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Exchange Programs

For non-U.S. Participants

Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program

Students from Eurasia have the chance to live with a host family and attend a U.S. high school.

Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX)

The CBYX program is for German and American high school students, vocational students, and young professionals.

American Serbia and Montenegro Youth Leadership Exchange (A-SMYLE)

Serbian and Montenegrin students have the chance to live with a host family and attend a U.S. high school.

Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program

The YES program allows students from countries with significant Muslim populations to spend up to one academic year in the U.S..

Youth Leadership Programs

Students from various countries study topics that include civic education, leadership development, and community service. Programs include: Youth Leadership Programs, Youth Ambassadors and Benjamin Franklin Summer Institutes.

English Access Microscholarship Program

The English Access Microscholarship Program provides a foundation of English language skills to talented 14–18 year-olds from disadvantaged sectors through after-school classes and intensive summer sessions.

For U.S. Participants

Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX)

The CBYX program is for German and American high school students, vocational students, and young professionals.

National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y)

American students learn less commonly taught languages in overseas immersion programs.

Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Abroad (YES Abroad) Program

American students study in Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mali, Morocco, Oman, Thailand, or Turkey.

Youth Leadership Programs

Programs that do not accept applications

German American Partnership Program

The GAPP program links American high schools with German secondary schools.

Global Connections and Exchange