Nominations by partner university
Partner universities should nominate their chosen students by email to hssexchanges@brighton.ac.uk by the below deadlines.
Semester nomination deadlines
| For full year or Semester 1 only students |
31 March 2025 |
| For Semester 2 only students |
15 September 2025 |
Student applications
Following receipt of nominations we will send students and their home university our Incoming Exchange Student Application Forms by email, along with full instructions on how to complete these documents.
Please see our deadlines for all completed applications and supporting documents to be received.
Deadlines for completed applications and supporting documents
| Study in Brighton for the full year (September–June) | 30 April 2025 |
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Study in Brighton for the first semester only (September–February)
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30 April 2025
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Study in Brighton for the second semester only (February–June)
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15 October 2025
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Accommodation
Incoming exchange students to the School of Humanities and Social Science have the opportunity to live in one of our university halls of residences, typically this would be our Paddock Fields halls of residence, however this is not guaranteed as rooms are limited. Students should indicate whether they would like to stay in a room in our university halls on their application form.
We aim to keep a balance between students wanting to come for Semester 1 only and those wanting to come for Semester 2 only. For those students coming to study with us for Semester 1, there will be a limited number of rooms available. We will endeavour to house as many students as want to stay on campus, but we cannot guarantee accommodation for everyone until we know the total number of incoming students per year.
For those students coming to study with us for Semester 2 only, unfortunately we cannot guarantee a room until we have reviewed our accommodation provision at the end of the current year. We are hopeful that most students for Semester 2 will get a room in university halls if they want one, we will contact students directly to confirm accommodation by early January at the latest.
Our accommodation team can provide guidance on renting privately for those who wish to look into this.
Module options
Incoming students studying at School of Humanities and Social Science can take up to 30 ECTS of modules with us per semester.
Once your application has been processed, you will be given further guidance on your module options. Please note that these could be subject to change, of which you will be notified.
If you have any questions regarding module options, please get in contact with hssexchanges@brighton.ac.uk .
Semester 1 modules (2025-26)
Humanities
| Code | Module Title | Level |
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| HC450 |
Philosophical Inquiry |
4 |
| HC451 |
Historical Inquiry |
4 |
| HC454 |
Politics of Representation |
4 |
| HC550 |
Critical Traditions |
5 |
| HC552 |
Self and Society: Conceptualising Subjectivity |
5 |
| HC554 |
Conceptualising Violence, Terror & War |
5 |
| HC556 |
Politics, History & Ideology: The Age of European Dominance 1870-1945 |
5 |
| HC561 |
Race, Conflict and Identity in a Global Era |
5 |
| HC583 |
Reading Plato's Republic in a Global Polity |
5 |
| HC594 |
Colonialism in the Contemporary Global Order |
5 |
Politics
| Code | Module Title | Level |
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| PO401 |
Introduction to Global Challenges Lab |
4 |
| PO403 |
Introduction to Environmental Politics |
4 |
| SS535 |
Authority, Democracy, Justice |
5 |
English Language and Linguistics
| Code |
Module Title |
Level |
|---|
| LN517 |
Mind and Language |
5 |
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| LX553 |
Language Minoritisation and Revitalisation |
5 |
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| LX601 |
World English(es) |
6 |
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| LX661 |
Approaches to Analysing Discourse |
6 |
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English Literature and Creative Writing
| Code | Module Title | Level |
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| LL412 |
Textual Encounters: Reading, Writing, Thinking |
4 |
| LL414 |
Stories and Storytelling |
4 |
| LL415 |
Brighton Writes |
4 |
| LL431 |
Storying The Self |
4 |
| LL513 |
Stories that Transform: Reading and Writing for Change |
5 |
| LL515 |
The 19th Century in Literature |
5 |
| LL506 |
Introduction to Journalism |
5 |
| LL520 |
Twentieth Century Literary Experiments |
5 |
| LL531 |
Queer Writing |
5 |
| LL607 |
Women’s Writing and Feminist Theory |
6 |
| LL614 |
Creative Writing Project |
6 |
| LL616 |
Reading and Writing Landscape |
6 |
| LL625 |
Gothic: Texts and Contexts |
6 |
| LL610 |
Citizen Journalism |
6 |
| LL613 |
From Script to Screen |
6 |
History of Art and Design
| Code | Module Title | Level |
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| HD544 |
Reconstruct, Recreate, Remake |
5 |
| HD546 |
Understanding Exhibitions and Creating Displays |
5 |
| HD538 |
Reading Fashion and Design |
5 |
| HD547 |
Gender and Sexuality in Art and Visual Culture |
5 |
| HD545 |
Spaces and Bodies |
5 |
| HD642 |
Professional Paths in Art and Design History |
6 |
| HD633 |
Networks and Sustainability in Art and Design |
6 |
| HD632 |
Art and Visual Culture in Communities |
6 |
| HD654 |
Making the Modern Home |
6 Science |
| Code | Module Title | Level |
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| SS407 |
Social Policy and Social Welfare |
4 |
| SS413 |
Introduction to Applied Psychology |
4 |
| SS430 |
Contemporary Social Inequalities |
4 |
| SS434 |
Psychology and Society |
4 |
| SS449 |
Sociology Live: Interrogating Current Social Problems |
4 |
| SS519 |
Theorising the Social World |
5 |
| SS529 |
Researching Social and Cultural Life (10 credits) |
5 |
| SS624 |
Global Social Policy |
6 |
| SS687 |
Class and Power |
6 |
| SS688 |
Sociology of Globalisation |
6 |
Please note these modules may be subject to change.
Semester 2 modules (2025-26)
Humanities
| Code | Module Title | Level |
|---|
| HC452 |
Studying Cultures |
4 |
| HC453 |
Democracy |
4 |
| HC455 |
Globalisation, Conflict and the Environment |
4 |
| HC560 |
Racism and Anti-Racist Struggle: The Ethics and Politics of Resistance |
5 |
| HC551 |
Critical Traditions 2 |
5 |
| HC553 |
Self and Society: Subject, Subjectivity and Subjection |
5 |
| HC555 |
Contemporary Warfare in the Middle East |
5 |
| HC557 |
Cold War/Hot War |
5 |
| HC561 |
Race, Conflict and Identity in a Global Era |
5 |
| HC565 |
Conflict & Development in a Globalising World |
5 |
| HC571 |
Realism, Modernism, Postmodernism |
5 |
| HC579 |
Philosophy and Literature: Existentialism and Beyond |
5 |
| HC584 |
Body Politics, Body Ethics |
5 |
Politics
| Code | Module Title | Level |
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| PO404 |
Politics in Practice |
4 |
| PO507 |
Genres of Environmental Writing |
5 |
| PO504 |
Researching Politics |
5 |
| SS560 |
Nations and Nationalism |
5 |
English Language and Linguistics
| Code | Module Title | Level |
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| LX403 |
Introduction to Intercultural Communication |
4 |
| LX405 |
Understanding Culture |
4 |
| LN521 |
Multilingualism |
5 |
| LX555 |
Image and Text: Graphic Novels |
5 |
| LN610 |
Approaches the Study of Meaning |
6 |
English Literature and Creative Writing
| Code | Module Title | Level |
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| LL404 |
Introducing Research |
4 |
| LL416 |
Literature and Theory |
4 |
| LL425 |
Drama in Society |
4 |
| LL518 |
Poetry and Process |
5 |
| LL530 |
British Literature and Twentieth Century History |
5 |
| LL532 |
Literature/Media in Practice |
5 |
| LL533 |
Literature and Art History |
5 |
| LL601 |
Reviewing Shakespeare |
6 |
| LL615 |
Conflict, Migration, Borders |
6 |
History of Art and Design
| Code | Module Title | Level |
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| HD549 |
Staging and Screening Fashion and Design |
5 |
| HD539 |
The Cultural Politics of Fashion and Design |
5 |
| HD548 |
Art, Visual Culture and Ecology |
5 |
| HD647 |
The Past in the Present |
6 |
Science
| Code | Module Title | Level |
|---|
| SS425 |
Theories of Crime |
4 |
| SS439 |
Criminology in Action |
4 |
| SS422 |
Foundations of Sociology |
4 |
| SS556 |
Forensic Security |
5 |
| SS520 |
Sociology and the Life Course |
5 |
| SS540 |
Mobilisation, Movements & Protest |
5 |
| SS543 |
Psychology, Mental Health & Distress |
5 |
| SS563 |
Punishment, Power and the State |
5 |
| SS664 |
Utopian Theory and Practice |
6 |
| SS689 |
Human Rights |
6 |
Please note these modules may be subject to change.