Global engagement
The University’s Global Engagement Strategy includes a commitment to establishing and maintaining high-quality partnerships with universities and organisations around the world.
The University of Reading has valued exchange partners across a wide range of countries. Our international partnerships provide a rich variety of international teaching and learning opportunities for students and staff. We actively seek to expand our extensive global network of high-quality, long-lasting, sustainable partnerships with prestigious institutions around the world, helping achieve excellence and opportunity at home and abroad.
Read our University of Reading – At A Glance 2019 brochure to find out more about our work.
Partner with Reading
If you’re interested in setting up an exchange agreement with the University of Reading, please contact studyabroad@reading.ac.uk
To find out more about the University of Reading’s partnerships, see our Global Partnerships pages.
Our exchange partners
We have exchange agreements for staff and student mobility with:
Australia
Curtin University
La Trobe University
Macquarie University
Monash University
University of Melbourne
University of Sydney
Austria
University of Vienna
University of Graz
Canada
Brock University
Smith Business School, Queens University
University of Ottawa
Western University
China
Beijing University of Technology
City University of Hong Kong
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Tsinghua University
University of Hong Kong
Croatia
University of Split
Cuba
University of Havana
Croatia
University of Rijeka
University of Split
Cyprus
University of Nicosia
Czech Republic
Charles University, Prague
Denmark
Aarhus University
Finland
Tampere University of Applied Sciences
University of the Arts Helsinki
France
EM Strasbourg
ENSA Nancy
ESSEC Business School
Institut d’Etudes Politiques (IEP) de Rennes
Montpellier Business School
Sciences Po Lyon
Université de la Réunion
Université de Lorraine
Université de Paris- Dauphine
Université de Perpignan
Université de Poitiers
Université de Toulouse II – Le Mirail
Université Grenoble Alpes
Université Lumière Lyon 2
Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense
Université Paul Valery- Montpellier III
Université Rennes II
Université Toulouse 1 Capitole
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle- Paris 3
Germany
Baden Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Ravensburg
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Folkwang Universität der Künste, Essen
Freie Universität Berlin
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Hochschule Bremen (HSB)
Paedagogische Hochschule Freiburg
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig
Universität Augsburg
Universitat Bremen
Universität Konstanz
Universität Potsdam
Universität Regensburg
Universität Rostock
Universität Trier
Greece
Panteion University Of Social And Political Science
Technological Education Institute Western Greece
University of Crete
Hungary
Central European University
Hungarian University of Fine Arts
Iceland
Haskolinn a Akureyri – University of Akureyri
University of Iceland
Israel
Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Italy
Alma Mater Studiorum- Università di Bologna
Instituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche – ISIA Urbino
IUAV Venice
Politecnico di Milano
Sapienza- Universitá di Roma
Università Bocconi
Università Cà Foscari di Venezia
Universita’ degli Studi Magna Graecia di Catanzaro
Università degli Studi Napoli Federico II
Università degli Studi Roma Tre
Università del Salento
Università delgi Studi di Bergamo
Università delgi Studi di Firenze
Università delgi Studi di Genova
Università delgi Studi di Padova
Università delgi Studi di Pavia
Università delgi Studi di Pisa
Università delgi Studi di Siena
Japan
Sophia University
Korea
Seoul National University
Sungkyunkwan University
Latvia
Riga Medical College of the University of Latvia
Malaysia
University of Reading Malaysia
Malta
University of Malta
Mexico
Universidad de las Américas Puebla
Netherlands
Radboud University
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (University of Groningen)
Universiteit Utrecht
University of Maastricht
Wageningen University
New Zealand
Lincoln University
Norway
University of Bergen
University of Tromso
University of Trondheim
Westerdals – Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology
Poland
Jagiellonian University
University of Gdansk
Spain
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Universidad de Alcala
Universidad de Deusto
Universidad de Granada
Universidad de Oviedo
Universidad del País Vasco
Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Madrid
Universidad de Salamanca
Universidad de Sevilla
Universidad de Valladolid
Universidad de Vigo
Universidad de Zaragoza
Universidade da Coruña
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Universitat de Vic
Universitat Rovira I Virgili
Sweden
Stockholm University
Uppsala University
Switzerland
F+F School of Art and Design
PH Luzern
Université de Genève
Turkey
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara
Ege Üniversitesi
Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
Middle East Technical University
Ordu University
USA
Ball State University
Centre College
Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
High Point University
University of Florida
University of Georgia at Athens
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Kansas
University of Mary Washington
University of Oklahoma
University of Texas at Dallas
Incoming student exchanges
Nominations
Partner institutions will be sent log in details for the University of Reading’s Study Abroad Programme Nomination Portal. Please do not email your nominations unless you are asked by the Erasmus & Study Abroad Office to do so.
Partners will need to enter the following information about each student
- student’s family name (as appears on passport)
- student’s other names (as appears on passport)
- Please include all first and middle names, as students often query absence of middle names
- student’s date of birth (DD/MM/YYYY format)
- student’s title (Miss, Ms, Mx, Mr, etc.)
- student’s email address
Nomination deadlines
1 May 2022 (for September 2022 start)
1 October 2022 (for January 2023 start)
Information about how to apply will be sent by email direct to the nominated student(s) thereafter.
Applications
Application deadlines
1 June 2022 (for September 2022 start)
1 November 2022 (for January 2023 start)
We must have received all application documentation requested by these dates.
Students apply online but representatives of the home university should sign the application form to provide approval of the details in the application. Without the signature and stamp we cannot process the application.
Students can only select modules from the lists advertised on our Study Abroad Programme module pages.
Please ensure that students provide Transcripts of Studies in English so that academics at Reading can see what has been studied previously and can make decisions about applicant’s suitability to study the modules selected.
Language requirements
Please ensure that your students read the section about English language requirements carefully. If required to provide evidence of their English language proficiency that the applicant sends this information to us with their application. Please note that a certificate your institution produces itself cannot be accepted where a student is required to submit evidence of their English language proficiency.
If the applicant does not meet our English Language requirements it might be possible to join our ISLI Pre-sessional English programme immediately before the anticipated start of studies at Reading (as a fee paying student).
If you have any queries regarding this procedure, please email us at: studyabroad@reading.ac.uk
Study periods
Most teaching takes place during the autumn (September — December) and spring terms (January — March) with a small number of modules, but mainly revision classes and exams, taking place during the summer term (April — June).
Students who leave in December will have alternative assessments set to replace the exams (normally submitted in January).
2022/23 study periods
Study Block 1: Monday 19 September 2022 — Friday 9 December 2022
Study Block 2: Wednesday 4 January 2023 — Friday 9 June 2023
Full academic year: Monday 19 September 2022 — Friday 9 June 2023
Incoming Erasmus+ Staff mobility
Incoming Erasmus+ Staff Mobility
Colleagues from other institutions participating in the Erasmus+ programme are able to visit the University of Reading and can apply for funds from their own institution.
The host department at the University of Reading is responsible for organisational aspects of the mobility and should be the primary contacts for any participant for any arrangements related to the mobility – including visa, insurance and accommodation.
Teaching Staff mobility
- There needs to be a valid Erasmus inter-institutional agreement in place with Reading for the participant to receive Erasmus funding from their own university.
- The participant can teach at either UG, PGT, PGR or a mixture of levels.
- The minimum teaching requirement is 8 hours per week.
- Incoming teaching staff must be individually accepted by the host School which is thereafter responsible for all aspects of the mobility. Acceptance is dependent on all parties (i.e. participant, sending institution and the host department at the University of Reading) agreeing in advance to the content of the candidate’s teaching plan and the timing of the proposed teaching mobility.
- The host School is responsible for providing information to participants regarding organisational aspects of the mobility, including details regarding accommodation.
- If any incoming participant requires a visa to enter the UK, the department is responsible for liaising with Human Resources to ensure that the appropriate process is followed. Further details can be found on the Human Resources website.
- The department at Reading should sign the Teaching programme and provide confirmation of the duration of the visit, in line with the requirements of the Erasmus+ programme.
NB: Departments are requested to inform the Erasmus & Study Abroad Office of any incoming Staff Mobility visits
Staff Training mobility
- An inter-institutional agreement is not required to host a participant on the Training programme.
- Schools are not obligated to accept requests, however are encouraged to consider it if there is benefit to the School in doing so.
- Preference should be given to existing partners.
- Incoming visitors participating on the Staff Training programme must be individually accepted by the host School which is responsible for all aspects of hosting the mobility. Acceptance is dependent on all parties (i.e. participant, sending institution and the host department at the University of Reading) agreeing in advance to the content of the candidate’s Training plan and the timing of the proposed training mobility.
- The host School will be responsible for providing information to participants regarding organisational aspects of the mobility, including details regarding accommodation.
- If any incoming participant requires a visa to enter the UK, the department is responsible for liaising with Human Resources to ensure that the appropriate process is followed. Further details can be found on the Human Resources website.
- The department at Reading can sign the Training programme and provide confirmation of the duration of the visit, in line with the requirements of the Erasmus+ programme.
NB: Departments are requested to inform the Erasmus & Study Abroad Office of any incoming Staff Mobility visits.