Study Abroad

Study at Winchester

  

 

The University of Winchester (UW) is a small institution located in a small city approximately 65 miles southwest of London.  Winchester is one of the oldest cathedral cities in England.  It was the capitol for Saxon and Norman kings and the center of King Alfred's Wessex.  Jane Austen lived and wrote here and is buried in Winchester Cathedral.

 

The university serves nearly 5,000 students, 150 of whom are international students from over 30 countries.  The university is a 10-minute walk from the railway station and a 20-minute walk from Winchester Cathedral and the town center.  The London Waterloo station is an hour away by train and Paris is another 3 hours away via the Eurostar train (185 mph) through the Channel Tunnel. 

 

New international students at UW attend a four-day Orientation Program before the start of the fall semester.  The program gives students a chance to enroll and register with for their courses, to settle in, participate in a Britain Today program, make friends, and meet their lecturers.  All students become members of the Society for International Students which organizes a variety of  social events. 

 

2008 - 2009 PROGRAM DATES:  Fall semester: September 29 - December 19.  Spring semester: February 9 - May 23 (the spring semester includes a four-week Easter break, during which time most international students travel in the UK or in Europe).

 

APPROXIMATE COST: $5130 tuition + $2600 for room and part-board (provides a five-day/week declining balance meal plan) + $370 food + $2000 incidentals + $900 airfare = $11000 (compare to the estimated $8600 for a semester at Lander).  Students who plan to study at Winchester during the spring semester should add $1000 to cover the cost of the four-week break at Easter (not covered in the housing or meal plan estimate) plus the cost of their travel.  Most American students at UW use this time to travel in the UK and/or Europe. 

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE (thru Lander's Study Abroad Office): 

- for the fall semester: April 15

- for the spring semester: Oct. 15

 

UNIVERSITY WEBSITE: www.winchester.ac.uk

 

INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: www.winchester.ac.uk/?page=2993

 

UW COURSE MODULES AVAILABLE TO VISITING STUDENTS:

  

Listing of levels 1 & 2 & 3 for 2007 / 2008:

http://www.winchester.ac.uk/?page=3457  

  

Listing of levels 2 & 3 for 2008 / 2009 :

http://www.winchester.ac.uk/?page=8899  

  

Listing of level 1 modules for 2008 / 2009 will be added in August.

 

TRANSFERING UW COURSE MODULES BACK TO LANDER:

Approximately 50 UW courses have already been taken by Lander students and transferred back to Lander.  See https://legolas.lander.edu/pls/legolas_prod/zwsktrns.pz_transfer

Students who wish to take other UW courses should have them pre-approved for transfer by the appropriate Lander department chair.

 

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM INQUIRIES: international@winchester.ac.uk       

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Lander students study at the University of Winchester each semester.  They travel to the UK in a group accompanied by a member of the Lander faculty (who stays a few days and then returns to Lander).  Fifteen Lander students have studied at UW since the fall of 2006.

 

For detailed information about registration for Lander and UW courses for the Fall 2008 semester, airfare arrangements, and payment schedules please contact Dr. DeWitt Stone, Director of Study Abroad, telephone (864)993-7866, or email  studyabroad@lander.edu

 

THANKSGIVING IN ENGLAND: The first group of seven Lander students studied at the University of Winchester during the 2006 fall semester.  Thanksgiving is not celebrated in England so UW offers a special version of this holiday meal to its visiting American students to make them feel at home!  In the photo below, Lander President Ball (right) and Mrs. Ball attend UW's Thanksgiving Dinner with our students.  UW Professor Roger Richardson, Director of International Relations for the University of Winchester, is second from the left.  Dr. Richardson visits Lander each semester to talk with students who are interested in studying at his university. 

 

                

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE COUNTRYSIDE NEAR WINCHESTER:  In the photo below, Lander First Lady Marge Ball is shown with Professor Roger Richardson beside the trout stream at his favorite country pub.