*Please note number restrictions in each Faculty. They will accept:
Key information
Term Dates:
Application Deadlines (once allocated a Global Opportunities place by Durham):
Exchange students should take 15 units per term/semester (30 units per year). Course information can be found using the Academic Calendar.
Queen's University may restrict incoming exchange students by faculty.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences. This faculty includes:
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. This faculty includes:
Faculty of Law
Students should be aware that not all courses may be available to exchange students. Your course choices will be submitted to the relevant academic advisor at Queen's for approval and then on arrival, you will register for those you have been approved for.
The language of instruction at Queen's is English. If you are non native English speaker, you may be required to provide evidence of language ability.
In the current academic year (2023-24) there was no space available in on-campus accommodation for exchange students. Students are encouraged to look for off-campus housing. The Queen's University International Centre provides resources to assist students to locate housing and you contact the Off-Campus Living Advisor for more information.
The Queen’s University International Centre (QUIC) is committed to helping build diverse and inclusive communities for Queen’s students, staff, and faculty.
Queen’s students, faculty, and staff come from every imaginable background – small towns and suburbs, urban highrises, Indigenous communities, and from more than 100 countries around the world. Find out more about Inclusive Queen's support available
Further support through Inclusive Queen's includes:
In addition to Inclusive Queen's, the university has a great support network and have Student Services offering assistance in academic and accessibility support, counselling and tutoring.
There are currently no summer opportunities at Queens. See other Summer School opportunities at our partner universities (internal weblink).
Durham and Queen's are partners in the Matariki Network of Universities (MNU). Matariki is the Māori name for the group of stars known as the Pleiades star cluster. MNU promotes academic learning and personal growth through extracurricular activities in diverse scholarly communities.