Faculty of Engineering

Global opportunities 2024/2025

Please click on the dropdown boxes below to find out the study abroad opportunities for your school/department for exchange in the 2024/2025 academic year.

Please ensure you check the notes column for the International exchange opportunities tables, as there may be certain restrictions for specific degree subjects or a partner university may have restrictions over which semester you can study abroad.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 

The opportunities listed here are correct as at the time of publishing and for the application year 2023/2024. Please be aware that study abroad options may change at any time for a number of reasons, including curriculum developments, changes to arrangements with partner universities, travel restrictions or other circumstances outside of the University’s control. Every effort will be made to update this information as quickly as possible should a change occur. Please note that, in order to be accepted on to a study abroad programme, you have to achieve the relevant academic requirements as set by the University AND meet the selection criteria of both the University and the partner institution (though the partner institution is under no obligation to accept you).

Architecture and Built Environment

International exchange

Eligibility

BArch Students (K100) Architecture: Apply in first year to study abroad for the spring semester of second year. For students continuing onto the Architecture MArch (ARB/RIBA Part 2) you must apply during your year in industry (between part 1 and part 2) for exchange of the autumn semester of the first year of the MArch. 

MEng Students (K230) Architecture and Environmental Design: Apply in second year to study abroad for the spring semester of third year or apply in fifth year (whilst on your year out) to study abroad for the autumn semester of sixth-year. 

BEng Students (K240) Architectural Environment Engineering, (K24B) Architectural Environment Engineering with industrial placement year: Apply in the first year for exchange in either the autumn or spring semester of second year.

MEng Students (K241) Architectural Environment Engineering, (K24A) Architectural Environment Engineering with industrial placement year: Apply in the first year for exchange in either the autumn or spring semester of second year.

Architecture MArch (ARB/RIBA Part 2): Study abroad is only available to students transitioning from University of Nottingham courses K100 or K240. Apply during your year in industry (between part 1 and part 2) for the autumn semester of the first year of the MArch.

If you are transferring onto any of our accredited MArch Architecture Part 2 programmes, including the MArch Collaborative Practice Research course, from another institution, you are not eligible to apply for any exchange scheme, at any stage of the course.

Minimum 60% academic average required to be considered.

All module choices must be approved by the academic adviser, Yupeng Wang, to ensure the student remains on an accredited degree. Any student who wishes to apply to study abroad at a university not listed should consult the academic adviser.

International exchange opportunities

International exchange partners
 Partner university City CountryNotes
The University of Melbourne Melbourne Australia 65% academic average required
The University of Western Australia Perth Australia 65% academic average required
The University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand  
Lunds Universitet Lund Sweden

Teaching is in English.

Available for Postgraduate students only.

 

International exchange application information

Inter-campus exchange

University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Eligibility

 

BArch Students (K100)  Architecture: Apply in first year to study abroad for the spring semester of second year 

MEng Students (K230) Architecture and Environmental Design: Apply in second year to study abroad for either the full year, spring semester or autumn semester of their third year. 

BEng Students (K240) Architectural Environment Engineering, (K24B) Architectural Environment Engineering with industrial placement year: Apply in the first year for exchange in either the autumn or spring semester of second year.

MEng Students (K241) Architectural Environment Engineering ,(K24A)  Architectural Environment Engineering with industrial placement year: Apply in the first year for exchange in either the autumn or spring semester of second year.

Minimum 55% academic average required to be considered, 10 places available per year. 

Inter-campus application information

International summer schools

Summer schools are open to all undergraduate University of Nottingham students, and offer opportunities to take taught courses at one of our partner universities. 

Summer schools range between one and six weeks. As these programmes are offered during holiday periods, credits are not transferred back to Nottingham and in most cases you are free to study whatever is of interest to you.

There are a number of summer schools and short-term programmes available to students at the University of Nottingham based in various institutions worldwide. Available programmes vary from year to year, however we traditionally offer various programmes across East and Southeast Asia, Europe and North America.

International summer schools application information

European school exchange

Eligibility

For students from the Department of Architecture and Built Environment only.

MEng students (K230) Architecture and Environmental Design: Apply in second year to study abroad for either the full year, spring semester or autumn semester of their third year. 

BEng students (K240) Architectural Environment Engineering, (K24B) Architectural Environment Engineering with industrial placement year: Apply in the first year for exchange in either the autumn or spring semester of second year.

MEng students (K241) Architectural Environment Engineering ,(K24A)  Architectural Environment Engineering with industrial placement year: Apply in the first year for exchange in either the autumn or spring semester of second year. 

BArch (K100) Architecture students apply in the first year for exchange in the spring semester of their second year. 

Students may require language skills for some European exchange partners, please contact the department co-ordinator for further details if interested. 

Please email the Faculty of Engineering Student Experience team to request an application form for School exchange. 

European opportunities

European partners
Partner universityCityCountryNotes
Architectural Institute in Prague (ARCHIP) Prague Czech Republic Teaching is in English. Undergraduate only.
Technische Universiteit Delft Delft Netherlands Teaching is in English.
Year 5 and 6 students only.
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen (KADK)  Copenhagen Denmark Teaching is in English
 

School contact

For questions about academic matters relating to study abroad, please contact the Department of Architecture and Built Environment study abroad academic adviser, Yupeng Wu, for module enquiries and the Student Experience team for administrative enquiries.

 

Chemical and Environmental Engineering

International exchange

Eligibility

Any 1st or 2nd year MEng student interested in applying for the International Exchange programme must speak to their Academic Adviser and discuss possible options before submitting an application. Any university you are considering applying for must be approved by your Academic Adviser after module matching has been carried out, failure to do so will result in your application being rejected. 

Minimum 60% academic average required to be eligible to apply.

Inter-campus exchange

University of Nottingham Malaysia

Eligibility

Open to BEng/MEng Chemical Engineering and BEng/MEng Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering only. 

BEng: Apply in first year to study abroad for full year of your second year.

MEng: Apply in first year to study abroad for full year of your second year or apply in second year to study abroad for the full year of your third year.

Minimum 60% academic average required to be considered. 

University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Eligibility

Open to BEng/MEng Chemical Engineering and BEng/MEng Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering only. 

BEng: Apply in first year to study abroad for full year of your second year.

MEng: Apply in first year to study abroad for full year of your second year or apply in second year to study abroad for the full year of your third year.

Minimum 60% academic average required to be considered. 

Inter-campus application information

International summer schools

Summer schools are open to all undergraduate University of Nottingham students, and offer opportunities to take taught courses at one of our partner universities. 

Summer schools range between one and six weeks. As these programmes are offered during holiday periods, credits are not transferred back to Nottingham and in most cases you are free to study whatever is of interest to you.

There are a number of summer schools and short-term programmes available to students at the University of Nottingham based in various institutions worldwide. Available programmes vary from year to year, however we traditionally offer various programmes across East and Southeast Asia, Europe and North America.

International summer schools application information

School contact

For questions about academic matters relating to study abroad for the following programmes, please contact the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering study abroad academic adviser, Yanming Wang for module enquiries and the Student Experience team for administrative enquiries.

  • University of Nottingham Malaysia
  • University of Nottingham Ningbo China
 

Civil Engineering

International exchange

Eligibility

MEng degrees only. Apply in second year to study abroad for the full year of third-year. Minimum 60% academic average required to be considered.

All module choices must be approved by Luke Prendergast to ensure the student remains on an accredited degree. Any student who wishes to apply to study abroad at a university not listed should consult Luke Prendergast.

Other destinations may be possible. Please speak to Luke Prendergast if you wish to enquire about a International Exchange partner university not listed below.

International exchange opportunities

International exchange partners
Partner universityCityCountry
Memorial University of Newfoundland St. Johns Canada
University College Dublin Dublin Republic of Ireland
The University of Arizona Tucson USA
University of South Florida Tampa USA
Oregon State University Corvallis USA
 

International exchange application information

Inter-campus exchange

University of Nottingham Malaysia

Eligibility

BEng and MEng Civil Engineering only.

BEng: apply in first year to study abroad for full year of second year.

MEng: apply in first or second year to study abroad for the full year of second  or third-year.

Minimum 55% academic average required to be considered.

University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Eligibility

BEng and MEng Civil Engineering only.

BEng: apply in first year to study abroad for full year of second year.

MEng: apply in first year to study abroad for full year of second-year.

Minimum 55% average required to be considered.

Inter-campus application information

International summer schools

Summer schools are open to all undergraduate University of Nottingham students, and offer opportunities to take taught courses at one of our partner universities. 

Summer schools range between one and six weeks. As these programmes are offered during holiday periods, credits are not transferred back to Nottingham and in most cases you are free to study whatever is of interest to you.

There are a number of summer schools and short-term programmes available to students at the University of Nottingham based in various institutions worldwide. Available programmes vary from year to year, however we traditionally offer various programmes across East and Southeast Asia, Europe and North America.

International summer schools application information

School contact

For questions about academic matters relating to study abroad , please contact the Department of Civil Engineering study abroad academic adviser, Luke Prendergast for module enquiries and the Student Experience team for administrative enquiries.

 

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

International exchange

Eligibility

All students: Apply in first year to study abroad for full year of second year.

Minimum 60% academic average required to be considered. 

All module choices must be approved by Dr Ed Morris to ensure that the student remains on an accredited degree. Any student who wishes to apply to study abroad at a partner university not listed below should consult Dr Ed Morris.

International exchange opportunities

International exchange partners
Partner universityCityCountryNotes
Concordia University Montréal Canada  
The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China Teaching is in English
University College Dublin Dublin Republic of Ireland  
 

International exchange application information

Inter-campus exchange

University of Nottingham Malaysia

Eligibility

BEng students: Apply in first year to study abroad for full year of second year. 

MEng students: Apply in first year to study abroad for full year of second year or apply in second year to study abroad for full year of third year.

Study abroad during second year: open to all courses, however Electronic and Computing Engineering students will take the Electrical component of the Practical Engineering Design Solutions and Project Development module, rather than the Computing component.

Study abroad during third year: open to all courses, except for Electronic and Computing Engineering, students on this course are not eligible for exchange in their third year.

Minimum 55% academic average required to be considered. 

For some courses there may be a restricted range of optional modules. 

University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Eligibility

BEng/MEng: Apply in first year to study abroad for full year of second year. 

Open to all courses, however Electronic and Computing Engineering students will take the Electrical component of the Practical Engineering Design Solutions and Project Development module, rather than the Computing component.

Minimum 55% academic average required to be considered. 

Inter-campus application information

International summer schools

Summer schools are open to all undergraduate University of Nottingham students, and offer opportunities to take taught courses at one of our partner universities. 

Summer schools range between one and six weeks. As these programmes are offered during holiday periods, credits are not transferred back to Nottingham and in most cases you are free to study whatever is of interest to you.

There are a number of summer schools and short-term programmes available to students at the University of Nottingham based in various institutions worldwide. Available programmes vary from year to year, however we traditionally offer various programmes across East and Southeast Asia, Europe and North America.

International summer schools application information

School contact

For questions about academic matters relating to study abroad, please contact the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering study abroad academic adviser, Ed Morris for module enquiries and the Student Experience team for administrative enquiries.

 

Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering

International exchange

Eligibility

MEng degrees only. Apply in second year to study abroad for the full year of third year. 

MEng Aerospace students apply in their second year to study abroad for the full year of third year. Applications to partner universities are approved subject to them offering an aerospace programme and appropriate aerospace modules. 

Minimum 60% academic average required to be considered.

All module choices must be approved by Richard Tew to ensure the student remains on an accredited degree. Any student who wishes to apply to study abroad at a university not listed below should consult Richard Tew.

International exchange opportunities

International exchange partners
Partner universityCityCountryNotes
Adelaide University Adelaide Australia 65% academic average required
University College Dublin Dublin Republic of Ireland Not available for Aerospace Engineering
Lunds Universitet Lund Sweden Teaching is English
 

International exchange application information

Inter-campus exchange

University of Nottingham Malaysia

Eligibility

BEng/MEng Mechanical Engineering and BEng Product Design and Manufacture including an integrated Study Abroad Year only, Aerospace students can not apply for inter-campus exchange. 

BEng students: Apply in first year to study abroad for the full year of second year.

MEng students: Apply in first year to study abroad for the full year of second year or apply in second year to study abroad for the full year of third year.

Minimum 55% academic average required to be considered.

University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Eligibility

BEng/MEng Mechanical Engineering students apply in first year to study abroad for full year of second year.

BEng/MEng Product Design and Manufacture students apply first year to study abroad for the full year of the second year.

Aerospace students can not apply for inter-campus exchange.

 Minimum 55% average required to be considered.

Inter-campus application information

International summer schools

Summer schools are open to all undergraduate University of Nottingham students, and offer opportunities to take taught courses at one of our partner universities. 

Summer schools range between one and six weeks. As these programmes are offered during holiday periods, credits are not transferred back to Nottingham and in most cases you are free to study whatever is of interest to you.

There are a number of summer schools and short-term programmes available to students at the University of Nottingham based in various institutions worldwide. Available programmes vary from year to year, however we traditionally offer various programmes across East and Southeast Asia, Europe and North America.

International summer schools application information

School contact

For questions about academic matters relating to study abroad, please contact the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering study abroad academic adviser, Richard Tew for module enquiries and the Student Experience team for administrative enquiries.

 

 

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