University of Warwick

• Exchange students can take coursework in most areas of study
• Students must have a minimum cumulative 70% GPA to attend this partnership

When applying to Go Global:

• Commerce students (UBCV): select 'University of Warwick-COMM' 
• Engineering students: select 'University of Warwick-Engineering' 
• All other students: select ''University of Warwick-uniwide' 

Term dates

• UBC Term 1 (UW Semester 1): September - late December
• UBC Term 2 (UW Semester 2 and 3): January - July

*Arrangements can be made for Term 1 returning to UBC for term 2

• Commerce students may attend: UW Semester 1 only, OR UW Semester 1 & 2 only, OR UW Semester 2 & 3 only, OR UW Semester 1, 2 & 3
• Engineering students may attend: UW Semester 1, 2, 3 OR UW Semester 2 & 3

Areas of study available:

• Arts
• Commerce (UBCV)
• Engineering
• Health Sciences
• Science

Course availability and restrictions

• Please research applicable course restrictions on the University of Warwick's exchange website
  • See: School of Engineering
  • See: Warwick Business School
• Most of the modules you take at Warwick need to be within the Faculty that you will be accepted into (generally, you can only take one module outside of the admitting department)
• Business students should note that if going in Term 1 only, full credit for courses may not be available
• Exams for business courses are held in May/June so Term 1 students will instead write a related assignment for the course and will receive 8 CATS (2 UBC) or 9.6 CATS (2.5 UBC) rather than the regular 12 CATS
• 12 CATS will be earned for courses with a final exam
• If taking equivalent Commerce courses to meet specific degree requirements, the WBS course must be worth at least 9.6 CATS
• Elective courses can be worth varying credit values
• Students are permitted to take 2 courses outside of the business school (more may be taken if permission from WBS is given)
• Please note that Politics is not available for the Spring and Spring/Summer Semester(s)
• Commerce students going for Term 1 only: should take 60 CATS to earn 15 UBC credits, recommended that students consider a full year or second semester exchange, or if going for term 1 be prepared to take commerce or non-commerce elective courses

Partner Course Information

Course equivalency Formula

• CATS divided by 4 = UBC credits

Course load Information

The University of Warwick expects Study Abroad students to undertake the following amount of work:

• 120 CATS points (60 ECTS) for a full academic year
• 48 CATS (24 ECTS) for Autumn or Spring only
• 96 CATS (48 ECTS) for Autumn & Spring
• 72 CATS (36 ECTS) Spring & Summer

Transfer credit

The transfer credit process takes approximately 16 weeks following each submission deadline. You should allow sufficient time to meet important deadlines that may affect you (e.g. application for graduation, registration in courses that require prerequisites that you took on exchange, entry to a major/honours program, etc.)

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