Summer School: Londonopolis, Exploring the Global City

Entry requirements

Students are expected to have a minimum of 2.8 GPA on a 4.0 scale or equivalent.

The application process is really simple. We need some basic information about you and what you currently study. We will also ask you to upload a copy of your current transcript and write a short personal statement about why you want to join us at Roehampton.

Once you have submitted your application, we aim to get back to you with a decision within seven days.

Please make sure you discuss your application with your home university or college so they can let you know if there are any additional procedures to follow on their side.

Months of entry

June

Course content

During each three-week session, you will take on intensive module. These modules will be worth 20 UK credits. In addition to your in-class sessions, most modules will incorporate field trips, offering you the chance to explore areas of London relevant to your studies.

You will live and learn on our beautiful parkland campus and have access to all the University's support services as well as a dedicated study abroad team.

This module will combine contemporary theories and debates on the condition of urban life in a global city with hands-on ethnographic, street level perspective experienced and then conceptualized by students. The idea is to continuously relate theories from urban anthropology, sociology and urban studies with dynamic reality ‘out-there’ directly confronted by students. The aim of the module is to generate discussions on the interplay between culture and structure, economy and society, urban landscape and human behaviour using phenomena, data, images, observations gathered by students during fieldtrips which are the integral part of the teaching tool. The methodological assumption behind the module is strictly anthropological - that students need to be ‘immersed’ in various aspects of London life, see things with their own eyes, analyse and critically evaluate their own assumptions against the backdrop of chaos and order of urban life in London. This means that students should not expect a traditional, lecture-based teaching format, but be prepared to critically engage with the urban reality experienced by themselves as well as their peers on the module. In this course the source of inspiration would equally be the classic readings of sociologists and anthropologists as well as observations on the street, a random conversation with a stranger on a bus or a chat with a street-food seller in Southall. London is undoubtedly one of the global cities that offer a unique experience of social diversity. For many international students life in London is part of their education trajectory per se and this module aims at deepening this assumption through a study exploring various aspects and trends in contemporary global city. The proposed structure of the module will be divided between lectures/seminars/ethnographic debriefing sessions and field trips. Class sessions will be divided into a taught part and an ethnographic debriefing session where notes, pictures, impressionsfrom fieldtrip will be discussed and analysed.

Information for international students

Dates: Session 2

• Arrival and Orientation: 26 – 28 June 2025
• Classes run: 30 June – 17 July 2025
• Departure: 19 July 2025

Included in the package price is:

• Tuition
• Housing in on-campus accommodation with shared bathroom and kitchen
• Bedding and Kitchen Pack
• Airport pickup on arrivals day
• Welcome Meal
• Social events

Modules will run subject to minimum enrolments.

Fees and funding

Assessment