Studies and internships abroad

As a student at the Department of Languages and Literatures, you have many opportunities to spend part of your studies abroad, either as an exchange student or as a student on an internship.

Read more about the benefits of studying abroad at:
https://studentportalen.gu.se/english/Abroad

Erasmus exchange

The Erasmus programme allows you to study for three to twelve months at a European university on the same terms as domestic students without paying any tuition fees. The Department of Languages and Literatures has forty active student exchange agreements with a range of universities in Europe.

Exchange studies outside Europe

You also have the opportunity to study outside Europe through our University's bilateral agreements with other universities. The Faculty of Humanities has agreements with three universities in Japan. The University of Gothenburg has agreements with a number of universities in countries such as Australia, Japan, Canada, China, South Africa and the USA.

Courses taken at a partner university abroad

Study languages at the University of Gothenburg – but abroad! You are registered as a student at our Department and study according to the same course syllabus as the students taking the course in Gothenburg. We offer courses abroad in Arabic, English and French.

Internships abroad

Within the course Language in Practice you have the opportunity to complete a language-related internship for eight consecutive weeks at a workplace of your choice. You can of course choose an internship abroad!

Field studies in a developing country

As a student at the University of Gothenburg, you can apply for minor field studies (MFS), a SIDA-funded scholarship for students who want to collect material for their degree project in a developing country. You get the opportunity do field studies for at least eight weeks related to the development process in the country. As a language student, you could, for example, study the oral narrative tradition, language learning, access to literature/libraries, the status of minority languages, or language teaching.

You can get good ideas and inspiration from reading previous scholarship holders’ reports, which you can find at:
https://mfskurs.programkontoret.se/ (in Swedish)