Study Abroad

Students of British Studies are strongly encouraged to spend part of their studies abroad. Courses taken abroad can be recognised as part of their studies at Regensburg; see Prof. Dr. Benjamin Kohlmann,?Prof. Dr. Jochen Petzold or Prof. Dr. Anne-Julia Zwierlein for advice concerning course selection and credit transfer in British literary and cultural studies, and see Peter Waller?for advice on language courses.

The University of Regensburg offers a large number of study abroad opportunities and teaching assistantships at colleges and universities in Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and Hong Kong. Specific arrangements exist with: University of Aberdeen, University of Leicester, Royal Holloway – University of London, University of Reading, University of Sheffield, University of Wales (Swansea), University of Wolverhampton, University of York; University College Dublin; University College Cork; University of Newcastle (Australia); City University of Hong Kong.

For students of Hispanic and British literatures and cultures there will also be places, starting in the winter term 2010/11, at Zaragoza University, Spain. From 2018/19, places are available at the University of Pécs, Hungary.

For further information see the respective web sites of the International Office of the University of Regensburg. Please also check the academic exchange programmes of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD).

Students of British Studies are also encouraged to explore possibilities to inter-nationalize their course of studies under the auspices of the ERASMUS programme. For further information see the respective web sites of the International Office of the University of Regensburg, and see Peter Waller, M.St. in the Institute of English and American Studies for information and advice.