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To help people gain the understanding, acquire knowledge, and develop skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world by bringing the world together through the most meaningful exchange programs available. Today, we advance our legacy as the leading nonprofit
international education organization by facilitating 50,000 exchange experiences for people from 136 countries each year.
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February 3, 2020
Happy new year! Welcome to 2020, the start of a new decade and the year by which many study abroad organizations pledged to double the number of Americans studying abroad...keep reading
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January 17, 2020
Members of our student life team look after the health and general wellbeing of all students; organize extra-curricular activities; and are the day-to-day student contacts for any questions or concerns...keep reading
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November 25, 2019
Alright so this blog is going to be geared more towards my low-income siblings near and far who, just like their peers, want to take advantage of the Study Abroad...keep reading

Hello and welcome! My name is Katie Mayock and I’m very excited to share with you my experience living and teaching in Spain this upcoming year through this page. I...keep reading

Introduction When first applying for the CBYX program I had a thousand questions. One of my concerns was language camp and what that entailed. So I searched throughout the internet...keep reading

Hello! My name is Sophia. Welcome to my first blog post. In one month I will be leaving the states to teach in Madrid, Spain, and no other sentence has...keep reading

TUESDAY 31st MAY 2022 On this chilly winter morning, our first-time volunteers Lilly and Isabel travelled to Sir Seretse Khama International Airport at 7:30 am to pick up the CIEE...keep reading

Hello Friends! As of right now, frankly, I have nothing of substance to say. I just wanted to kickstart the blog with a little portion of information about me as...keep reading
Hallo! My name is Julius Co and I am a fourth-year from UC San Diego studying computer science. In Summer 2022 I studied abroad as part of the CIEE Global...keep reading

Teaching is a fun and fulfilling job to have. You will meet the most amazing, kind hearted and happy kids here in Thailand. They will write you notes, draw you...keep reading

An acronym for "Teaching English as a Foreign Language," a TEFL certificate is an investment into your future as an English teacher abroad, at home, and online . It's a...keep reading

The orientation in D.C. is like summer camp. The time feels so long, and yet so short. Time moved at a different pace to make room for the large amounts...keep reading

CIEE Climate Change Mitigation Session 3 has sadly come to an end. However, we all have such fantastic memories to keep for forever! Here's a compilation of the students' program...keep reading

Earlier in the program, the students had a fun time learning the choreography to BTS' song "Butter", but this time around the students found themselves in the bustling Yonsei University...keep reading
My home university required all study abroad participants to go through cultural awareness training prior to departure. This included how to properly dress, climate differences, alcohol consumption, language differences, etc...keep reading
Liebe Readers, Willkommen Damen und Herren!!! I’m so excited to start this journey. These next 10 months will be a wild ride, and I’m glad I can share my time...keep reading

By María Celeste Barquero Always before traveling I make a great list so as not to forget anything, but guess what! There is always something that escapes us and is...keep reading

My last six weeks in Copenhagen were by far the most chaotic. Chaotic in that I spent the first twelve weeks putting off small excursions, such as various museum visits...keep reading