The Sydney LLB - Study Abroad and Exchange

The Sydney Law School has an extensive range of student exchange programs with universities throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. Many students have participated in these programs and have found them to be an exciting and challenging way of broadening their academic horizons and enriching their experience in different environments and cultures.

The exchange programs offer students the opportunity to complete a semester of study overseas and to receive credit for this study towards their Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree.

Why go on exchange?

Studying overseas is an exciting opportunity to broaden your academic experience and sample a different lifestyle and culture. Every year the Law School sends approximately 40 students overseas on faculty-specific exchanges, and many more students also undertake university-wide exchanges or study abroad opportunities. Our students have found the opportunity to be a rewarding one as it adds an international dimension to their law degree; challenges them academically; facilitates the development of new skills; and enhances their personal growth and self-confidence.

How does the faculty-specific exchange program work?

The Sydney Law School has agreements with law schools overseas, which allow for the exchange of a certain number of students each year. Over the term of the agreement the number of students must be balanced and the Law School accordingly has the discretion to change its annual quota of students it sends overseas.

When a student is on exchange, they are enrolled full-time at the University of Sydney and pay all relevant fees (compulsory subscriptions, commonwealth supported contributions or tuition fees). Students from Sydney may be required to pay some minor administrative charges or health insurance, however they are not required to pay any other fees to the host institution.

What types of programs are available?

Students are able to choose from two different types of exchange programs - University-wide and Faculty-specific exchange programs.

University-wide exchange programs are available to undergraduate and postgraduate students and are administered by the University’s International Office. For more information please visit Services for Students website.

Faculty-specific exchange programs are available to students of a particular faculty, in this case the Sydney Law School. The Law School currently has exclusive exchange agreements with thirteen Law Schools in Europe, North America and Asia.

What is the difference between a University-Wide Exchange Program and a Faculty-Specific Program?

The Faculty-Specific and University-Wide programs are very similar. In order to take full advantage of both programs, students at Sydney Law School are only permitted to go on exchange in their final year and can only attend for one semester. Students might consider a Faculty-specific exchange preferable to a University-Wide program owing to the following reasons:

• The reputation of the Law Schools with which we have agreements
• The quality of the legal education on offer
• The diversity and availability of creditable law units

Students seeking to study in the U.S.A. should note that they can only do so under a Faculty-Specific Program as most American law schools will not accept law students under the University-Wide agreements.

Which universities are involved in the Sydney Law School's Faculty-specific exchange program?

• Canada Queen's University, Ontario
• Canada University of Victoria, British Columbia
• U.S.A Harvard Law School, Boston
• U.S.A. Duke University, North Carolina
• U.S.A. University of Texas, Austin
• U.S.A. New York University, New York State
• U.S.A. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
• Belgium Katholieke University, Leuven
• Germany Humboldt University, Berlin
• Germany Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
• Netherlands Katholieke University, Nijmegen
• Netherlands Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
• Netherlands Utrecht University
• Japan Kobe University, Kobe
• Singapore National University of Singapore

Which universities are involved in the University of Sydney's University-Wide Exchange Arrangement that are relevant to Sydney Law School?

• Canada University of Ottawa
• Canada University of Toronto
• Denmark University of Aarhus
• Denmark University of Copenhagen
• Finland University of Helsinki
• New Zealand University of Auckland
• Norway University of Bergen
• Norway University of Oslo
• Sweden Lund University
• Sweden Uppsala University
• The Netherlands Leiden University
• The Netherlands University of Groningen
• United Kingdom University of Glasgow
• United Kingdom University of Leeds
• United Kingdom University of Manchester
• United Kingdom University of Stirling

Information on the University-Wide Exchange Program @ Sydney Law School