When applying for a European exchange place, students may apply select up to three universities. The three choices may be a mix of: specific department to department partners; and institution-wide partners listed below. 

Business School Specific Partners

These are departmental links only available to students studying business as part of their degree. Students studying combined honours that include business may also apply for these universities, but must select a majority of modules in business at these partners.

Please be aware that not all Business School agreements are available at UG level. Some agreements are for PG students only. You should check this with the Business School Exchange Coordinators (see box below). The majority of institutions offered will teach in English, but it is worth checking with the coordinator as to specific modules.

Please click this link to download the Business School exchange information brochure: DUBS Study Abroad Brochure

*Languages: DUBS advise: 'All of our partners teach in English (some more than others) so we advise students to do their research and check the selection of modules/courses they teach in English are suitable for them/of interest to them'.  

**There is a €115 student services fees charge for all exchange students at ESSEC.

Please contact the Business School directly with any queries.

Institution-wide Partners

These university partners are open to students from any academic Department - except any departments listed in the "Restrictions" column listed below. If your department is listed as a restriction you must not apply for a place at that partner. Before making an application, you must check that sufficient modules for a full workload are available in your subject at these partners. To do this you will need to visit the partner university's incoming exchange website. These university partnerships are are supported our membership of the Coimbra Group (CG) Student Exchange Network (SEN) and Arqus on the Move Network.

Please be aware that institution-wide places are more competitive than departmental places. If demand for places at the partners below 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 exchange partners

* 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.

***Unlimited / unrestricted numbers - should one of these be exceptionally popular, Durham reserves the right not to allocate a place. This is because exchange partnerships operate on the principles of long-term balanced reciprocity between universities in terms of the number of students sent and received. In such a scenario we will work with the partner to establish the maximum number of Durham students they can reasonably accommodate.