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Category: Global Exchange

With UTS Global Exchange, you can study overseas at a UTS partner university for one or two sessions – and get credit back to your UTS degree.

With over 240 exchange partners in over 40 countries, Global Exchange is your chance to explore the world, and gain skills and experiences that will make you a confident and adaptable global citizen.

  • Szia Later Budapest!

    Global Exchange at the University of Technology and Economics in Budapest, Hungary. Szia! My name’s Isabella and this January I left Sydney for Global Exchange in Budapest, Hungary, at BME – Budapest University of Technology and Economics (opens up an external website), to continue my studies in Architecture. Unfortunately, like many other students, I had to return…

  • Penang Malaysia – Food, Study, and Exploration

    A semester abroad like no other – Penang Malaysia is an area renowned for its great food, diverse culture, and World Heritage Sites. As a New Colombo Plan Scholar, I was able to experience life in Malaysia at the start of 2020, before the global pandemic. Studying on the island of Penang at the Universiti…

  • 5 reasons to pick Shanghai University

    Want to go out of your comfort zone? Experience a different culture and its delicious cuisine? Perhaps learn another language? “Here I give you 5 reasons why Shanghai should be your next destination for Exchange.” Anthony 1. Travel – Centrally Located Geographically Shanghai is perfect for travel as it sits centrally on the east coast.…

  • Barcelona, the city that never sleeps

    The University of Pompeu Fabra (opens up an external website) in Barcelona was a great university to undertake my study abroad program with. After finally getting my head around how to find my classes, the university was so easy to get around, with the campus very interconnected. The library was incredible, located in what used to be a Reservoir building…

  • Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Hey there! My name’s Finn-Ruby Dawe and I am a third year business student completing a semester abroad in Singapore. I have to say the two months that I have spent here have absolutely flown by! I suspect because the people and culture here are so welcoming and friendly that now it feels just like…

  • Arkitektskolen i Aarhus, Denmark

    The last two months of my studies at Aarhus School of Architecture have been nothing but fantastic! The school has been so welcoming to all the exchange students and has a very integrated international feel. Since it is a dedicated architecture school all the facilities are tailored to the architectural field which is very refreshing…

  • 9 Incredible weeks of living in ‘The Sink’

    Moi! Kate here, & I’m currently writing to you from Sunny Helsinki, Finland. I’ve been living in Helsinki (also referred to as ‘The Sink’ or ‘Heavensinki’) for just over 2 months now, while I’ve been studying at Aalto University. To say the least, exchange has been a crazy rollercoaster so far; think sauna’s, forests, the…

  • 6,302 KM FROM HOME

    It’s been 79 days since I’ve left Sydney, 57 days since I’ve arrived in Singapore to start my exchange journey. To say that the past 79 days have been anything short of life-changing would be a gross understatement. When preparing for my exchange back in Sydney, I was conflicted; I felt both excited to leave…

  • It’s refreshing to live in a city where the locals are sincerely proud of their way of life and have no need to apologise for it. Particular themes emerging from locals include: pride in their being rated the happiest nation in the world, pride in the egalitarian structure of their society and pride in their…

  • My Time in Tilburg

    Hallo from Tilburg!!! Whilst I am only into my second week of exchange, I can comfortably say that stepping out of my comfort zone and choosing to go on exchange has been one of the best decisions I have ever made. The second best decision I made was deciding to spend my exchange in Tilburg.…