Affiliate (JYA/Exchange), non-Geography and non-UCL students

The Geography Department at UCL is one of the largest and most successful Geography departments in the UK. We hold the top ratings in research and teaching and JYA and Exchange students are taught alongside undergraduates by leading experts in the field. Each year the Department welcomes at least 40 affiliate (including JYA and Socrates) students, who stay for one, two or all three terms in an academic year.

Admission
We welcome students majoring in Geography, Political Science, Liberal Arts, Anthropology and Sociology and this reflects the breadth of courses taught in the Department. Almost every course is open to JYA/exchange students, and no courses are capped. The courses available are listed below. Courses that have proved particularly popular in the past include: London: a Geographical Introduction; Development Geography; Society and Space and Political Geography and Geopolitics.

The Department has a dedicated Affiliate Tutor and all affiliate students receive individual advice on their programmes of study and also more general advice on settling into student life at UCL and adapting to any differences in teaching and examination methods between the UK and their home institution. In addition to weekly lectures, the department has tutorial classes specifically for JYA/exchange students, to offer course support.

The vast majority of JYA/exchange students maintain or improve their GPAs during their period at the department. As students admitted to the department for the Fall term only are unable to sit the end-of-year examinations in the Summer term, these students will be assessed in each Geography course by essays totalling 4,500 words submitted at the end of their studies in December. Students studying January to June will take examinations where these are part of the course assessment.

For further information on studying in the Department contact our Affiliate Tutor, Dr Jason Dittmer, at j.dittmer@ucl.ac.uk. For full details on how to apply, UCL's courses and facilities see the UCL Study Abroad Guide.

IMPORTANT NOTICE - REGISTRATION TERM TWO 2012

If you are a JYA/Affiliate/Socrates/Erasmus student, you MUST register your course choices with the Affiliate Tutor Dr Jason Dittmer in his office G19 Bedford Way at one of the following dates and times: 10th January 11am-4pm, 11th January 11am-2pm, 12th January 11am-2pm, 16th January 11am-1.30pm, 18th January 11am-2pm. When you register you will  receive a timetable and a Geography booklet, which includes coursework deadlines and examination information.

If you are a non-Geography UK student from another UCL Department or UoL institution, you MUST come and register with us if you wish to take any of our courses.  Please come to the Department Office Pearson Building G02 during the first two weeks of term. Please note that Geography module selection on Portico will not be approved unless you have registered with the Department.  When you register you will  receive a timetable and a Geography booklet, which includes coursework deadlines and examination information.

Courses starting September 2011:

Courses starting January 2012: