Information for term High School Abroad in the United Kingdom
Application deadline, and cost information.
Overview
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Calling all Harry Potter readers, soccer fans, wannabe Beatles and cheese & crackers lovers: you can now live a full immersion in a British high school with CIEE!
Pack up your bags for a semester or a full academic year and settle in on the other side of the pond with a placement in a local high school and homestay. Your adventure will start with a 4-day orientation in London, where you’ll meet other American exchange students and visit the capital’s main attractions from Piccadilly Circus, to Trafalgar Square, the Thames River or the British Museum.
Once you reach your final destination, you’ll live the everyday life of a British teen at a day school. Students pick 3 to 4 core topics in the Language Arts, STEM, Creative or Vocational fields (travel/tourism, sports, engineering, health and social care, hair & beauty…), and add enrichment activities. Typically, Wednesday afternoons are left open for enrichment activities. Get ready for your school’s soccer tryouts, or sign up for clubs and activities!
Our network of public and private high schools spreads all over England, in both urban and rural areas – from beach towns in Southern England to big cities like Cambridge or Liverpool in Northern England - providing you access to a wide variety of experiences and facets of the British culture and lifestyle. If you have a set preference for a particular school or location, you can request it for an additional fee. Just let us know and we’ll work with you to make it happen!
Relax after school and on weekends with your new friends and family. Experience everything British life has to offer from cozy evenings cooking, to nature walks or trips to the local city center, shops, sights and festivals.
The Take-Aways
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Independence & Resilience
Come home better prepared to make transitions, take control of new situations, and appreciate challenging experiences for what they are: opportunities to learn and grow.
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College Readiness
Studying abroad gives you the kinds of life skills that can’t be learned in a classroom — and shows college admissions reps that you’re already one step ahead in terms of initiative, maturity, and independence.
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Global Citizenship
After immersing yourself in unfamiliar practices and customs, you’ll become better equipped to interact with people from other cultures — in school, on the job, or in your personal life.
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said their experience made them more aware of global issues.
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said their experience with CIEE helped shape their college applications.
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said they regularly use the knowledge and skills they acquired while abroad with CIEE.
96%
Location & Culture
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The Destination
William Shakespeare. Charles Darwin. Margaret Thatcher. Jolly old England has been home to some of the world’s greatest thinkers, creators, and doers. Come see what inspired them, and find your own inspiration.
Discover a land where an idyllic landscape of rolling green hills and solitary moors abuts metropolitan cities. You’ll also see how easy it is to travel through time here, investigating the ancient megaliths of a 5,000-year-old stone circle, visiting medieval Dover Castle perched on white cliffs above the English Channel, and zooming in on modern architecture in industrial Manchester. Don’t forget to experience quaint, traditional events, like cheese rolling in Gloucestershire, which you’ll find amidst a rich arts scene that includes some of the best theater, music, and fashion Europe has to offer.
CIEE wants all our students to feel welcomed, supported, and empowered to succeed while studying abroad. Local CIEE staff have provided details about conditions and cultural attitudes that students with specific identities might encounter in England.
Daily Life
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"After dinner we always sit around, have tea and toast, and talk together about the day...The days fly by here!" Learn more about daily life on a high school study abroad program by reading our blog posts above.
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Carefully screened homestay
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Local Coordinator in country and CIEE support staff available 24/7
Activities
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Sample Activities
Your immediate surroundings will depend on your placement. You could be living the quiet provincial life in Southern England with easy access to beaches and nature, or experience bustling cities like Liverpool, Manchester or London. Wherever you land, England is a fairly small island, very well connected by public transportation. So whether you tag along with some friends for an afternoon in the city center, join the group for an excursion (available at an additional cost – destinations, schedules and details vary for each semester and are communicated on site), or follow your homestay on a weekend out of town, you will get to travel and experience multiple facets of England.
Rich with history and strong with regional identities, each corner of England has its gems for you to discover!
Please note this list of activities is based on past programs and subject to change at CIEE's discretion to both adapt to local circumstances and participant feedback. For Fall 2021, local health and safety guidelines may not allow for overnight excursions or day trips. Participants will be updated as the program start date comes closer.
Dates & Fees
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ELIGIBILITY
At the time of departure, students must:
- Be at least 16 years old by the start of the program and not turn 18 while on program (boarding schools may accept 15 year old students at an additional cost)
- Have a minimum GPA of 2.5
- Demonstrate, through the application process, their flexibility, maturity, adaptability, and readiness to face the challenges of living in a new culture
APPLICATION FEE
$50
Priority deadline discount: Apply to a fall semester or academic year by February 15 and get a $400 discount. Apply to a spring semester by July 15 and get a $400 discount. Discounts are deducted from final balance.
Program fee includes international airfare and iNext travel insurance. Full inclusions are found online.
Program |
Application Due |
Start Date |
End Date |
Costs |
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| Academic Year 2022 41 weeks | Deadline Passed | Sep 4, 2022* | Jun 15, 2023* |
$30,000 |
| Fall Trimester 2022 15 weeks | Deadline Passed | Sep 4, 2022* | Dec 20, 2022* |
$15,500 |
| Fall 2022 23 weeks | Deadline Passed | Sep 4, 2022* | Feb 15, 2023* |
$17,500 |
| Academic Year 2023 41 weeks | Deadline Passed | Sep 2, 2023* | Jun 15, 2024* |
$31,000 |
| Spring Trimester 2023 13 weeks | Deadline Passed | Jan 2, 2023* | Apr 2, 2023* |
$15,500 |
| Spring 2023 23 weeks | Deadline Passed | Jan 2, 2023* | Jun 15, 2023* |
$17,500 |
| Fall Trimester 2023 15 weeks | Deadline Passed | Sep 2, 2023* | Dec 16, 2023* |
$15,500 |
| Fall 2023 23 weeks | Deadline Passed | Sep 2, 2023* | Feb 10, 2024* |
$17,500 |
| Spring Trimester 2024 13 weeks | Jul 15, 2023 | Jan 6, 2024* | Apr 6, 2024* |
$15,500 |
| Spring 2024 23 weeks | Jul 15, 2023 | Jan 6, 2024* | Jun 15, 2024* |
$17,500 |
*Start and end dates for this program are provided as tentative dates. Schools in this location confirm their academic calendar in late spring. Once enrolled in this program, our team will communicate the confirmed dates when they are published.
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