The University Career Center, along with the Study Abroad Office, provides UM students with the opportunity to gain first-hand experience in the international workplace through the Maryland-in-London semester study abroad program while earning resident UM credit.

While living in the cultural and commercial capital of the United Kingdom, students take UM courses and also study at London Metropolitan University during the fall and/or spring semester. In addition, students have the option to participate in and receive credit for a work placement, the British term for an internship.

We work with two organizations in London to place students in local businesses, non-profit and government organizations based on their academic background and preferences. On site staff work closely with students upon to help them prepare for the internship experience and act as mentors throughout. While maintaining an academic focus, internships also provide the unique chance for students to engage in British culture, interact with locals and gain practical field experience. Because of legal regulations, internships are unpaid.

• Campaigning for a member of Parliament in her constituency office
• Conducting legal research at a solicitor’s office
• Sales and marketing for a global concierge service organization
• Working in the communications department for the non-profit division of a football club

Visit the Study Abroad Office for program details including academic credit, application and scholarship information.

Applications for the Maryland-in-London program are typically due for the Fall semester in mid-April and for the Spring semester in mid October.

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What Other Students Are Saying

It was beneficial to me as a professional as it vastly improved and taught me many skills necessary in the working world. It was an incredible experience overall, I was given a chance to get to know Londoners, work with them and learn more about British politics first hand than I ever could have in a classroom.
      —Rebecca Morse, Spring 2007

I learned what I liked and disliked about the publishing industry, giving myself a better idea of whether it is in fact the career I want to pursue. I also interacted with real Londoners on a regular basis in a way that I think went beyond the experience of most other study abroad participants.

Perhaps most importantly, at least for a second-semester junior looking to the future, my placement certainly bolstered my career prospects. It isn’t just a line on my resume, but an experience I can talk about it at length in phone interviews with companies back in the States. The organization that eventually offered me a position this summer asked me about a project I had recently seen to completion, and I was able to discuss thesection of a book whose revision I spearheaded. I was able to tell them that my section had just been sent off to the publishers in China, and that my efforts will be rewarded with an editorial credit that will appear in the book.
         —Sam McGlone, Spring 2007