1. Contact your exchange coordinator

To be eligible for an exchange with the University of Surrey, you must be a registered student at one of our partner universities. Many partnership agreements are subject-specific, so check that the agreement with Surrey is in your subject area. The International Office/Study Abroad Office at your home university will be able to provide you with help and advice.

Check our provisional module catalogue to see whether we offer modules that fit with your study programme at your home institution. Discuss your module choices with your home department.

Register your interest with the appropriate Exchange Coordinator at your home university. This may be the Departmental or Institutional Erasmus Coordinator if you are in Europe, or may be the Study Abroad or International Office if you are outside Europe. It is important that you make your application in conjunction with your university, as there may be a limited number of spaces available.
Your university must officially nominate you by email before you can apply. The nomination should include your full name, subject area, level of study, whether you wish to come for Semester 1/Semester 2/Full year.

Nomination deadlines:
For autumn entry (late September): 1st April
For spring entry (early February): 15th September

2. Submit your application

Once we have received your nomination and it has been approved by the relevant academic department at Surrey, we will email you confirmation and you can then fill out the forms below and send by post.

You will need to complete and return your application by post by:

Application deadlines:
For autumn entry (late September): 30th April
For spring entry (early February): 30th September

ERASMUS students

INTERNATIONAL students

 Your application must include:

 • Application Form, with your personal details and information about your studies
• Transcript of Records of your degree studies so far, in English, including details of your current courses (grades for these can be provided when available)
• Learning Agreement, with your preferred and alternative module choices, signed and stamped by your home institution• Copy of your Passport/Identity Card photo page
• 2 passport-sized photographs
• Accommodation form (optional)
Some students will also be required to submit:
• IELTS/TOEFL English language certificate
• Academic reference

Please note, we will not be able to consider your application until it is complete.

3. Approval

You will receive an email acknowledging receipt of your application.
We will forward your application to the department in which you wish to study for their approval.
At this stage, your proposed Learning Agreement will need to be provisionally approved. The International Relations Office or your department at Surrey will contact you if there are any issues arising from your module choices. Please note, study timetables are not finalised in advance so if, after your arrival at Surrey, you find you need to change your module choices due to timetable clashes etc, you will be able to select additional or replacement modules.
Once we have approved your proposed study programme, we will send you an acceptance letter and Exchange Student Guide in late May/early June for autumn entry or in November for spring entry. If you are a non-European Economic Area national who requires a visa to study in the UK, we will also send you a letter or an email containing a CAS number for you to apply for your Student Visitor Visa or Tier 4 Visa respectively. For information about visas, see the UK Border Agency website or contact our International Student Office on international@surrey.ac.uk.
If you have applied for university accommodation, the Accommodation Office will contact you in June/July for autumn entry or December for spring entry to let you know whether you have been allocated university accommodation. If you have not, they will provide you with guidance and assistance in finding accommodation in the private sector.

4. Preparing for your arrival

After this stage, we will be in regular contact with you and if you have any queries you can email studentexchange.iro@surrey.ac.uk. We will email you an induction programme a couple of weeks before your arrival.