All students spend the Third Year abroad. Those studying two Modern Languages choose how to divide the year between their two languages. All other students spend their Third Year in Russia. You will be given a choice of a wide range of universities and institutions in a number of Russian cities. A recent innovation is the introduction of courses in which most of your time is spent teaching in St Petersburg.
Accommodation is variously in families, hostels or student flats.
Click here for further information on Russian Language courses abroad for undergraduates at UK universities. The University of Birmingham is exceptionally well-provided to teach both general Russian and Russian for special purposes in a wide range of subjects. Our libraries have one of the largest Russian language collections in the country. The Baykov Library in the Centre for Russian and East European Studies is a major specialist collection of materials on the former Soviet Union and East Europe, where you can consult an extensive range of Russian newspapers and magazines from early Soviet times to the present day. The Department has pioneered the use of computers for teaching purposes.