The Year Abroad Office
Email: yearabroad@mmll.cam.ac.uk
Room 118, 1st Floor, Raised Faculty Building, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. CB3 9DARegular Office Hours
Monday-Friday 9.00-16.30 (Closed weekends, public and bank holidays)
2025 Holiday Closure
YA Office will be closed during Christmas and New Year from 4pm 23 December 2025 and will reopen at 9am on 6 January 2026.
Key Contacts:
Director of Year Abroad Studies: Andrii Smytsniuk
Year Abroad Administrators: Ms Jill Lin, Ms Cassie Marks and Miss Elvira Viktória Tamus
Please note that we operate hybrid working patterns and the best way to reach the Year Abroad Office team is via email at yearabroad@mmll.cam.ac.uk
See the Year Abroad Moodle site for useful information and document templates.
Year Abroad Section Advisers
The MMLL Sections each have a nominated Year Abroad Adviser who can advise with detailed knowledge of the country or countries and available study options.
These are currently:
- French - Prof. Hugues Azérad
- German - Dr. Martin A. Ruehl
- Italian - Dott. Claudia Domenici
- Portuguese - Prof. Maria Manuel Lisboa
- Slavonic - Andrii Smytsniuk
- Spanish - Prof. Rory O'Bryen & Dr. María Noriega-Sánchez

