Erasmus & exchanges
Bucks New University is committed to providing an international perspective in its teaching and other activities, and has therefore developed an extensive network of academic exchange links with partner institutions abroad.
Bucks students have got two possibilities to study abroad: the overseas programme or the European Erasmus Programme. The latter runs with the support of the Commission of the European Communities within the framework of the Socrates-Erasmus Programme.
The overseas programme gives you the opportunity to live and study for one semester in certain countries outside Europe. The European Union-funded Erasmus Programme offers the same opportunity for Europe.
There are many reasons why studying abroad can be a beneficial experience which includes:
- enhancement of your employability by adding an international dimension to your CV
- increasing your cultural awareness by opening your mind to new ideas from other cultures
- gaining an international network of friends
- improving your language skills
- receiving a grant (certain conditions apply)
- experiencing life in a different country
- growing as an individual by mastering new challenges
- standing out from the rest
- having fun!
Monika Gebala said, “I went on the Erasmus exchange programme to Bergamo in Italy near Milan. I spent six months continuing to study tourism out there.
It was quite challenging because I was in my second year and I was required to study with those who were in their fourth or fifth year of study and all the lectures were in Italian so it was far harder than what I was doing in the UK. But my Italian really improved from spending time out there and I got a certificate in ‘Business Italian’ which has helped me get a job after my degree with an Italian airline, so all my efforts have really paid out.
I could have gone to other countries like France or Spain, but I really wanted to use my Italian, so I went there and it is really making me progress in my career now.”
