The campus is separate from the town and about a mile long, rolling and green. Although shopping is limited in Loughborough, it is within 30 miles of two larger cities, Leichester and Nottingham, and shopping is available there. Loughborough is about 1 hours north of London in the Midlands. Applicants for this exchange must be regularly enrolled, full-time students at Texas Tech, have completed one year of study at Texas Tech prior to the exchange, and have an overall minimum 2.5 GPA, with no grades below a B in the major field of study. Loughborough University of Technology offers a broad range of courses in areas such as Ergonomics, Industrial Design and Technology, Information and Library Studies, Retail Management, Modern Languages, Engineering, Pure and Applied Science, Human and Environmental Studies, and Education and Humanities.
Some graduate courses are also available.
A student may study for a semester or for an academic year. Students will not be able to study for the Fall semester and return to Texas Tech for the Spring semester. The number of placements is limited. The application deadline will usually be the first month of the semester prior to the semester of study. Program fees - Texas Tech tuition and fees for an appropriate number of hours est.