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American University, Washington DC

The American University is a private research university with highly ranked schools and colleges. It offers a broad range of courses and their college of Arts and Sciences has more than 100 programmes in the arts, humanities, sciences, social sciences and education.

Washington DC, the country’s capital, is rich in history and has a number of sightseeing opportunities, day trips, excursions and walking or biking tours.

Mobility partner

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Estimated number of mobility places: 1-3 full-year or 2-6 semester places

Available Subject Areas

Please ensure that you research the courses available to you as an exchange student, and check with your subject coordinator(s) that these courses are suitable for your Glasgow degree programme. Please note that partner course offerings may change on a yearly basis.

Please research course level; content and assessment structures; partner academic pre-requisites for exchange students; whether enough courses / credits are available in your degree subject(s) to meet your Glasgow degree credit requirements; language of teaching and for Joint Honours students, whether the partner has any restrictions on taking courses from different Schools/Faculties.

Aerospace Engineering/Sciences
Archaeology
Biomedical Engineering
Business & Management
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Classics
Comparative Literature
Computing Science
Digital Media & Information Studies
Earth Science and Geology
Economic & Social History
Economics
Education
Electronics/Electrical Engineering
English Language
English Literature
Film & TV
Geography
History
History of Art
Maths
Mechanical Engineering
Music
Philosophy
Physics
Politics and International Relations
Product Design Engineering
Psychology
School of Interdisciplinary subjects Dumfries
Scottish Literature
Sociology
Statistics
Theatre Studies
Theology & Religious Studies
Urban Studies/Public & Social Policy

Key facts

Calendar
Grading system
Entry and application
Credit guidance: typical full course load per semester = 12
Accommodation - American University has on-campus accommodation for exchange students

Travel and costs

University of Glasgow Financial Support
Cost of Living
Travel
USA Immigration: protocol states that students applying to a US partner (usually in March/April) must provide evidence that they have sufficient funds to cover all expenses while in the United States. Full information of the financial sum required will be found on the US partner webpages and on the US Embassy webpages for their home country.