Students receive the CIEE Certificate of Achievement in Intercultural Education (CAIE) upon successful completion of the CIEE Seminar on Living and Learning Abroad. The CAIE denotes an understanding of concepts and skills necessary for intercultural development, a heightened commitment to intercultural learning during the course of their study abroad with CIEE, and an improved ability to adapt to an intercultural setting. This achievement appears as a notation on their CIEE Academic Record and students are provided with a physical certificate before their return to the U.S.