How to apply

This year's pre-application information sessions will be delivered virtually in October 2021, and will be available on these pages.

View the 2020 Student Exchanges pre-application information session

Before submitting an application, you should research prospective host institutions thoroughly. You can do this via the host university's website. You should find out about the courses they offer and how they will tie in with your University of Edinburgh degree, assessment, accommodation, and semester dates. 

Guidance notes for many of our University-Wide exchange partner universities are also available.  Though these documents provide a useful guide you are also encouraged to refer to the partner institution’s website to obtain the most current information available.

View partner guidance notes

Read the Exchange Application Policy that relates to your application, in full.  

This document will guide you through all the procedures and policies specific to your exchange programme. You will be asked to confirm that you have read and understood it before submitting your application.

The University-Wide and Subject-Specific application policies will be available on these pages shortly.

You may submit a University-Wide and/or a Subject-Specific application.

Applications for exchanges taking place in the academic year 2022/23 will be open from 3-17 November 2021. 

The University-Wide application route includes a peer-marking element which all applicants must complete in order to for their application to be considered.

Each applicant will be randomly assigned five anonymised personal statements to grade via Learn, and in turn, their own personal statement will be assigned to five other students for grading. Each personal statement will then be given an average score, after careful moderation from the SWAY team.

Further information on the peer marking scheme is available in the University-Wide Application Policy and will be covered in the Exchange Pre-Application Information Sessions running throughout October.