Study Abroad in London

Legend and Learning in London

A ‘Pukka’ (First-Rate) Education

London’s universities see over 300,000 students a year walk through their doors, including 58,000 students from overseas. The schools are prepared to deal with this type of diversity, and all their students are provided with the educational opportunities they need to thrive and grow in a diverse environment:

Class formats often encourage independent effort and allow students the opportunity for many discussion and seminar-based classes
You’ll develop cultural sensitivity and understanding while learning in your field
The variety of arts, theatre, performances and other cultural venues available in London is impressive, and almost all of them provide student rates
Much like in the United States, you can focus on nearly any field in a study abroad program in London, the capital of Great Britain. The city has been influential worldwide for centuries, whether it’s literature, art, history, business or another of your interests.

If literature is your passion, you can study the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens
Study the long history of the city, from the many royals that called it home to more recent players like Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher
Great thinkers like Charles Darwin, Sir Isaac Newton and Francis Bacon were all fortunate enough to call London home
If you’re wishing to become involved in international business, London is the principal business center for Europe and provides unparalleled opportunities for experience and growth. With unrestricted access to almost 375 million European Union consumers, it is not hard to see why so many business students are attracted to London:

‘ It’s becoming the world’s second financial capital
Currently, more than 13,500 overseas companies from more than 90 countries are based in London
The city is also home to more than 100 of Europe’s 500 largest companies
Ironically, even if you speak English, London can be an excellent place for studying a foreign language. Because of the high percentage of people there from other countries (more than 300 languages are spoken in London, and there are resident communities from more than 90 countries), there are many study abroad programs in London that offer language lessons with native speakers. You may even want to take a couple English classes to learn what it means to take the lift, mind the gap and bugger off.

Cockney Culture

Surely you are familiar with much of London’s culture, but there’s nothing quite like a study abroad program in London to help you really embrace the city. There’s much more to London than the royal family, Big Ben and high tea. The nightlife rivals some of the best nightlife in big U.S. cities, and there are more ideas on how to spend your time outside the classroom than Amy Winehouse could fit in her beehive hair monstrosity:

Art students won’t want to miss the ultra-hip Tate Modern Gallery, the world famous National Gallery and the ‘Louvre of London,’ Waddesdon Manor.
History buffs should visit the British Museum, the 900-year-old Tower of London that was built by William the Conqueror, and the well-preserved Apsley House with its Wellington Museum
Architecture fans must check out the world’s third-largest dome atop St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Gothic-styled Westminster Abbey and Shakespeare’s Globe Theater.
With Stonehenge just two hours away, you’d be ‘off your trolley’ if you didn’t take the chance to see it! From London it’s also easy to explore the ancient Roman baths of Bath, as well as the rest of Europe, especially with all of those low-cost airlines that offer quick and cheap access to most of that area of the world. But before you go running off somewhere else, be sure you take advantage of everything else London has to offer:

See all of the city from atop the London Eye, the highest observational wheel in the world
Or stay low and hop on a boat tour through the River Thames
Scare yourself silly with a visit to the London Dungeon or on the Jack the Ripper tour in the East End.
The West End is also a draw for students studying abroad in London, with its fashionable Soho and Covent Garden districts. There you’ll find theaters like the Apollo and the Palladium, not to mention the Royal Opera House and the occasional (and tremendously talented) street performer. And no visit to London would be complete without enjoying:

Afternoon tea at Piccadilly Circus (not an actual circus)
A walk down Abbey Road (and music history), made famous by one of England’s greatest exports-the Beatles
The latest trends in fashion in the Knightsbridge and Kensington districts, and the latest trends in fashion, jewelry, toys, food, gadgets, furniture and pretty much everything else imaginable in one of the largest department stores in the world, Harrod’s.
So there really is no place like London. Not for entertainment, or education, or history, or even plays, as London’s theater district out-bellows even Broadway. London has some of the best museums, attractions and buildings in the world, and students in a study abroad program in London will feel right at home in Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese (the country’s oldest pub), with a plate of bangers and mash!

So there really is no place like London. Not for entertainment, or education, or history, or even plays, as London’s theater district out-bellows even Broadway. London has some of the best museums, attractions and buildings in the world, and students in a study abroad program in London will feel right at home in Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese (the country’s oldest pub), with a plate of bangers and mash! Remember to book early to get cheap London hotel deals.