Study Abroad Application Guidance Notes 

• Please read our application guidance notes very carefully before submitting your application to study abroad at King's College London. It is essential that you refer to these step-by-step guidelines throughout the application process to avoid mistakes that will delay the processing of your application. 

• Please note that fee-paying applications submitted before the deadline which fulfil our entry requirements are not guaranteed to be offered a place; they may be made unsuccessful due to limited capacity on our study abroad programmes.  You should only apply for the Exchange programme if you have received confirmation of your nomination from King's.  
  Applications from fee-paying students who apply as exchange students will be disregarded and will not be processed.

• If you have already submitted an application and have a query regarding that application, please send a message via the Admissions Portal. 

• The admission team aims to process applications within 6-8 weeks, but it might take a little longer at busy times. Please do not chase up applications within that timeframe, as it will only delay the process.
• Please use studyabroad@kcl.ac.uk for any queries prior to submitting your application.

If you are a fee-paying student and for some reason our fee-paying programmes do not appear in the portal during the application period (for January 2025 this is 1st -30th September), please follow these steps:

1. Apply for the appropriate level exchange programme
2. Take a screenshot of the portal to confirm absence of fee-paying programme
3. Immediately after applying email studyabroad@kcl.ac.uk with your screenshot of the portal, and confirm which programme you applied for instead

Please note that this procedure is only for extraordinary circumstances when there is an error with the portal during the application window. If you apply for a different programme at any other times, your application will be rejected.

Academic Reference 

Students nominated for exchange by their home university under an existing exchange agreement do not need to provide references, as the nomination acts as reference.

• In your application, please supply the email address of one academic referee. This must be a professional academic, professor or otherwise, who teaches in the subject areas which you intend to study at King’s and who is familiar with your academic abilities and suitability for our programmes.  We will not accept references from sports coaches or those focused on other extra curricular activities.
• The reference provided should be from an academic who is currently teaching you within the relevant level of study to which you are applying to study abroad at King's. For example, if you are applying for the Postgraduate Taught programme, your reference should be written by an academic who is teaching you at postgraduate level (not by a former undergraduate professor).
• If you are applying for the Postgraduate Research Study Abroad Programme, your reference should be written by your current doctoral supervisor.
• King's will contact your referee directly for your reference by email. The reference should be written on university letterhead, be signed by the academic staff member (or sent in secure electronic format) and include mention of your academic performance, potential, and your suitability for study abroad, especially for the academic subjects to which you are applying to study whilst at King's.
• Referees can also send their reference directly to studyabroad@kcl.ac.uk.
• FOR OUR PROGRAMMES 2025/26 ONWARDS: Referees must submit the reference to the application portal or email to studyabroad@kcl.ac.uk no more than 7 days after the student has submitted their application on the portal.  Students without a reference after 7 days will be made unsuccessful from the programme and there will be no reinstatement.

Academic Transcript

Your latest transcript from your home institution, including current GPA and modules (courses) completed to date. We can accept official or unofficial transcripts; unofficial transcripts must have clear evidence that they have been formally issued by your home institution, such as through a watermark or logo/crest.

Please note, students intending to attend King's on a Student visa and/or to participate in the Health & Society programme, must provide a transcript that is stamped and signed by your home institution.

ALL transcripts submitted must include:

1. Your Name
2. Name of your home institution/university
3. Name of your programme of study, course or major
4. List of all completed modules (courses) to date
5. Grade Point Average (GPA) or equivalent

Please note we will only accept transcripts in English. If your original transcript is not in English, you must provide an official translation.