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International Students

SOCRATES / ERASMUS programme

Incoming Erasmus students

Erasmus is a European Commission exchange programme that enables students in 31 European countries to study for part of their degree in another country. SOAS welcomes students from other European countries under the SOCRATES/ERASMUS exchange programme every year. Applicants should contact the ERASMUS coordinator of their home institution to ensure that an agreement exists between them and SOAS, and should apply through their home institution. There is further information in this section about studying at SOAS.

Application Deadlines

The SOAS application deadlines are as follows:
Full year / Term 1: 30 June
Terms 2& 3: 30 October
Your home university may have different internal deadlines.

Outgoing SOAS students

It is also possible for full-time SOAS students to go to European universities for a period of study under the various exchange agreements. For more information please see the page for outgoing Erasmus students.

At present SOAS has agreements with the following institutions:
Austria
  • Technische Universität Wien
Denmark
  • Roskilde Universitetscenter
France
  • L'Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO)
  • Sciences Po
  • Sciences Po Lyon
  • Université Paris 8
  • Université Paul-Valéry (Montpellier III)
Germany
  • Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
  • Freie Universitat Berlin
  • Universitat Hamburg
  • Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg
Greece
  • Ionian University, Corfu
Italy
  • Universita "Ca Foscari" Venezia
  • Universita degli Studi di Trieste
  • Universita degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale"
Netherlands
  • Universiteit Leiden
Norway
  • Universitetet i Agder
  • Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universite (NTNU)
  • Universitetet i Bergen
  • Universitetet i Oslo
Turkey
  • Boğaziçi Üniversitesi
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi
  • Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi, Samsun

For further information please e-mail:
Incoming Erasmus students to SOAS - associatestudent@soas.ac.uk
SOAS students going out on the exchange - funding@soas.ac.uk