St John’s University, USA

St John’s University is a Roman Catholic university which was founded in 1870 and has six campuses; Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, Oakdale, Paris and Rome. Professors at the University have been included in the Princeton Review’s “Best 300 Professors in America”.

The main campuses are situated in the heart of New York City: the second largest city in the world and one of the most vibrant cities for the arts, culture and technological innovation. New York City is notorious for its shopping attractions, world class bars and restaurants and numerous landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building. 

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.

  • Law

Key facts

Travel and costs 

  • University of Glasgow Financial Support
  • Cost of living, New York
  • 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. 

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