Europe Institution-wide Agreements

Institution-wide Agreements

The University has a number of inter-institutional agreements with long-established European multidisciplinary universities of a high international standard. These agreements are in addition to DU department to EU department specific agreements. Before applying, students must check on the partners' websites that they offer suitable modules / courses for their Durham degree subject. To see department-to-department agreements, please click on the link below.

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Durham has a number of institution-wide agreements to which students from any* academic Department may apply (*Except the restrictions listed below, which are subjects at the partner university that are not available to Durham students). These are supported our membership of the Coimbra Group (CG) Student Exchange Network (SEN) and Arqus on the Move Network.

When Applying

To apply, please use the standard European application process. Please be aware that places at these institutions are more competitive than under European Departmental Agreements. If demand for places at the below partners exceeds the quota number of places available, places will be allocated by the International Office based on grades and the application materials provided. When making an application, on the host section of the European application form, please indicate (from the column “type” below):

"Institution-wide" when choosing a general institution-wide partner
“SEN” when choosing a Coimbra Group Student Exchange Network (SEN) partner
“Arqus” when choosing an Arqus on the Move partner

List of Institution-wide Exchanges

Partner Code	Partner Name	Country	Language**	Number of Places	Agreement Type	Restrictions (courses to which students cannot apply)
A GRAZ01***	Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz	Austria	German B2 English B2 (search for classes taught in English)	4	Institution-wide	Applications for subjects with restricted admission will be considered upon prior consultation with the departments concerned. Pharmacy lab placements are generally difficult and cannot be guaranteed.
CZ PRAHA07	Charles University in Prague	Czechia	English	1	Coimbra SEN	Psychology, Political Science, Pre-primary Education, Medicine
F LYON01	Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1	France	French B2 English B2	Unlimited	Arqus	Medicine: Applications approved within a limited number of places and after prior validation by the departmental coordinator.
F POITIER01	Université de Poitiers	France	French B2 English B2	2	Coimbra SEN	Medicine
SF TURKU01	University of Turku	Finland	Finnish English B2	2	Coimbra SEN	Medicine, Business Administration
SF TURKU02	Åbo Akademi University	Finland	Swedish English B2	4	Coimbra SEN	-
D JENA01	Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena	Germany	German B2	2	Coimbra SEN	Medicine, Dental Medicine
D HEIDELB01	Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg	Germany	German B1 English B2	1	Coimbra SEN	Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Molecular Biotechnology
D KOLN01	Universität zu Köln	Germany	German B1 English B1	1	Coimbra SEN	Medicine, Business Administration and Economics
D LEIPZIG01	Universität Leipzig	Germany	German B2 English B2	Unlimited	Arqus	Medicine, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine may be difficult to be approved due to capacity constraints.
D WURZBUR01	Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg	Germany	German B2 English B1	2	Coimbra SEN	Dentistry, Pharmacy and MBAs
HU BUDAPES01	Eötvös Lorànd University	Hungary	English B2	1	Coimbra SEN	-
IRL DUBLIN01	Trinity College Dublin	Ireland	English B2	1	Coimbra SEN	All programmes in the Faculty of Health Sciences
IR LIMERIC04	Mary Immaculate College	Ireland	English B2	1	Institution-wide	Education
IRL MAYNOOT01	Maynooth University	Ireland	English B2	5	Arqus	Some classes have very small capacity; these include Media Studies, Design Innovation, English Studies and postgraduate modules.
I PADOVA01***	Università degli studi di Padova	Italy	Italian A2 English B1	2	Institution-wide	Food and Health Dietistics, Nursing and other degree courses for health related professions
I PAVIA01	Università degli studi di Pavia	Italy	Italian B1 English B2	2	Coimbra SEN	Medicine, Dentistry, Psychology
I SIENA01	Università degli studi di Siena	Italy	Italian English B1	2	Coimbra SEN	Dentistry, Medicine, Health Sciences
LT VILNIUS01***	Vilnius University	Lithuania	English B2	2	Institution-wide	-
NL GRONING01	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	Netherlands	English B2	1	Coimbra SEN	Law, Economics & Business, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy.
PL KRAKOW01	Jagellonian University in Krakow	Poland	English B1 (English Studies C1)	2	Coimbra SEN	Medicine, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy
PL WROCLAW01	University of Wroclaw	Poland	Polish B2 English B2	Unlimited	Arqus	Restricted Acces to Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics and Faculty of Biotechnology. All applications will be approved upon prior consultation with the departments concerned.
P BRAGA01	Univeridade do Minho	Portugal	Portuguese B1 English B2	Unlimited	Arqus	-
P COIMBRA01	Universidade de Coimbra	Portugal	Portuguese B1 English B2	4	Coimbra SEN	-
RO IASI02	Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi	Romania	English French B1	Unrestricted	Coimbra SEN	-
E GRANADA01***	Universidad de Granada	Spain	Spanish English B1	1	Institution-wide	Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
E SALAMAN02	Universidad de Salamanca	Spain	Spanish B1	2	Coimbra SEN	Medicine, Dentistry, Nursery and Physiotherapy
E BARCELO01	Universitat de Barcelona	Spain	Spanish or Catalan B1/ B2	1	Coimbra SEN	Medicine and Health Sciences and UB affiliated centres
S UPPSALA01	Uppsala University	Sweden	Check module lists. Many English modules available	2	Institution-wide	-
CH GENEVE01	Université de Genève	Switzerland	French English B2	2	Coimbra SEN	Medicine, Primary Teaching Education, Communication
CH ZURICH01	University of Zurich	Switzerland	English B2 German C1	6	Institution-wide	Priority to students from Biosciences and SGIA
TR ISTANBU16	Kadir Has University	Turkey	English B2	2	Institution-wide	Priority to students from SGIA

** The Languages for a Year Abroad page provides additional information about CEFR language levels.

*** Technically, these universities are part of both of the SEN and Arqus network. Please select these as 'Institution-wide' when applying.

Coimbra Group

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