Apply

You can apply to our Study Abroad programme in the following ways:

• Submit a direct application via our application links above. 

Please follow our step-by-step instructions carefully in order to submit a correct and complete application for assessment:

Study Abroad programme application instructions 2024-25 [PDF 340KB] 

• Through your home university. You should consult the Study Abroad Advisor at your home institution to see whether you have an existing partner agreement with Queen Mary University of London and to check whether there are any special application arrangements.
  
  
• Through a Study Abroad partner provider such as, for example, Arcadia, CEA CAPA, CIEE, IES Abroad, IFSA or ISA. Please check these organisations’ application procedures, and note that we consider applications from these routes equally and on their individual merits.

Please note the below application opening and closing dates:

September entry:
Open applications: 14 February
Deadline to apply: 31 May
Nomination deadline for exchange partners: 1 May

January entry:
Open applications: 7 August
Deadline to apply: 24 October 
Nomination deadline for exchange partners: 1 October

Applications may be considered after these dates if places are still available but it is in your interest to apply as early as possible, as applications are considered on a rolling basis. Late applicants may not be able to obtain housing on campus or register for their preferred modules. Please contact us if you wish to submit a late application on study-abroad@qmul.ac.uk.

Queen Mary London Internship Programme

If applying for the Queen Mary Internship Programme, please note that this programme has earlier application deadlines: 

• 1 May for September entry
• 1 October for January entry

If you want to apply to study with us on the Study Abroad programme, you first need to check your eligibility. You need to meet the following requirements:

Academic requirements

• You must have already completed a minimum of one year of university-level study
• You must have a minimum CGPA of 3.0/4.0 or equivalent. If you are graded on a different grading scheme, you are still welcome to apply – we welcome a range of international qualifications. If you are unsure about your eligibility, please contact us at study-abroad@qmul.ac.uk.
• Further details can be found here on our academic information page. 

English language requirements

• If your first language is not English or you have not studied in an English-speaking education system, we will need you to prove your English language proficiency, this still applies to you if:

- your first language is English but you have not studied in an English-speaking education system
- you hold a UK passport and your first language is English, but you have not studied in an English-speaking education system 

All students must meet the English language requirement for Study Abroad Programmes.

We also accept a range of accepted English tests and qualifications to demonstrate your English Language proficiency.

Accepted English language tests must have been taken within the validity date stated, which are measured against the proposed course start date.

At the point of application, you will need to provide:

• an up-to-date official transcript on university headed paper, outlining the classes you have taken so far, and your GPA or equivalent. This must be in English.
• a reference (letter of recommendation) written by an academic member of staff who has taught you in some capacity at your current university. 
• English Language evidence as outlined above, if required. 

• You must have already completed a minimum of one year of university-level study
• You must have a minimum CGPA of 3.0/4.0 or equivalent.
• If you are graded on a different grading scheme, you are still welcome to apply – we welcome a range of international qualifications.

If you are unsure about your eligibility, please contact us at study-abroad@qmul.ac.uk.

Further details can be found here on our academic information page. 

If your first language is not English or you have not studied in an English-speaking education system, we will need you to prove your English language proficiency.

This still applies to you if:

• your first language is English but you have not studied in an English-speaking education system
•  you hold a UK passport and your first language is English, but you have not studied in an English-speaking education system

All students must meet the English language requirement for Study Abroad Programmes.

We also accept a range of accepted English tests and qualifications to demonstrate your level of English Language proficiency.

Approved English language tests must have been taken within the validity date stated, which are measured against the proposed course start date.

• An offer is conditional upon you obtaining an overall GPA of 3.0 or above from your current academic semester.
  
  You will need to provide scanned copies of your original official transcript to confirm that the qualification has been awarded and satisfies our entry criteria.
  
  If your qualification documents are not in English you will also need to provide official certified translations. All documents provided should be colour scans, either on headed paper or with an institution stamp.

• An offer is conditional upon the receipt of at least one satisfactory academic reference. The reference should comment on your suitability for study, to include details of academic performance to date and potential to succeed on your chosen programme.
  
  Queen Mary reserves the right to make the final decision on determining if the reference is satisfactory.

• All students from countries where the native language is not English, must meet the English language requirement for Study Abroad Programmes.
• We also accept a range of accepted English tests and qualifications to demonstrate your level of English Language proficiency.

Accepted English language tests must have been taken within the validity date stated, which are measured against the proposed course start date.

Approved English language tests must have been taken within the validity date stated, which are measured against the proposed course start date.

Once you have submitted your application you will be sent your username (which is also your Queen Mary student number) and a password via an email titled 'Receipt of Application'. 

This same login information is used later in the application process for the housing application portal for those eligible.

During busy periods we may take up to 14 days to review your application, where we can we try to process these before this time.

We ask that you only reach out if you have had no progression on your application and 14 days have passed since it was submitted.

Please contact study-abroad@qmul.ac.uk with further details and we can help resolve any errors.

You can use the 'contact us' tile within the applicant portal to send any updates to your application. Once you send documents through this method we will be notified you have attached a new document for review.

Yes, please do start an application even if you do not yet have all your documents.

For example, if you have an English test requirement to fulfill but your exam is in a few weeks or you are waiting on a reference.

We can still give you a conditional offer based on your transcript submission fulfillment alone and this can change to an unconditional offer later once you meet all requirements.

A conditional offer means you have been accepted but still have outstanding requirements, this may be an official copy of your transcript or your English test results.

If you accept a conditional offer when we receive your missing documents the offer can update to unconditional. 

This is dependent on your circumstances. If you are studying abroad with us in semester one (September - December) and looking to extend to the full academic year, please email or visit us in the office by the end of October to discuss further. If you are studying abroad with us in semester two (January - May/June) and looking to study another semester with us (semester one of the next academic year), this is not possible, unless you are studying with us from Australasia where the academic calendar is different. Please contact us to discuss further, as there are multiple factors to consider.

Please send this to study-abroad@qmul.ac.uk to sign for you, please allow up to 10 working days during busy periods to receive this back.