Study abroad
Enhance your Master's studies with the opportunity of a lifetime
Key facts
All our Master’s programmes offer you the opportunity to study abroad.
You can apply to one of our postgraduate study abroad programmes during your degree. If your application is successful, you study abroad after the summer term.
What you need to know
- You can enrol on any courses made available to study abroad students by the university you visit
- The courses don’t count towards your Lancaster degree
- You won't be charged a tuition fee by the university you visit
How you get a place
We share information about the study abroad programmes in your first term. Then you apply in your second term.
It’s a competitive application process. Your Master’s coursework grades will be considered when you make your application.
When you would study abroad
Our postgraduate study abroad programmes start anytime between the end of July and the beginning of October.
Fatin's study abroad story
"I completed a study abroad programme in South Korea at Sogang University, which is one of the most prestigious and competitive universities in Korea. I specifically wanted to study Marketing-related subjects and I also studied the Korean language."
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LUMS offers the chance for students undertaking a Master's at other partner universities to join our Master's programmes for one term, either in the autumn or the spring. It is not possible to come in the summer as this term at LUMS is devoted to completing Master's dissertations.
As a visiting student, you have to meet the entry requirements for the degree programme you have chosen, and you must follow the curriculum of one programme only. Because you become an integrated member of the degree cohort for your selected programme, you cannot mix and match modules from more than one programme.
Some Master's programmes may give preference to students coming in the autumn (Michaelmas) term. If you wish to study at Lancaster in the spring (Lent) term, you will need to demonstrate that you have covered the equivalent of what Lancaster students will have studied in the autumn term.
Why Lancaster?
Our Management School performs strongly across a broad range of different business school rankings and is highly regarded by the Financial Times, QS, The Times, Guardian and others.
The School has a thriving, diverse student community and you can benefit from our world-class facilities and supportive learning environment.
If you want to know more about 'Why Lancaster?', visit our page dedicated to sharing what makes us a popular university in the UK.
How to apply
You must first be nominated by your home university. Your international coordinator will then send the nominations to us and we will contact you directly about the application process. Once you are nominated, we will need both the transcript for your Bachelor's degree and the syllabus for your Master's degree so that we can advise you on which Master's at LUMS you are eligible for. When we have all the relevant documents, we will then contact you to discuss which Master's degree you wish to apply for – and you will then need to apply through our online information system.
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Current student? Visit the study abroad page in the student portal.