Ting-Ting Hu, Summer 2014 at Hong Kong University

What do you study? Mathematics with Management and Finance BSc Where did you Global Summer Experience Take place? Hong Kong University (Global Business in Asia programme) How did you apply? I began looking at the different Summer Programmes offered by King’s’ partner universities very early on in the year. There are so many different summer …

Alexander Heeley, 2012-2013 at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Edith Baer grant recipient)

The money I received from the Edith Baer grant made a huge difference on my year abroad. Year abroad can be a very expensive year for a student, and makes certain aspirations a financial challenge, such as traveling around your destination country, as opposed to staying in the one host university city/town. However this grant …

Lucy Baughan, 2014-2015 at Heidelberg University

Studying There are a few peculiarities in the German university system that you will notice: at the end of classes the students knock on the desks, for example! The classes at Heidelberg start 15 minutes past the hour and finish 15 minutes before the time stated on your timetables, to allow staff and students to …

Verity Roberts, 2013-2014 at Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat, Heidelberg

Top ten things 1. The Schloss: Heidelberg feels like a mixture of Oxford, York and Durham: it’s a quaint town nestled between two hills on the river Neckar, and the Uni is the oldest in Germany. It’s therefore no wonder that it’s full of american and japanese tourists photographing the architecture. This beautiful castle ruin is …