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, which celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2026, 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 experience in a host of other King's programs. You can choose from 113 courses at King's that include experiential learning.
See your lessons in action, and make a difference.
Read more about experiential learning opportunities at King's.
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.
"It feels like before and after Ghana mark complete shifts in my personal and professional perspectives. Today, I work with professors from the University of Ghana and York University as a research assistant for a textbook on African politics. 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.
“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.”
Divya Bahri, BA’22 (English Language & Literature and Social Justice & Peace Studies), went to Rondine Cittadella della Pace in Arezzo, Italy.
"Being outside the classroom and coming here in person to Italy is amazing. You learn things you can’t learn in the classroom. Connecting to the World House students [students from countries in conflict] and hearing their stories is the basis of social justice. You grow as a person, traveling and learning about the culture of Italy and learning about people from all across the world. It gives you a different perspective on how to listen to both sides of the story and look at the people behind a conflict that might just be a news title at home. Social Justice and Peace Studies is all about lived experiences, the human aspect, and creating a world where everyone is valued and can live a healthy and safe life.”
Please note that full-time King’s students can be eligible for bursaries for experiential learning courses.
You can support King's students in their experiential learning with a donation.
