UCC is involved in a number of scholarship and exchange programmes which enable UCC students to study at a partner University in the United States or Canada. Options currently available include Boston College, the University of California, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Washington College, Salve Regina University and the University of Montana. Students pursuing the Bachelor of Commerce degree have the opportunity to spend the third year of the programme at partner Universities in the US and Canada. BComm students can choose from a number of different options including North Carolina State University, the University of Cincinnati, Suffolk University, Babson College, Pace University and the University of Ottowa Business School.

The Department of Music offers attractive exchange opportunities at Wesleyan University and Wheaton College, while students pursuing the BCL International degree may spend an academic year at Temple University Law School in Philadelphia or St. Louis University Law School in Missouri. In addition, each year one UCC student is selected to study at the University of Maine under the George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship programme. In recognition of the growing demand for overseas partnerships, UCC is constantly adding to its complement of exchange partnerships in North America and elsewhere.

The Erasmus+ programme allows students registered at UCC to complete a study period/work placement a a partner institution/enterprise in the EU and to obtain full academic credit for so doing.  The linguistic, intellectual, cultural and social value of the period spent abroad has made participation in the programme a highly popular choice for students.

Programmes at UCC which provide for a compulsory year abroad include:

• BA International
  • Includes the European Studies Pathway, Language and Cultural Studies Pathway and the Cinese Studies Pathway
• BA (Drama and Theatre Studies - International) Pathway
• BA (Arts-Music) European Pathway
• BA (Film and Screen Media)
• BCL Law and French/ Law International 
• BComm (International) - French/German/Spanish/Italian/Irish

In a number of other degree programmes, such as the BMus, BSc etc., special provision may be made for students to avail of a semester abroad.

In all cases, you will follow a programme at one of our partner institutions in Europe where you will improve your language proficiency and gain insights into other academic, cultural and social systems. On your return to UCC, full academic credit will be awarded for courses taken. You pay no extra fees at the partner University and you will also receive a modest grant.

Click on Outgoing Erasmus for detailed information.