Fact sheet for 2025/2026
Global Opportunities team details
Director of International Relations - Dr Julia Wang
International Mobility Coordinator (Exchange Partnerships and student support) - Jayne Kerwin
Student queries incoming and outgoing
Email: Goabroad@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 2121
Academic Calendar
International Welcome: 11 to 12 September
University Induction: 15 to 19 September
Teaching: 22 September to 12 December
Examinations: 5 to 16 January (if student is unable to return after the Christmas break then alternative assessment may be facilitated)
Semester 2
International Welcome: To be confirmed
Teaching: 19 January to 24 April
Examinations: 27 April to 8 May
View our 2025/26 Academic Calendar.
Course and module list
Modules within LJMU can be found online here LJMU Course Catalogue.
Accommodation
Further information on availability and support for accommodation can be found online.
Visa
Guidance and further information for visas can be found online.
Insurance
View Public Liability information.
Submission of nomination date
Nominations must be submitted as follows:
- Semester 1 and year long from September: 15 April
- Semester 2 and year long from January: 15 October
LJMU now has an online portal for nomination and a personalised link has been sent to your lead contact, however you can input. However you can input the nomination with the Incoming Student Nomination Form and select Incoming exchange credit bearing. The information we require on each student is as follows:
- Students full name
- Students official email
- Date of birth
- Nationality of passport
- General subject area that student will study at LJMU (please note due to the Faculty and Campus locations we may not be able to provide students with modules in multiple locations, due to timetabling issues)
- Subject area at home university
- Semester entry preference and duration
Credits
Exchange students will enrol on 60 credits per semester, which is equivalent to 30 ECTS (both amount to 600 hours of study time).
English Language Proficiency
All modules are delivered in English. For students from Partner universities where the langue of instruction is not English, we require a proficiency of B2, which is IELTS overall score of 6 or a TOEFL overall score of 78 (with 18 for reading, 17 for writing, 17 for listening, 20 for speaking).
