Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX)
A Fully-Funded State Department Scholarship Program Offering Young Americans The Opportunity To Live With A Host Family And Attend High School In Germany For A Year.
About CBYX
Become fluent in German, learn another culture and expand your horizons to the world!
Jointly funded by the German Bundestag and the U.S. Congress, the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX) is a full scholarship exchange program that offers young Americans the opportunity to live with a host family and attend high school in Germany for a year. You could be one of 50 students chosen to represent the Southeast United States (including Puerto Rico) as a CBYX youth ambassador. Become fluent in German, learn another culture and expand your horizons to the world!
Apply
To be notified when the application for the 2019-2020 program year opens in Fall 2018, please fill out the form here. |
Read our Participant Blogs
Important Dates
| Deadline December 12, 2017 2nd Round Notification February 2, 2018 Student Interviews March 2018 Final Notification April 2, 2018 |
Deadline for Secondary Application April 16, 2018 CBYX Pre-Departure Orientation and Language and Cultural Immersion Camp August 2018 Program Start Date August 2, 2018 Program End Date June 2019 |
Eligibility
- You must be a U.S. citizen.
- You must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
- To be eligible for the 2018-2019 program, you must be between the ages of 15 and 18 and 6 months by August 1, 2018. Birthdate range: January 30, 2000-August 1, 2003.
- German language is not a requirement.
Resources
Quick Facts
Basic information about the CBYX scholarship (pdf)
For Parents
FAQs and Resources (pdf)
For Students
FAQs and Resources (pdf)
For School Counselors
FAQs and Resources (pdf)
Contact Us
CBYX Program
Council on International Educational Exchange
300 Fore Street
Portland, ME 04101 USA
1 (800) 448-9944
cb@ciee.org