
Applications details on One Semester exchanges in your second year
Applications details on Full Year exchanges in your third year
If, after reading the detailed information on those web pages, you have any more enquiries about the Study Abroad specifically in Social Anthropology, please drop in during the office times of the Study Abroad Co-ordinator for Social Anthropology: Dr Stef Jansen (stef.jansen@manchester.ac.uk) (Semester One) and Dr Petra Tjitske Kalshoven (petratjitske.kalshoven@manchester.ac.uk) (Semester Two).
More general enquiries should be directed to goabroad@manchester.ac.uk. You may also like to visit the general University study abroad website.