You apply for exchange the year before you can go. For example, if in your degree, you can go abroad in your 3rd year, you will apply during your 2nd year. The application generally opens in November and closes in early January. 

You can make up to 6 choices, however, if you only want to go to one place, only put this down as you must be willing to go to any of your choices. If you only put one choice down it doesn’t increase your chances of being allocated there. 

You can write in the ‘any additional comments’ if you would like to do this, and we will try and take this into consideration but it is not always possible. 

For each choice that you apply for, you will have to submit a class list that would match the classes you would be taking if were still at Strathclyde. These will be checked by your Exchange Academic Advisor. Some Universities are not suitable for all subjects so you must do your research – you can find details of classes students have chosen before on myplace.
You will also have to answer a short question on how you hope to benefit from your exchange and submit a budget planner.

We aim to let everyone know by the end of February, even if you are going in the second semester. 

No. It is not like UCAS. You will only receive one offer for one destination. 

We use your weighted average grade and your ranking from your academic advisor (exceptional, above average, average, below average) to rank your applications and anyone where an exchange is a compulsory part of their degree is given priority. Where there is someone with the same ranking applying to the same university, we will take your personal statement into consideration.

If you reject your offer, you could be offered an alternative place but this will only be if there are exchange places left after everyone has been allocated. 

If you have provisional academic approval and you can’t be offered a place at any of your choices due to your choices being full, we will send you a list of places that are still available and you can choose from these options. If there is nothing that is suitable, you might find a summer programme that would work for you as an alternative. Details of the summer abroad options are listed online and will be updated when we have details of what is taking place. 

This is the application link. It will open on Monday 18th November and close on Friday 17th January 2025. 

No. The business school has their own application process and form. You can find further details of their process on their international exhcange webpages

You must then apply to your host university directly. We nominate you first (tell them that you have been selected for your exchange) and then you will complete their application. The deadlines for this depend on where you are going. The exchange team will send you details about the process and support you throughout. You can see the process on this timeline.