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COME TO GLASGOW

Welcoming study abroad and exchange students from around the world that study Accounting and Finance, Business and Management, and Economics

Visiting international exchange and study abroad students can stay for a single semester or a full academic year to study a range of modules taught on our undergraduate programmes at the Adam Smith Business School. Applications are made through your home institution's study abroad or international office.

Find details on the study abroad process from the Visiting Students team on the University's Careers, Employability, and Opportunities page.

Course structures

Undergraduate degree programme structures: 

  • Accounting & Finance
  • Economics
  • Business & Management

Further information

Subject guidance

All visiting students:

  • Levels 3 and 5 are not open to visiting students.
  • Visiting students must demonstrate they have taken courses equivalent to the pre-requisites listed in the course catalogue.
  • Visiting students must request courses from the Adam Smith Business School at the point of application.
  • Visiting students attending the University of Glasgow for Semester 1 or for the full year must have their classes approved by the end of the add/drop period - Week 2 of Semester 1. Students attending in Semester 2 must have their classes approved by the end of Week 2 in that semester.

Accounting & Finance

  • Visiting students wishing to take Level 4 accounting & finances courses should check the pre-requisites of all requested courses as these vary. Finance-specific courses may not be suitable without sufficient foundational knowledge.

Business & Management

  • Levels 1 & 2 management courses are currently closed to visiting students
  • Visiting students wishing to take Level 4 courses in Business & Management must have a background in Business Decision Analysis, Human Resource Management, Services and Operations Management, and Entrepreneurship
  • Visiting students cannot take Level 4 Business & Management courses if their background is not in Business & Management

Economics

  • Visiting students wishing to take Level 4 courses in Economics must have passed intermediate level Microeconomics and Macroeconomics classes
  • Visiting students cannot take Level 4 Economics courses if their background is not in Economics.
  • Visiting students from engineering with no Economics background are directed to the Microeconomics E1 course.

ESSAM

The European Summer School for Advanced Management (ESSAM) is a credited two-week MBA summer school for both full and part-time MBA students.

Business International team

Supporting students and staff at the Adam Smith Business School with their international activities.