This summer some 180 United College students on the College's 2013 Summer GOAL Programme went abroad to attend courses that would advance their language skills and to experience the local culture. Places and universities visited by the students included Washington, DC; Universite Catholique de Lyon; University of Sydney; Utrecht University; the University of Oxford; Shaanxi Normal University; and the University of Edinburgh. Some of the students also took part in a service learning programme in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Beijing.