Fall 2025
Application Deadline
Feb 1, 2025 3 Months
4 Weeks
1 Day
The Department of English and Creative Writing offers a foreign study program at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). Queen Mary is a highly prestigious university that boasts one of the world's finest and most innovative English departments. Students will study with leading scholars and writers on QMUL's vibrant East End campus a short train ride away from the center of London. Students will take three classes in the Department of English and Drama (which also houses the creative writing program), supplemented by a weekly seminar with the Dartmouth faculty director and an independent project.
Students on the English FSP enroll in English 90, 91, and 92. English 90 and 91 carry major and minor credit; English 92 does not, although it does carry college course credit. No FSP course may be used to satisfy the Culminating Experience requirement in any major.
About 18 students are selected for the program. Committed students will also submit an application to the Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).
For more information about applying for this program, see our webpage on How to Apply & our FAQs under section 2 (How to Apply: Application)
ENGL | 90 | 90:
English Study Abroad I
ENGL | 91 | 90:
English Study Abroad II
ENGL | 92 | 90:
English Study Abroad III, supplemented by research seminar run by FSP director
Students must have completed all first-year requirements and one English course (other than English 7) with a grade of B or better. Students hoping to take a creative writing module at QMUL must have completed one creative writing course in an appropriate genre, also with a grade of B or better, in addition to their one English course.
3.3 overall GPA
Additional Information: Any of these requirements may, in certain extraordinary circumstances, be waived by the program director.
Selection Criteria: Strength of application and in-person interview; enthusiasm of faculty recommenders; degree of commitment to the English major and/or creative writing program.
Students live in shared, self-catered apartments/flats equipped with kitchen facilities for preparing meals. Students should expect to share a bedroom and bathroom with other students. All students committed to this program will complete a housing preference form for shared housing and roommate placements.
The program will also include a range of excursions and cultural activities designed to enhance their intellectual and creative experience of the city.
For more information, please see the department website.
The fees charged by the College for a Dartmouth-sponsored off-campus term of study include regular tuition charges for a term at Dartmouth, service fees, as well as the specific costs established for each off-campus study locale. In many programs, the room and board costs tend to be higher than for a term in Hanover. You can view a budget sheet for each program by clicking on the appropriate term under "Financing Your Program". The cost of transportation to and from the site is the responsibility of the student.
In order that all qualified Dartmouth undergraduate students may have the opportunity to take part in off-campus programs, the College endeavors to adjust its normal financial aid awards for students already receiving aid. Tuition and expected family contribution for Dartmouth's off-campus programs are the same as for an on-campus term.
Students are responsible for purchasing their own plane tickets and, in many cases, meals. Often, families find that they owe less for billable items for study away terms but will instead use more of their expected family contribution towards indirect costs such as the flight and meals. For help sorting out who pays what and how, contacting the Financial Aid office is often advisable.
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