Studying outside the UK

Going overseas for university education

It is not just linguists who have the opportunity to study abroad as part of their British degree course.

image students overseasSome courses offer the opportunity to study or work abroad in other English speaking countries. Similarly many universities offer those not studying languages as the main part of their course, for example engineers, the opportunity to improve their linguistic skills so that they can go abroad for part of their degree. There are also universities in Europe which provide courses taught in English. Sometimes you can gain a qualification from the overseas university to add to the degree from your own.

A popular option, particularly for those going into business, is to complete a British undergraduate degree and then to go abroad later on to gain a postgraduate qualification, typically an MBA (Masters in Business Administration).

Students may gain particular benefits from spending at least part of their time overseas. As graduates, they are better equipped to enter the global skills market.  A 2010 report from the Higher Education Funding Council for England looked at the trends in international student mobility and examined the views of students who had studied abroad, as well as the attitude of future employers towards such “mobile” candidates for jobs.