Year abroad

Our Placements Coordinator will contact you towards the end of your first year, asking if you would like to express an interest to spend a Year Abroad for your third year. You’ll have regular contact with the Placements Coordinator throughout your second year, learning more about the Year Abroad options and will need to complete the Study Exchange application through the Global Programmes team in your first term/semester of your second year. 

Please refer to the Global Programmes’ finances and funding webpage for more information. 

This option is available in all of our programmes. You will need to achieve a 2:2 or above in your first year to qualify for the Year Abroad option.

Increasingly our partner universities are offering more courses in English. However, please note that the range of courses available may depend on your language abilities. Therefore we strongly encourage students who wish to study in these countries to have some relevant language training even if they plan to take all of their modules in English. Students intending to go on Year Abroad will have access to language classes for the country in which they intend to study via the University of York’s Languages for All* and should check the language requirements for an individual partner on the Biology webpage. A Languages for International Mobility (LFIM) programme in York before you go abroad can also help you get ready to go global.

*Students will be refunded the cost of the course when they have confirmed a Year Abroad in an appropriate country

Currently we have regular virtual drop-ins with students away from the department which work really well; you have regular contact from your academic supervisor and our placement coordinator. You also get a whole heap of support from your host and we are in touch with them to make sure everything is running smoothly.