International Connections

You chance to study abroad…

The Department is part of an international academic community and participates in a number of international programmes.

Europe:

The Department has exchange agreements that enable students to move between Institutes of Geography in a number of European Universities, primarily through the Socrates/Erasmus program. Socrates is the European scheme for the mobility of university students, funded by the European Commission. At present these are:

University of Aarhus (Aarhus, Denmark)
University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic)
University of Turku (Turku, Finland)
University of Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)

There are usually about 14 places per year for students who wish to visit one of these universities in their third year for one semester. Modules taken at host institutions count toward the Sheffield degree, so that the whole period of study is not lengthened. Those wishing to study in Switzerland should have a sufficient level of linguistic competence in German; language proficiency is not a requirement for the other programmes, because they teach modules using English.

North America, Australia and South East Asia:

The University of Sheffield has a number of exchange arrangements with Universities in the United States, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong. These enable students to spend their second year in an institution in one of these countries. Courses taken abroad count toward the Sheffield degree, so that the total period of study is not increased.

Geography students are eligible to apply for a placement in one of the following institutions:

USA
Montana State University
Oregon State University
Penn State University
University of Buffalo (SUNY)
University of Illinois – Champaign-Urbana
University of Maryland – College Park
University of New Mexico
University of North Carolina
University of Oklahoma
University of Pittsburgh
University of Texas – Austin
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

Canada:
McGill University
McMaster University
University of Alberta
University of Toronto
University of Waterloo

Australia:
Australian National University
Griffiths University
Monash University
University of Queensland
University of Sydney
University of Western Australia
University of Wollongong

Hong Kong:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
University of Hong Kong

Singapore:
National University of Singapore

Other opportunities

One feature of modularisation, as applied at Sheffield, is that students may go elsewhere to take courses and bring the credits and grades back for integration into a Sheffield degree. Students may come forward with proposals for visits to universities other than those indicated above. The Department reserves the right to permit only those proposals that it approves as being appropriate to the award of a Sheffield degree.

Incoming students

The Department welcomes visiting international students for the contribution they make by bringing us a different perspective on issues. Everyone can benefit from having them here. Whenever you meet a visiting student from abroad please give them a warm welcome.

The University has an International Students' Guide available for incoming students from abroad. For more information about any of these schemes, talk to your Personal Tutor in the first instance. Dr Frans Schrijver co-ordinates this scheme for the department.