King's Global Summer Exchanges are a great opportunity for all students- but especially those who aren't able to study abroad during the academic year, whether this is for personal reasons or because study abroad isn't offered as part of their degree. Just like our term time exchanges, the tuition fee will be waived for King's students nominated to any of the programmes, as a result of our partnerships with institutions worldwide.

We are delighted to announce that the Global Summer Exchange Round 2 applications will launch on Wednesday 1 March at 9am. King's students can stay up to date on Summer 2024 by signing up to our mailing list.

Only students registered, and in attendance on a King's programme, at the point of application can apply. Students from any discipline, any year group can apply to the programme. Final years, postgraduates and students with placements in the summer should only ensure that there is no overlap with any projects or graduation ceremonies (where applicable).

Students can apply for any of our partner universities listed for application. There are some programmes which may have pre-requisites or special admission requirements, but these would be listed on the partner page.

Discover our summer exchange destinations on our region pages below:

• Africa
• Asia
• Europe
• North America

Students can opt in for classes that are outside of their usual discipline, pending there is no requirement by the partner that they have prior knowledge.

We are delighted to announce the application for summer 2023 Round 2 will launch on Wednesday 1 March at 9am. The application can be found on our internal global summer exchanges webpages (King's log in credentials required). Round 2 includes the following destinations:

• The American University in Cairo, Egypt
• Ashoka University, India
• National Taiwan University, Taiwan
• Shanghai University (SILC Business School), China
• Stellenbosch University, South Africa
• Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
• ESSEC Africa, Morocco
• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (early deadline)
• University of Oslo, Norway (early deadline)
• Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (early deadline)

The first fully completed application will receive their first choice location. All other applications will be assessed after the deadline.

There are two deadlines:

If you wish to be considered for the University of Oslo, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, or Nanyang Technological University, for any of your preferences, the deadline to apply is 5pm UK time on Monday 13 March 2023.

The deadline for all other destinations is 5pm UK time on Monday 2 April 2023.

Tuition Fees:

King's students do not pay tuition fees to the partner university if they attend via the exchange. Students should therefore expect to pay travel expenses (such as flights, visas, vaccinations) and accommodation fees. There may also be other fees such as social programmes, admin fees that students would look into themselves as part of their research and preparation to attend the programme.

Funding:

The Broadening Horizons Award is available to students successful with their summer exchange application. Please note that if you are offered a grant through Broadening Horizons, you may not actually receive the money until May/June.

Students who submit an application for earlier rounds and apply for a Broadening Horizons Award will not hear about the outcome of the grant application until the Broadening Horizons application has closed. Students will therefore need to accept/reject their summer exchange offers without knowing the outcome of their funding application. A reminder that all awards are a contribution towards study abroad and will not cover all of the costs; students should therefore not rely heavily on these.

There is also funding available through our Global Summer Exchange Award. 

Find out more about these opportunities on our funding opportunities catalogue.

Students can opt in for classes that are outside of their usual discipline, pending there is no requirement by the partner that they have prior knowledge.

This means that the programme will be advertised pending either an agreement renewal or a condition that must be met first between the two parties. Students in some instances may be able to apply for these institutions, but would be notified in good timing (where possible) if it cannot go ahead?

At present, students cannot transfer credit to their King's degree. Instead, students receive a transcript/certificate of completion from their host university which is just as good, and can be added to their CVs/Educational History.