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Short Exchange Programs

Our Short Programs offer the chance to be an exchange student without interrupting your schooling. You have the option to go for 2 - 3 months to one of 14 countries.

Benefits

  • Avoid interrupting your schooling. You can choose between an early or late departure in November and you’ll be back in time to resume your studies. If these departures don’t suit, talk to our staff because we can often make individual arrangements if you are prepared to pay a little extra.
  • Boost your language skills. You’ll soon be communicating freely in French, Italian, Japanese, German, Spanish, Danish, Swedish or Norwegian. What a great way boost your language skills before you sit your school exams. A big plus for your future studies.
  • You’ll attend a local school where you’ll have the opportunity to try new subjects or extend your understanding of familiar subjects. You might think you are good at maths. Try it in Japanese!
  • Spend your summer holidays in the Northern hemisphere winter. Experience a traditional European Christmas, snow (hopefully!) for the New Year in Japan, home life and indoor activities with your host family and new friends instead of the usual hot summer we so often experience.
  • Gain new skills and confidence. Pushing beyond your comfort zone is a great way to lift your horizons and gain experience. Give yourself a competitive edge in your future career or studies.
  • Extend your network of friends. There will be many prospects for future contact and travel, with places to stay and people to visit.

Most important are the long-term benefits you will gain and the wonderful memories that will stay with you after you come home.

Visas

Our Short Program students usually enter the country on a tourist visa which means there are no lengthy visa processes beforehand.

Destinations (AU)

Austria
Canada
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom

*Please note that if an application deadline has recently passed, please contact us about application deadline extensions.

Click here to watch our destination videos or download our map of program destinations.

Short Exchange Departures

Argentina
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length2 months DepartureJul 2021 PriceAU $9600 Application deadline10/03/2021 Early Bird deadline31/10/2020
Length3 months DepartureJul 2021 PriceAU $9700 Application deadline10/03/2021 Early Bird deadline31/10/2020
Length2 months DepartureFeb 2022 PriceAU $9600 Application deadline10/09/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length3 months DepartureFeb 2022 PriceAU $9700 Application deadline10/09/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021

Australia (from NZL)
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length2 months DepartureJul 2021 PriceAU $TBC Application deadline3 Months Prior Early Bird deadline31/10/2020
Length3 months DepartureJul 2021 PriceAU $TBC Application deadline3 Months Prior Early Bird deadline31/10/2020
Length2 months DepartureFeb 2022 PriceAU $TBC Application deadline3 Months Prior Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length3 months DepartureFeb 2022 PriceAU $TBC Application deadline3 Months Prior Early Bird deadline31/03/2021

Austria
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length2 months DepartureNov 2021 PriceAU $10650 Application deadline09/06/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length3 months DepartureNov 2021 PriceAU $11650 Application deadline09/06/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021

Canada
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length3 months DepartureSep 2021 PriceAU $11550 Application deadline19/04/2021 Early Bird deadline31/10/2020
Length2 months DepartureNov 2021 PriceAU $11150 Application deadline25/07/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length3 months DepartureNov 2021 PriceAU $11550 Application deadline25/07/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length3 months DepartureJan 2022 PriceAU $11550 Application deadline19/08/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length2 months DepartureMar 2022 PriceAU $11150 Application deadline19/01/2022 Early Bird deadline31/10/2021
Length3 months DepartureMar 2022 PriceAU $11550 Application deadline19/01/2022 Early Bird deadline31/10/2021

Denmark
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length3 months DepartureOct 2021 PriceAU $8300 Application deadline14/07/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length2 months DepartureNov 2021 PriceAU $7740 Application deadline08/09/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021

Finland
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length3 months DepartureOct 2022 PriceAU $TBC Application deadline18/07/2022 Early Bird deadline31/03/2022
Length2 months DepartureNov 2022 PriceAU $TBC Application deadline01/08/2022 Early Bird deadline31/03/2022

France
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length3 months DepartureAug 2021 PriceAU $7900 Application deadline29/05/2021 Early Bird deadline31/10/2020
Length3 months DepartureOct 2021 PriceAU $7900 Application deadline26/08/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length2 months DepartureNov 2021 PriceAU $7700 Application deadline23/09/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length3 months DepartureJan 2022 PriceAU $7900 Application deadline10/09/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021

Germany
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length3 months DepartureAug 2021 PriceAU $8550 Application deadline11/03/2021 Early Bird deadline31/10/2020
Length3 months DepartureOct 2021 PriceAU $8550 Application deadline14/07/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length2 months DepartureNov 2021 PriceAU $8050 Application deadline08/09/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021

Hungary
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length3 months DepartureAug 2021 PriceAU $8550 Application deadline18/02/2021 Early Bird deadline31/10/2020
Length2 months DepartureOct 2021 PriceAU $8050 Application deadline11/08/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length3 months DepartureJan 2022 PriceAU $8550 Application deadline25/08/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021

Ireland
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length3 months DepartureAug 2021 PriceAU $10250 Application deadline03/05/2021 Early Bird deadline31/10/2020
Length3 months DepartureJan 2022 PriceAU $10250 Application deadline15/10/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021

Italy
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length3 months DepartureOct 2021 PriceAU $8200 Application deadline10/07/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length2 months DepartureNov 2021 PriceAU $8000 Application deadline10/07/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021

Japan
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length3 months DepartureAug 2021 PriceAU $8650 Application deadline14/02/2021 Early Bird deadline31/10/2020
Length2 months DepartureOct 2021 PriceAU $8250 Application deadline09/06/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length3 months DepartureOct 2021 PriceAU $8650 Application deadline09/06/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length2 months DepartureNov 2021 PriceAU $8250 Application deadline09/06/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length3 months DepartureNov 2021 PriceAU $8650 Application deadline09/06/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length3 months DepartureMar 2022 PriceAU $8650 Application deadline25/08/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021

Netherlands
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length3 months DepartureAug 2021 PriceAU $9300 Application deadline25/03/2021 Early Bird deadline31/10/2020
Length2 months DepartureAug 2021 PriceAU $8900 Application deadline25/03/2021 Early Bird deadline31/10/2020
Length2 months DepartureOct 2021 PriceAU $8900 Application deadline11/07/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length3 months DepartureOct 2021 PriceAU $9300 Application deadline11/07/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length2 months DepartureNov 2021 PriceAU $8900 Application deadline11/08/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length3 months DepartureNov 2021 PriceAU $9300 Application deadline11/08/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length2 months DepartureJan 2022 PriceAU $8900 Application deadline11/10/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length3 months DepartureJan 2022 PriceAU $9300 Application deadline11/10/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021

New Zealand (from AU)
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length2 months DepartureJul 2021 PriceAU $5700 Application deadline3 Months Prior Early Bird deadline31/10/2020
Length3 months DepartureJul 2021 PriceAU $6000 Application deadline3 Months Prior Early Bird deadline31/10/2020
Length2 months DepartureFeb 2022 PriceAU $5700 Application deadline3 Months Prior Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length3 months DepartureFeb 2022 PriceAU $6000 Application deadline3 Months Prior Early Bird deadline31/10/2021

Norway
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length3 months DepartureOct 2021 PriceAU $8700 Application deadline14/07/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length2 months DepartureNov 2021 PriceAU $8300 Application deadline08/09/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021

Spain
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length3 months DepartureOct 2021 PriceAU $8500 Application deadline24/06/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length2 months DepartureNov 2021 PriceAU $8300 Application deadline24/06/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021

Sweden
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length3 months DepartureOct 2021 PriceAU $8700 Application deadline14/07/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021
Length2 months DepartureNov 2021 PriceAU $8300 Application deadline08/09/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021

United Kingdom
Length Departure Price Application deadline Early Bird deadline
Length3 months DepartureSep 2021 PriceAU $10250 Application deadline03/05/2021 Early Bird deadline31/10/2020
Length3 months DepartureJan 2022 PriceAU $10250 Application deadline01/10/2021 Early Bird deadline31/03/2021