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 5,500 students, 250 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 there are usually four trains each hour.  Take a subway across London to the St. Pancras station, and Paris is another 3 hours away via the Eurostar train (185 mph) through the Channel Tunnel. 

 

New international students at UW attend an Orientation Program before the start of the 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.  Twenty-one Lander students have studied at Winchester since the fall of 2006.

 

2009 - 2010 PROGRAM DATES:  Fall semester (includes orientation week): September 21 - December 18.  Spring semester (includes one-day orientation): February 5 - May 28.  Note that the spring semester includes a four-week Easter break, during which time most international students travel in the UK or in Europe.

 

APPROXIMATE COST: $4400 tuition + $2200 for room and part-board (provides a five-day/week declining balance meal plan) + $300 food + $1600 incidentals + $850 airfare = $9350 (compare to the estimated $9100 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

- for the spring semester: October

 

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 modules (courses) for 2009 / 2010:

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

   

TRANSFERING UW COURSE MODULES BACK TO LANDER:

Approximately 60 UW course modules 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 modules should have them pre-approved for transfer by the appropriate Lander department chair.  Please use the Transfer of International Credit form which may be found on the forms page of the Registrar's web site.

 

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).  For detailed information please contact Dr. DeWitt Stone, Director of Study Abroad, telephone (864)993-7866, or email  studyabroad@lander.edu

 

                

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lander President Ball (right) and Mrs. Ball attend UW's 2006

Thanksgiving Dinner with four Lander 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. 

   

Lander First Lady Marge Ball is shown with Professor Roger

Richardson beside the trout stream at The Mayfly (his favorite

country pub/restaurant).