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Living in London

We provide a very high standard of independent apartment-style living in upscale central London neighborhoods. You will truly become a Londoner in 6 weeks, living in an exciting cosmopolitan city with all of the city’s rich resources right at your doorstep instead of some distance away. Fully equipped flats are typically for 2-5 Miami students—just bring your suitcase! 

  • Flats are equipped with private bath, kitchen, TV, and internet. Many flats have had in-unit washers. Enjoy apartment-style living, not dorms or hotels.
  • Convenient central neighborhoods include Marylebone/Baker St flats, near beautiful Regent’s Park and its rose gardens; Queensway, across from Hyde Park, near Notting Hill; Kensington, in the Royal Borough of Chelsea and Kensington; and Baker's Row, in trendy Clerkenwell. 
  • Equipped kitchen facilities allow you to save money and avoid set meal plans. London has fantastic culinary options for all budgets and often far better quality of food and great small chains (many familiar US ones too). 
  • What should you budget? We recommend your standard weekly food budget and then multiply by 1.45 (or current exchange rate). You can expect London prices to be similar to NYC’s allowing for the exchange rate. 
    For instance, a cup of regular coffee might be £1.20 x 1.45 = about 1.75. 

London

Safety and Security Features

  • 24/7 access line to local London staff trained in safety and security to assist in any emergency, including lost passports.
  • Assistance registering your visit with the US Embassy.
  • Mobile phones with local London numbers provided for all students. 
  • Access to the AIFS student center and local staff for advice, help, and planning for students and families.
  • AIFS assistance if traveling outside UK and trip registration for students and families.
  • Healthcare and medical assistance on-site.
  • Supplemental medical/travel insurance available.
  • Literary London is an official Miami program overseen by Miami Education Abroad/Global Initiatives. 

London Resources

Places of Interest 

Student Alumni and Faculty

Alumni Contacts

Our alumni have majors/minors in ENG, IMS, Strat Comm, Political Science, Music, History, Psychology, Classics, Pre-Law, Foreign Languages, Neuroscience, Zoology, Theater, Anthropology, Athletics, Philosophy, Business, Art History, among others, and have interned in London schools, museums, offices of the Houses of Parliament, fashion, galleries and artists’ studios, PR offices, publishing, and many other areas!

Sydney Hill (museum intern)

Delaney Heisterkamp (publishing intern); Aliyah Cruz, Cassidy Sattler (Peirene Press interns)

Marie-Claire Goerner (MP, House of Parliament office intern)

Amber Stacho, Maria Keller (education interns)

Meg Matthias, Hailey Ardell (social media/media production interns)

Abigail Padgett (artist’s personal assistant)

Kev O’Hara (fashion PR and marketing)

Caitlin Wright (media/theater intern)

Jessi Wright (magazine intern)

Faculty Alumni

Please contact our alumni faculty who will happily talk to you about their past experiences teaching in the program:

James Bromley, Literature:  Shakespeare On-Stage, On-Site, Renaissance studies (ENG 134, 440, 450)

Stefanie Dunning, Literature:  Abolitionist London and the Slave Narrative   (ENG 336/450)

Colin Jennings,  Literature:  Jane Austen and the English Novel (ENG 281/440) 

Katie Johnson, Literature:  Modern British & Irish Drama From Page to Stage (ENG 450)

Katie Kickel, Literature, Hamilton campus: Jane Austen, the English Novel, and Popular Culture (ENG 281/440) 

Margaret Luongo, Creative Writing/Fiction:  Literary London Marketplace (ENG 321); Writing Historical London (ENG 399); Intro to Creative Writing: Writing London (ENG 226)

Anita Mannur, Literature: Postcolonial London (AAA/ENG 369)

Patrick Murphy, Literature: Medieval Literature in London (ENG 327)

TaraShea Nesbit, Creative Writing/Fiction, CNF: Intro to Creative Writing: London Writing You (ENG 226; ENG 399)

Kaara Peterson, Literature:  Shakespeare On-Stage, On-Site , Renaissance studies,  English Detective Fiction (ENG 122, 440, 450, 490)

David Schloss, Creative Writing/Fiction: Writing London (ENG 399) British Modernism (ENG 345)

Catherine Wagner, Creative Writing/Poetry:  A rt and the Word: Ekphrastic and Visual Poetry  (ENG 490)

Retired faculty: Edward Tomarken, Don Daiker