Module selection

We have now published the module catalogues for 2025/26.

Please pay particular attention to departments with restrictions at the bottom of this page.

If your major is not offered at King's (refer to our current catalogue for an indication of the modules we usually offer), you may struggle to find relevant modules so please read these pages carefully.

Offer holders will be emailed detailed instructions on how to complete their Module Request Form, when the Module Request Form opens on Thursday 1st May 2025. Students must not submit a Module Request Form unless they have been specifically instructed to do so. Places on modules are not guaranteed for any student due to class size restrictions and are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. We do not have waiting lists.

Please use the Module Request Form (MRF) to ensure you have a full allocation of modules/credit. You can use Module Amendment forms which are linked below on this page, to request changes to modules you're allocated on.

Students currently waiting for a decision from the Admissions team on their application must not submit a module request until they receive an offer. 

Semester 1 and Full Year students (September start) will be invited to submit their module requests after Thursday 1st May 2025.

Semester 2 students (January start) will be invited to submit their module requests in approximately early November.

Please view our general module registration guidance (General MRF Guidance) for information on how the process works.

A PDF template of the online form, that will help you prepare, can be found at the bottom of this page, but it is for your personal reference only. We only accept module requests via our online form.

It is important to note the following when completing your Module Request Form:

•  Levels 4, 5 and 6 are for Undergraduate students and Level 7 is for Postgraduate Taught students (i.e. Masters). Undergraduate students cannot take Level 7 modules, and Postgraduate students cannot take Levels 4, 5 or 6.

•  Important to note: Only modules that are listed in the Study Abroad online module catalogues (General and Bioscience, see links at the bottom of the page) are open to Study Abroad students. Not all modules at King's College London can be taken by Study Abroad students. Please only select modules found in our catalogues

•  Places on modules are not guaranteed for any student due to class size restrictions and are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. We do not have waiting lists

•  All modules taken at King's will be awarded a grade on your final transcript, and therefore cannot be taken as attendance-only or Pass/Fail, even if this is permitted by your home institution. You will not be awarded an overall degree classification/award from King’s as credits are transferred to your home degree

•  You must review our Eligibility Criteria tab and the module registration guidance before looking through the module catalogues and choosing your modules.  Our eligibility criteria are strict and it is your responsibility to ensure you meet the criteria before submitting your module choices

•  Please pay careful attention to the assessments outlined in the module descriptions. Semester 1-only students are expected to sit in-person exams that take place in December, or any online exams that take place in our January assessment period although you are not required to physically be in London for the online exams. If you are assessed by coursework only, deadlines may be set for January.  Alternative assessments will only be set for semester 1-only students in lieu of in-person exams in January.
Full year students are expected to sit in-person exams scheduled for both our January and May/June assessment periods -- no special arrangements will be made if you choose to leave London before the programme ends

•  For those students nominated under a specific departmental exchange agreement, you will be required to take at least 50% of your credits in that department. You may be nominated under a different department to your major, please check with your home university if you are unsure.  We will also remind you of your nominated department closer to the opening of module registration.

•  The table below lists which departments undergraduate students can request from depending on your nominated department.  It also indicates other departments that may offer related modules (although these will not count towards the 50% threshold of modules you must take from your nominated department). 
Postgraduate students do not have the same flexibility and should request at least 50% of modules from the specific nominated department only.
If your exchange department is not listed (for example, Law or Theology and Religious Studies) then you are unlikely to find related modules outside of that department.

•  Fee-Paying students and those nominated under College-wide exchanges can use the table to find departments that offer modules related to their major/subject of interest

* Departments with Restrictions for 2025/26 (this information is subject to change, please check for any updates)

Please note that our restricted departments may change for the 2026/27 academic year and may be different to our current restrictions

Please note that the restrictions below apply to modules from specific departments. The department name will be listed in the module catalogue, sometimes alongside the academic faculty in which the department sits.

(Full year students should note the module amendment period for semester 2 takes place in December)

English (Literature): Only students nominated under specific English (Literature) department agreements or Literature majors (both exchange and fee-paying) are permitted to request modules from within the English department in our initial module registration period.  Exception: 4AAEA002 Writing London is open to all students in the first instance.  Students must provide confirmation of their major either on their transcript or through additional documentation.Subject to availability and meeting eligibility criteria, modules will then be offered to all other exchange and fee-paying students during our module amendment period each semester (typically July/August for semester 1/full year students and December for semester 2/full year students). Postgraduate modules in English are only open to postgraduate students nominated under English or Comparative Literature specific agreements in the first instance.

European and International Studies (EIS): Level 6 modules are only available to students from specific exchange partners (see individual module catalogue pages for details), nominated under the European and International Studies exchange, during our initial module registration period.  Subject to availability, level 6 modules will then be offered to Politics/IR/Social Sciences major students during our module amendment period each semester. 
Postgraduate modules in EIS are only open to postgraduate students nominated under EIS specific agreements in the first instance.

Film Studies: Only students nominated under specific Film department agreements as well as Film/Cinema Theory Studies major students (please note that does not include Media Studies) from other exchange partners are permitted to request modules from the Film Department during our initial module registration period.  Students must provide confirmation of their major either on their transcript or through additional documentation. 4AAQS100 Introduction to Film Studies: Forms is open to all exchange students.   Subject to availability, modules may then be offered to non-Film major exchange students in our module amendment period each semester (subject to meeting eligibility criteria and pre-requirements). Fee-paying students will not be permitted to register for Film modules. 
Please note that we do not count practical film-making modules towards our eligibility criteria - all relevant modules must be theory based.

Global Health & Social Medicine (GHSM): Only students exchange students from the University of Oslo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Melbourne, National University of Singapore, Western University, Cornell University or York University, as well as fee-paying students, will be permitted to request modules from GHSM during our initial module registration period. Subject to availability, modules will then be offered to other exchange students in our module amendment period.

History: Only students nominated under specific History department agreements or History majors(both exchange and fee-paying) are permitted to request modules from within the History department in our initial module registration period. Subject to availability and meeting eligibility criteria, modules will then be offered to all other exchange and fee-paying students during our module amendment period each semester. Exceptions: level 4 History modules are open to all students in the first instance.  Students must provide confirmation of their major either on their transcript or through additional documentation.
Postgraduate modules in History are only open to postgraduate students nominated under History specific agreements in the first instance.

Informatics: Only Computer Science majors nominated by exchange partners are permitted to requested modules from the Informatics department during our initial module registration period.  We will limit students to two modules from the Informatics department.  Students must provide confirmation of their major either on their transcript or through additional documentation. Further registrations may be requested during our module amendment period, subject to availability. Subject to availability, modules will then be offered to all other exchange students during our module amendment period each semester. Then subject to availability and meeting eligibility criteria, Informatics modules will then be offered to fee-paying students and other exchange students during our amendment period.  Please note there is no guarantee that fee-paying students will be able to register for Informatics modules.
Postgraduate modules in Informatics are only open to postgraduate students nominated under Informatics specific agreements. 

Law: Modules marked as Law only are only open to students specifically registered on a Law programme (LLB, BA Law or equivalent, not Legal Studies). Law modules marked as available to non-Law students are also open to students on other social sciences degrees such as Legal Studies or Politics, or Business, depending on the module focus.  Postgraduate (LLM) Law modules are only available to students specifically nominated under a postgraduate Law exchange, and are not open to any other student.

Psychology: Psychology modules (outside of the Biosciences catalogue) are not readily open to Study Abroad students.  The Psychology department only offers modules to full-year study abroad students. These students will be registered on either the full suite of first or second year modules from the Psychology BSc degree programme, subject to their academic background and only with prior approval from the Psychology Department.  Psychology students who want to study at King's for one semester, should consider the modules available in our Biosciences module catalogue. Please contact studyabroad@kcl.ac.uk prior to nomination/application for more information.