interstudy: Swansea University - Wales

  Wales

Swansea

Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring 
Dates: Late September - Early December / Late January - Early June

Description: The Swansea University was founded in 1920 and is one of the six constituent institutions of the federal University of Wales. Swansea, with approximately 10,500 students, has the advantage of being large enough to support a wide range of academic and social activity while small enough to provide the sense of belonging and community often absent at larger institutions. The academic nature of the University is diversified, dominated neither by the Arts nor the Sciences. Located on the wide sweep of Swansea Bay, the University is ideally situated in a large area of parkland, two miles west of the city center with the Gower Peninsula extending some fifteen miles to its west. The student population at Swansea includes undergraduates from all parts of the British Isles and from many different backgrounds. There is also a significant international student population. interstudy students are enrolled in classes which are offered as part of the university's degree programs and participate fully in lectures, seminars, tutorials and practical classes with the university's full-time undergraduate students.

Swansea is Wales' second largest city with a population of over 200,000. The city is lively and modern, with an exciting nightlife and offers both old market areas and a shopping mall connecting dozens of shops by an undercover walkway. The Swansea area is rich in outdoor activities, being a center for sailing, water skiing, wind-surfing and sea angling, as well as offering scope for rock climbing, caving, riding and hang-gliding. Just 20 miles to the northeast are the Brecon Beacons, a National Park with hills and rugged mountains ideal for walkers and mountaineers. With excellent road and railway connections, Swansea is easily accessible from all parts of the United Kingdom, with London less than three hours away by train. A regular direct ferry link connects Swansea to Cork, Ireland.

Highlights: There are several aspects of the interstudy Swansea University program that set it apart from other study abroad experiences. Among these are:
- Academic flexibility - interstudy's open academic policy allows students to take virtually any course in the undergraduate course catalog, without imposing interstudy course requirements
- Beautiful park-like campus situated by Swansea Bay, only two miles from the Swansea city center
- Full academic integration - courses are taught by British professors, in classes filled with British students
- Convenient access to sites such as Gower Peninsula, Brecon Beacons National Park, and Dylan Thomas Uplands Trail
- Specific academic strengths in American Studies, Biological Sciences, Education, European Business Management, and Internships

Cost in US$: See interstudy website

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Wales Independently Or in Groups

Scholarships are Available. - interstudy awards scholarships each semester based on academic merit and/or financial need. Award amounts vary. Scholarship applications may be downloaded from the interstudy website, and must be submitted no later than May 1st for Fall Semester and November 1st for Spring Semester.

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network

Year Founded: 1980