Study Abroad for University Credit
All students are advised to spend at least the equivalent of one semester in an English-speaking university preferably in his/her third year of BA study. The Department has ERASMUS links with some universities in Europe; the University has further exchange agreements with universities in the UK, Australia, the USA and elsewhere. Students are personally responsible for enquiring about the possibilities available. The application procedure should begin in January for admittance to the university the following Autumn.
The ERASMUS Programme
All students interested in ERASMUS study in the UK or Ireland in 2012-2013 should send an e-mail to by 15 November 2011. These should normally be BA students intending to spend all or part of their third year of study abroad. A number of ERASMUS places are available to English Department students at the following universities:
University of Kent
University of Leicester
University of Limerick
These ERASMUS places in the UK and Ireland will be assigned competitively, based on students' average grade in English.
A number of ERASMUS places may be made available to English Department students through ETI exchanges. The number of places, and the universities where these places are available, is made known in the Spring of each year. These ERASMUS places will be assigned competitively, based on students' average grade in English.
Finally, for students taking English in combination with certain other subjects, the following options are available:
University College London (Classics as the second subject)
University of Nottingham (Philosophy as the second subject)
University of York (LInguistics as the second subject)
Applications for these exchanges have to be made through the other department.
For more information consult the webpage of the ERASMUS programme of International Relations, especially the section for students of the University of Geneva considering a stay abroad with ERASMUS. For a more personal account of ERASMUS stays, read the following four student reports:
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Other Exchange Agreements
Students should consult with staff in the University’s International Relations Office, located in UniMail, in the first instance. The Department has notices about assistantships abroad, on the noticeboards on the second-floor of the Comédie building. Moreover, information about the possibility of staying in a university in Great Britain or the United States is sometimes available from the English department library (situated in the basement oftUni-Bastions), as well as from the member of staff responsible for English studies abroad, .
Under the modular system of credits, it is normally possible to count work undertaken in a university abroad as contributing towards a module or modules, subject to the Faculty's agreement. The maximum number of credits students can have recognized in Geneva is 30 per semester (for all subjects together). Before leaving for study abroad, students must consult with a professor of the English department to determine which courses offered by the university they plan to attend would be most appropriate to the student's plan of study at Geneva.
There are several financial possibilities to cover these stays abroad. For students whose parents are tax-payers in Geneva, a limited number of special grants are provided by the Faculty of letters. For further information, please contact the Conseillère aux études during the month of December.
Exchange Partner Universities
Australia:
Australian National University
University of Sydney
University of Melbourne
Macquarie University
Canada:
Bishop’s University
Concordia University
UK and Ireland:
University of Aberdeen
University of Oxford
USA:
Boston University
Smith College