Study abroad is normally undertaken in the third year of undergraduate study of an honours degree. Global Law LLB, and Law and language programmes feature a compulsory year abroad, in order to meet programme requirements. Law LLB and Law joint degree programmes have an optional study abroad. Law subject specific study abroad Law students may only apply for subject specific exchanges. University wide exchanges are not available to Law students in order to ensure programme requirements can be met whilst studying abroad.Further guidance on Law subject specific study abroad opportunities is now available for study abroad in 2026/27: Document Law Subject Specific Study Abroad Guidance for 2026/27 (418.45 KB / PDF) Study abroad applications 2026/27 Current year 2 students are invited to apply to study abroad as below:Applications will open: 29 October 2025 (12 noon, GMT)Final application deadline: 12 November 2025 (12 noon, GMT)Find out more about the study abroad application process Law study abroad destinations 2026/27 Exchange partnerships, and the number of spaces available at each exchange destination, is confirmed by the Study & Work Away service and may be subject to change each year. Global Law exchange destinations 2026/27 Bucerius Law School - SWAY partner guidance to followFundação Getulio Vargas Law School (FGV Rio)IE Law School Madrid - SWAY partner guidance to followKatholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)Leiden University (Universiteit Leiden)McGill UniversityNational University of Singapore (NUS)O.P Jindal Global UniversitySciences Po (Paris and regional campuses)Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia) - SWAY partner guidance to followUniversity of Hong KongUniversity of New South Wales (UNSW) Law and French exchange destinations 2026/27 Aix-Marseille UniversitéInstitut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Science Po Paris)Université de Lorraine (Nancy) Law and German exchange destinations 2026/27 University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)University of Vienna (Universität Wien) Law and Spanish exchange destinations 2026/27 Universidad Diego Portales (Chile)Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid) Law LLB exchange destinations 2026/27 Aix-Marseille Université - priority for Law and French, but possible for Law LLB subject to any host language proficiency requirementsESADE (Barcelona) Law SchoolFundação Getulio Vargas Law School (FGV Rio)Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Science Po Paris) - priority for Law and French, but possible for Law LLB subject to any host language proficiency requirementsKatholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)Leiden UniversityMaastricht UniversityMcGill UniversityUniversidad Diego Portales (Chile) - priority for Law and Spanish, but possible for Law LLB subject to any host language proficiency requirementsUniversidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid) - priority for Law and Spanish, but possible for Law LLB subject to any host language proficiency requirementsUniversità di PadovaUniversità di Studi Roma TreUniversité de Lorraine (Nancy) - priority for Law and French, but possible for Law LLB subject to any host language proficiency requirementsUniversität Wien (University of Vienna)University of British Columbia (UBC)University of CopenhagenUniversity of GroningenUniversity of HelsinkiUniversity of Hong KongUniversity of Lucerne (UNILU)University of Munich - priority for Law and German, but possible for Law LLB subject to any host language proficiency requirementsUniversity of OsloUniversity of QueenslandUniversity of Texas (Austin) - SWAY partner guidance to followUniversiteit Utrecht (Utrecht University)University of Vienna (Wien) - priority for Law and German, but possible for Law LLB subject to any host language proficiency requirementsYork University: Osgoode Hall Law School This article was published on 2025-10-16
