Dartmouth-Oxford Exchange

What is the Dartmouth-Oxford Exchange?

The Dartmouth-Oxford Exchange Program provides an opportunity for up to four Dartmouth undergraduates per term (fall, winter, and spring) to enroll in Oxford's Keble College. As fully-integrated members of the Oxford community, students live on campus, participate in co-curricular and social activities, and take pre-approved political economy courses in the British tutorial system that count toward their major.

Who is eligible?

The program is designed to serve government and economics majors; however, others may apply for consideration on a space available basis. Typically, students apply during their sophomore year to attend Keble during their junior year. First-year and transfer students are ineligible, and seniors may be eligible with prior approval of the Registrar and the Major department. A GPA of at least 3.50 is required for admission.

Are there any prerequisites?

There are no specific prerequisites for the Keble program. Please present in the application a list of all the relevant courses you have taken so far towards your major in order to build a strong case as to why you are qualified to take either Economics or Government courses at Keble.

How do I apply?

Applications are available online through Off-Campus Programs. The deadline for submission is February 1 for all terms (fall, winter, and spring) of the following academic year.

How does this fit in my D plan?

A normal course load at Keble College is two courses. The courses are taught using the British tutorial system, meaning lots of one-on-one time with the professor and independent study time with only occasional, if any, class meetings.

Dartmouth and Keble work together to offer courses that are equivalent to Dartmouth courses so that students may select courses that fulfill major requirements, if appropriate. After acceptance in the Dartmouth/Oxford Exchange Program, students select two courses from a pre-approved list (included in the information packet) to be taken at Keble College and confirm approval with their Government or Economics Department advisor.

What is the tuition?

The cost of the program (one term) for 2007-08, including tuition, room and board, was $15,161.00. All students presently receiving Dartmouth financial aid are eligible for this aid for the Dartmouth-Oxford Exchange Program.

What are the dates for Oxford academic terms?

Following are the dates for Keble's 2008-2009 schedule:

Michaelmas Term (Fall): Sunday, October 12th to Saturday, December 6th
Hilary Term (Winter): Sunday, January 18th to Saturday, March 14th
Trinity Term (Spring): Sunday, April 26th to Saturday, June 20th

Students attending Keble may move in as early as the Sunday before the above starting date of the term.
Students must be at Keble on the Thursday before the above starting date of the term, in order to get their assignments for the first week of classes.

*If attending during the Michaelmas Term, you must be at Keble to participate in the Freshman orientation along with the Keble students on the Monday before the above starting date of the term, which would be Monday, October 6, 2008

Where do I get more information?

Download the 2008-2009 Information Packet

For more information about the program and application process, contact Jane DaSilva via e-mail or phone at (603) 646-2229 or Professor Ron Shaiko via e-mail or by phone at (603) 646-9146. For more information about Keble College and the tutorial system, visit the Keble website at www.keble.ox.ac.uk.

2008-2009 Keble Attendees

Chris Lim '09, Kathryn Lindquist '10, Michael Milone '10, Joanna Pucci '10, Brian Dunne '10, Jennifer Gaudette '10, Benjamin Sattin '10, Lesley Schless '10, Nathan Bruschi '10, Tilman Dette '10, Vlad Dobru '10, Jacqueline Theintz '10

2007-2008 Keble Attendees

Jo Xu '09, Diep Pham '09, Derek Weiss '09, Emily Ghods-Esfahani '09, Ellen Wheeler '09, Yashodhara Rana '09, Jeffrey Koh '09, Jeff Cui '08, Ka Yan Luk '09, Anirudh Jangalapalli '09, Eric Kaufman '09, Madhavi Menon '09

2006-2007 Keble Attendees

R. Abraham Holland '08, Michelle Chen '08, Daniel Cohen '08, Daniel Mahoney '08, Elizabeth Dupuy '08, Zachary Scott '08, Michael Sloan-Rossiter '08, Neil Willis '08, Desmond Ang '08, Adeel Ikram '08, Lisa Isaacs '08, Kristin Ricci '08

2005-2006 Keble Attendees

Srikanth Batchu '07, Helen Parsons '06, Vivienne Wei '07, David Wolff '07, Justin Blesy '06, Erin Demien '07, Kaelin Goulet '07, Jessica Todtman '07, Celia Carmen '07, Gabriel Marcus '07, Irene Tzekina '08, Elizabeth Wol '07

2004-2005 Keble Attendees

Diana Zhang '06, Sara Friesen '06, Ariella Bernkopf '06, Mukund Bhaskar '06, Scott Glabe '06, Austin Vedder '06, Ana Catalano '06, Colin Barry '06, Daniel Kurland '06, Jesse Gero '06, Erin Webb '06, Lauren Burrows '06

2003-2004 Keble Attendees

Ryan Avanzado '05, Munish Dayal '04, Chamberlain Fortin '05, Julia Hildreth '05, Andrew Chang '05, Dean Drizin '06, Abigail Ridgway '05, Ariel Stern-Markovitz '05, Jong Lee '05, Evelyn Stevens '05, Ryan Tan '05, Elizabeth Williamson '05

2002-2003 Keble Attendees

Julia Bosch '04, Alexander Taylor '04, Daniel Kay '04, Christina Palmer '04, Charles Light '04, Vito Menza '04, Hillary Cain '04, Andy Edwards '04, Hrishikesh Desai '04, Ryan Samuels '04, Imran Sharih '04, Nicolas Duquette '04