Incoming students

1. Confirm your eligibility

• Confirm your institution is a UAL partner. If there is no exchange agreement, you may be able to come for a term via UAL Study Abroad.
• You must have approval from your home university to study on exchange at UAL. Contact your home university’s international office for more information on the steps to go on exchange.

UAL has agreed with its partners a series of objective criteria for incoming students:

• Year of study: equivalent or above to the year of study requested at UAL.
• Field of study: equivalent to the field of study requested at UAL.
• English proficiency: English language ability recommended to the equivalent of B2 level.

2. Prepare your documents

As part of your application, UAL College teams may ask for certain documents. This could include:

• A personal statement (maximum 500 words).
• A Curriculum Vitae (CV) / Resume- this should detail any education, work or training that you have completed to date.
• Academic Transcript
• A portfolio if you are applying to a practice-based course. Check out our tips on how to prepare your portfolio.
• Passport Photo Page

• Autumn exchanges: 15 April
• Spring exchanges: 15 October

Late applications will not be accepted- start your application as early as possible and allow enough time to complete it.

PhD students: contact the College you are interested directly via your research group.

Apply to UAL

The application has now closed. We will update this page with an application link in the autumn term.

If you are accepted onto an exchange at UAL, you will receive a confirmation letter. You will be signposted to relevant student services, such as accommodation, visa support and so-on.

You will need to send your formal acceptance of our offer within 1 week.

Please don't make financial commitments towards the exchange until you have received confirmation of your place of study at UAL. Read our guide to prepare for your exchange.