International Exchange
What is International Student Exchange?
International Student Exchange offers you the opportunity to undertake short-term study under a formal student exchange agreement between Swinburne University of Technology and an overseas institution. You will receive credit towards your Swinburne degree by studying subjects approved by your Head of Program and by making a presentation to Faculty of Design academics and staff upon your return. You will continue to pay fees or HECS as appropriate.
What are the benefits?
By getting involved in the exchange program you will experience design from a new perspective. You will increase and extend your skills and experience new and different design education systems. The experience of living and studying in a different country, within a different culture, is exciting and provides the opportunity to develop both educationally and personally, and may open up new opportunities in your career and personal life.
What criteria must I satisfy to be eligible to apply for International Student Exchange?
To be eligible for selection you should be currently enrolled in your first or second year of undergraduate studies (Students cannot undertake exchange in Honours or the final semester of their degree). Selection of an exchange student is based on academic performance (credit average), suitability and maturity.
When and where can I undertake International Student Exchange?
The Faculty of Design encourages students to undertake exchange in the second semester of second year or first semester of third year of their degree. The Faculty of Design currently has International Student Exchange Agreements with the following overseas institutions:
Communication Design
| Country | University | Website |
|---|---|---|
| CHILE | Universidad de Pacifico | www.upacifico.cl |
| CHINA | Tongji University | www.tongji-di.org |
| DENMARK | Danmarks Designskole | www.dkds.dk |
| FRANCE | ESAG | www.penninghen.com |
| GERMANY | FH-Düsseldorf | www.fh-duesseldorf.de |
| GERMANY | FH-Mainz | www.fh-mainz.de |
| KOREA | Hong-ik University | www.hongik.ac.kr |
| MALAYSIA | Swinburne Univeristy of Technology, Sarawak Campus | www.swinburne.edu.my |
| MEXICO | Universidad de Monterrey | www.udem.edu.mx |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Middlesex University (full year exchange only) | www.mdx.ac.uk |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Northumbria University | www.northumbria.ac.uk |
| USA | University of Cincinnati | www.uc.edu |
| USA | San Francisco State University | www.sfsu.edu |
| SWEDEN | HDK Göteborg | www.hdk.gu.se |
| SWEDEN | Konstfack (semester 2 exchange only) | www.konstfack.se |
| USA | North Carolina State University | www.ncsu.edu |
Digital Media Design
| Country | University | Website |
|---|---|---|
| CHILE | Universidad de Pacifico | www.upacifico.cl |
| CHINA | Tongji University | www.tongji-di.org |
| GERMANY | FH-Düsseldorf | www.fh-duesseldorf.de |
| GERMANY | FH-Mainz | www.fh-mainz.de |
| FINLAND | UIAH (postgraduate study only) | www.mlab.uiah.fi |
| MALAYSIA | Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus | www.swinburne.edu.my |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Middlesex University (full year exchange only) | www.mdx.ac.uk |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Northumbria University | www.northumbria.ac.uk |
| USA | University of Cincinnati | www.uc.edu |
| USA | Drexel University | www.drexel.edu |
| USA | North Carolina State University | www.ncsu.edu |
Film and Television
| Country | University | Website |
|---|---|---|
| GERMANY | FH-Mainz University | www.fj-mainz.de |
| HONG KONG | Hong Kong Baptist University | www.hkbu.edu.hk |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Leeds Metropolitan | www.lmu.ac.uk |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Middlesex University | www.mdx.ac.uk |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Northumbria University | www.northumbria.ac.uk |
| USA | Drexel University | www.drexel.edu |
| USA | San Francisco State University | www.sfsu.edu |
Industrial Design
| Country | University | Website |
|---|---|---|
| CHINA | Tongji University | www.tongji-di.org |
| GERMANY | Bauhaus University | www.uni-weimar.de |
| GERMANY | KH Berlin | www.kh-berlin.de |
| GERMANY | FH-Hildesheim | www.fh-hildesheim |
| KOREA | Hong-ik University | www.hongik.ac.kr |
| MEXICO | Tec de Monterrey | www.itesm.mx |
| MEXICO | Universidad de Monterrey | www.udem.edu.mx |
| SWEDEN | Konstfack | www.konstfack.se |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Middlesex University (full-year exchange only) | www.mdx.ac.uk |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Northumbria University | www.northumbria.ac.uk |
| USA | University of Cincinnati | www.uce.edu |
| USA | San Francisco State University | www.sfsu.edu |
| USA | North Carolina State University | www.ncsu.edu |
Interior Design
| Country | University | Website |
|---|---|---|
| CHILE | Universidad de Pacifico | www.upacifico.cl |
| CHINA | Tongji University | www.tongji-di.org |
| DENMARK | Danmarks Designskole | www.dkds.dk |
| FRANCE | ESAG | www.penninghen.com |
| GERMANY | FH-Düsseldorf | www.fh-duesseldorf.de |
| GERMANY | FH-Mainz | www.fh-mainz.de |
| MEXICO | Universidad de Monterrey | www.udem.edu.mx |
| MEXICO | Universidad de Monterrey | www.udem.edu.mx |
| SWEDEN | HDK Göteborg | www.hdk.gu.se |
| SWEDEN | Konstfack (Semester 2 only) | www.konstfack.se |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Middlesex University (Full-year exchange only) | www.mdx.ac.uk |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Northumbria University | www.northumbria.ac.uk |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Northumbria University | www.northumbria.ac.uk |
| USA | North Carolina State University | www.ncsu.edu |
| USA | San Francisco State University | www.sfsu.edu |
| USA | University of Cincinnati | www.uc.edu |
For further information about International Exchange opportunities visit the Swinburne Abroad website.
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