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Programs are filling fast! Apply online for summer 2023 programs before Feb 15th.

Gain a deeper understanding of the world as you launch your unforgettable educational experiment. Through our ABROAD and VIRTUAL programs, you’ll experience homestays with trusted families, immerse yourself in new cultures, and learn alongside diverse groups of people, all while fueling your purpose-driven passions along the way.

DISCOVER THE DIFFERENCE

The Experiment is the most respected provider of international exchanges for high school students. For 90 years, we have empowered young people to step off the beaten path, experience the world as a classroom, and develop the skills they need to solve the challenges of tomorrow.

LEADING ON HEALTH, SAFETY & RISK MANAGEMENT

Our long history of providing intercultural exchange programs comes with decades of experience ensuring safe learning environments abroad. We continually strive to identify, mitigate, and manage risk while adhering to health and safety guidelines in global and local contexts.

FUELING YOUR PURPOSE-DRIVEN PASSIONS

Earn college credit, intern, and build the technical and interpersonal skills that set you apart. Colleges and future employers look for leadership, intercultural communication, problem-solving, and critical thinking – all skills that you will build through Experiment programs and internships.

CELEBRATING DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

Diverse identities and experiences are essential to intercultural exchange. We are committed to recruiting and supporting participants of the broadest socioeconomic, racial, ethnic, and geographic background of any high school exchange program in the world.

“I feel like I truly experienced what it means to be a part of something. The word ‘community’ felt so genuine and true during my homestay. I hope that I will be able to cultivate these types of relationships, the ones where you know that you can go into any house and find a home, back where I live.”

Casey, Experimenter, South Africa

FIND YOUR FOCUS

FOR THE CULTURALIST

France: Cultural Discovery

Discover the richness of France through its diverse cultures and regions—from Paris to a border community and its neighboring country.

FOR THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

Ecuador: The Galápagos Islands
& the Andes

Explore Ecuador’s natural wonders, from the Andes mountains to the Amazon basin and the Galápagos archipelago.

FOR THE LANGUAGE ENTHUSIAST

Jordan: Arabic Language
& the Middle East

Earn college credit while developing your Arabic language skills and exploring Jordan’s social, political, and environmental landscapes.

SUMMER 2023

Apply online for summer abroad 2023 programs before February 15, 2023. If you are applying with one of our partner organizations or schools, your deadline may be earlier.  (Enrollment requests after February 15^th will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.)

Read our FAQs to learn more about our enrollment process and timeline, as well as our 360-degree approach to risk management as it impacts programs abroad amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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