The American universities taking part in this program enrol students and grant credit toward bachelor's degrees in various ways. The discussion that follows specifically describes the procedures used by Iowa State University. The program is designed for students who have completed their junior year in chemical engineering. However, sophomore students with outstanding academic records are also permitted to participate. Other universities sometimes send seniors.
Students enrol in a one-credit course during the spring semester prior to their arrival in London.
This one-credit includes lectures on British culture, history and politics, plus travel orientation and planning. Currently each student makes his or her own travel plans. The students are also familiarised with the expected laboratory work and are required to submit two or three pre-lab reports describing objectives, procedures to be used and expected results. In addition, each student is asked to write an essay on some aspect of British culture, politics, or history. The students also register at Iowa State for six-credits of Chemical Engineering foreign study.