Take your education beyond the classroom. Experiential learning gives you practical, hands-on opportunities to apply your knowledge, strengthen your skills, amplify your employability and collaborate with your communities.
King’s has a range of remarkable experiential learning courses. These courses include research projects, discussions with special guests, courses that include practicums or are taught using the case method, and outings and field trips locally or halfway around the world.
While all of your courses at King’s will be valuable, these are the ones that can change your life and the way you see the world. Politics and International Relations 3320 - Gender and Women in Civic Leadership is a local opportunity for experiential learning. In this course, you’ll work with female civic leaders in London and area to learn about the opportunities and barriers facing women in the political sphere.
Or experiential learning can take you halfway around the world. In the Ghana Field Course, also in the Politics and International Relations department, you’ll explore and research the cocoa supply chain and related governance issues in west Africa. In the History department’s World Wars in History, Memory and Reconciliation, you’ll learn from experts in the history and heritage field, as well as your peers, as you present your research, and explore the museums, cemeteries and memorials across the Western Front and the beaches of Normandy.
Our King’s at Rondine Seminar in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation brings together young people from around the world, from regions dealing with ongoing conflict, to collaboratively design strategies to de-escalate conflict and build cross-cultural relationships. King's students spend the month learning with and from these youth, investigating the challenges and possibilities of rebuilding relationships, despite ongoing conflict, and exploring innovative models to promote peace and transform conflict.
And experiential learning can be part of your big experience at King’s in a host of other programs. You can choose from 113 courses at King's that include experiential learning.
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What do students who've participated in these courses have to say?
Kaygen Dache attended the Ghana Field Course, in our Politics and International Relations department. The students in this course explore the chocolate supply chain (i.e., production of cocoa in Ghana to the consumption of chocolate around the world) and are introduced to key global governance issues including conflict prevention, peacebuilding, counterterrorism, human security and human rights.
"Through the Ghana Field Study course, I’ve developed deep and valuable connections with students and faculty at King’s and at other universities. It feels like before and after Ghana mark complete shifts in my personal and professional perspectives. Since the trip, my interest in international relations and global development has exponentially grown. Today, I work with professors from the University of Ghana and York University as a research assistant for a textbook on African politics."
"To say Ghana taught endurance, resilience, and resourcefulness is an understatement. Professor Hannah and Professor Tieku helped us through the challenges inherent in long research/working days, interviews with high-level government officials, and the balance between fun and productivity."
"Without King’s small class sizes I never would have gone on this trip. I connected with Professor Tieku in my second-year class of ~25 students and our conversations about the trip that made me feel comfortable, intrigued, and confident to attend."
Priya Flynn participated in the World Wars in History, Memory and Reconciliation course in the History department.
“I’m a visual learner, so being able to go to these sites of remembrance and use not only the maps at the site but also the trench maps our professors brought has been so helpful. It allows me to visualize how the battles played out and personalize where the soldiers fought and fell. I gained a sense of connection to the land they must have felt while they were fighting there.
“The difference between classroom learning and learning on site is huge. In the field, you’re not just reading words or listening to someone talk — you’re standing exactly where these events happened as someone is explaining it to you. That kind of experience creates a much deeper emotional connection.
“This is unique to King’s because it’s not just a trip — it’s a true learning experience. We study these places in advance, and because of the small class sizes, you build real connections with the people you’re learning alongside. That makes it even more meaningful when you’re out there at the sites together.”
Kate Grafton went to Rondine Cittadella della Pace in Arezzo, Italy, in 2025.
"As a student of social justice and human rights, the experience I had at Rondine helped me see how the theory we study in the classroom can be applied in practice to great effect. It was inspiring to listen to the testimonies of the Rondine World House students and to have the opportunity to learn from those diverse experiences, as well as being completely immersed in Italian language and culture. Although I came on this trip as a part of my education, it has impacted me far beyond just that; it has introduced me to new people, new ideas, and new ways of viewing the world that I will carry with me for years to come."
Please note that full-time King’s students can be eligible for bursaries for experiential learning courses.
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