国外一年。在一周中的任何一天打开新闻，或仅阅读任何国家的报纸，您肯定会遇到关于欧洲的报道。显然，欧洲的未来是一个对我们所生活的世界的未来具有极其重要意义的地缘政治问题。然而，我们当中很少有人真正了解现代欧洲这一复杂现象。为了获得这种理解，必须研究欧洲的经济，法律和社会学背景及其历史渊源。对欧洲丰富的文化传统的理解同样重要。欧洲的艺术家，作家，音乐家，作曲家和电影制片人发挥了文化影响，即使到现在，这种影响也没有被美国在世界舞台上的统治地位所掩盖。
Switch on the news any day of the week, or pick up just about any national newspaper, and you will be sure to come across an item on Europe. It is clear that the future of Europe is a geo-political question of profound importance for the future of the world we live in. Yet, few of us truly understand the complex phenomenon that is modern Europe.Alongside your European studies modules, you also become fluent in French. You spend your third year in France, immersing yourself in the French culture. Language is fundamental to our thought, our relationships, and our civilisations. Through language we transmit knowledge, from inviting someone for coffee, to promoting the latest scientific theory, to settling global political disputes.<br>As a graduate in European Studies, your year abroad will have developed your confidence, independence, maturity and other invaluable life skills. You have the opportunity to gain the combination of skills and experience most in demand from a wide range of employers.<br>This provides excellent preparation for areas which includes import/export management, banking and financial sectors, academia, airlines, information technology, management, museums, teaching, non-governmental offices, and development agencies in the UK and abroad.<br><br>Other recent graduates have also undertaken traineeships with the European Commission, for the Directorate-General for Education and Culture, and various internships in journalism and with NGOs.