Semester Exchange for Business students

While overseas on the exchange, you will:

• stay enrolled at UC
• receive credit for your overseas study towards your UC degree
• continue paying your UC tuition fees

To be eligible for the UC Global Exchange programme, you must normally have a B average or higher, although students with marginally lower grades may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Depending on the partner institution/s you wish to go to, there may be a limit to the number of students who can go there each semester or additional requirements that students must meet.

The earliest time you can go on an exchange is in the second semester of your second year's Bachelor of Commerce study. 

Here are some suggestions on the best semester(s) you can go overseas for an exchange study for different BCom majors:

• Accounting: S2 Year 2 or Year 3
• Economics: Year 3
• Finance: S2 Year 2 or S1 Year 3
• Human Resource Management: S2 Year 2
• Information Systems: Year 3
• International Business: S2 Year 2
• Management: S2 Year 2
• Marketing: Year 3
• Operations and Supply Chain Management: Year 3
• Strategy and Entrepreneurship: S2 Year 2
• Taxation and Accounting: S2 Year 2
• Tourism Marketing and Management: S2 Year 2

Please note that other than the suggested semester listed above, you could also consider going on exchange in other semesters of your UC study. As those might contain more required courses for your UC degree, it is important to choose a partner institution that offers equivalent courses to the required courses for your major.

If you are a double degree/double major student, you will have required second-year courses in both semesters. You will need these courses to be able to continue to the third year. Therefore, Year 3 would be ideal timing.

UC has student exchange agreements with over 70 partner institutions across the world. Around 40 of the partners are hand-picked for business students as all of them offer a sufficient number of English teaching courses to choose from and allow our students to take unlimited business courses.

Please note some of the university-wide partners restrict the business points that our students can enrol for.

Your tuition fees are paid directly to UC and you do not incur any international tuition fees while you are on exchange.

If you are eligible for a student loan or allowance at UC, you will continue to be eligible while you are on exchange, provided that you meet the requirements of Studylink. You will be responsible for all of your own travel and living expenses.

UC Outbound Exchange Award

Up to 100 Exchange Awards of NZD $2,000 are available for students applying for a 2024 exchange.

To be considered for the award, you will need to have achieved an overall GPA of 5.0 or above from the time you first enrolled in degree-level study at UC and have been making satisfactory academic progress with your study, have met the requirements of the UC Global Exchange programme and have been approved to participate in an exchange. 

You do not need to apply for this separately. Further terms and conditions may apply. Please note that students who have been granted any outbound exchange travel or exchange award previously will not be eligible for another UC exchange award, regardless of the degree you will be undertaking on exchange.

Te Kura Umanga | UC Business School Global Experience Award - Māori and Pacific students

A Global Experience Award of NZD $1,000 is available for UC Business School Māori and Pacific students participating in any learning abroad experience that is offered or promoted by UC Business School.

The award applies to students who whakapapa to iwi Māori or are of Pacific/Pasifika descent. To be eligible, students must also be enrolled in a UC Business School programme and have completed at least one semester or study towards this, in addition to meeting any requirements specific to the experience that the award is attached to.

Please refer to UC Business School Global Experience Award - Māori and Pacific students for the full terms and conditions.

Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia (PMSA) and Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Latin America (PMSLA)

The Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia and the Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Latin America (PMSLA) are funded by the New Zealand Government and administered by Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao to support New Zealanders on learning experiences in Asia and Latin America. Check out the website above to find out more about the scholarships, destination countries, how to apply, application deadlines, funding period etc.

Aalto University - scholarship for UC business students

Two scholarships valued at 1,000€ each are available for UC Business School students to commence their semester exchange study in 2025 at Aalto School of Business.