CIEE: The Council on International Educational Exchange is the leading U.S. non-governmental international education
organization. CIEE creates and administers programs that allow
high school and university students and educators to study and teach abroad.
Into the chilly postwar world of 1947, CIEE launched the next
generation of study abroad programs, the first since they’d
been suspended during World War II. Senators and scholars worried
about how to increase international understanding and establish
trust between nations. As soon as there was enough capacity aboard
trans-Atlantic ships to carry students, CIEE programs began teaching.
Today, CIEE is composed of two interrelated but operationally independent entities based in Portland, Maine and Tokyo, Japan. Our membership continues to grow.
For U.S. high school and university students, CIEE administers approximately 104 study abroad programs in over 35 host countries and teaching programs in Chile, China, Spain, and Thailand. Educators can participate
in 26 summer seminars in 28 countries.
The Trainee Program – a category of the J-1 Visa – constitutes one of CIEE’s core areas of competency. During its nearly 20 years as administrator of this program, CIEE has supported more than 50,000 participants in their endeavor to expand their knowledge and skills and to enhance their professional qualifications. The knowledge and experience accumulated over this time, along with an enduring commitment to quality, has allowed CIEE to remain the largest sponsor in this category and an overall leader in program administration.
CIEE's Work & Travel USA Program makes it possible for international students to explore life in the United States. The program is designed so that overseas students can become more than tourists, experiencing life in the U.S. firsthand by working alongside U.S. citizens in temporary employment. CIEE has been designated by the U.S. State Department to administer this J-1 visa program since 1969.
Who could argue? We need understanding and trust more than ever
today. Gain that understanding and build that trust through a CIEE program.