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Direct Enrollment/Exchange

Direct Enrollment/Exchange is a program provider offering 1872 abroad programs. Programs offered include Study Abroad, Internship, Volunteer, Intensive Language, Gap Year, Graduate Program, High School, Research, Online Program, TEFL Courses, and Adventure Travel abroad programs in 121 countries such as Spain, Venezuela, The United Kingdom, and Ireland.

Below you will find a directory of foreign universities and reviews from students who participated in an exchange, or in direct enrollment.

In a Direct Enrollment program, students have the option of applying directly to the university they wish to attend abroad. Students can go for either one or two semesters and apply using that university's application process listed for international students. Sometimes these students are called Visiting Students, Guest Students or Free Movers. At the foreign university, they will be supported by the university's office of international students, housed with other international students and have the opportunity not only to immerse in a foreign culture, but to do so with students from all over the world.

In an Exchange, you attend a foreign university and a foreign student attends your home university, a student swap for a semester or year. Your university will handle the details of the exchange, you just need to find the ideal foreign university. Hopefully the listings and reviews below can help you down that path. You will need to contact your university's study abroad department or your academic advisor for details on the exchange because the number of valid/active exchange partners may be very limited.

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Past Review Study In London But Outside Of London Royal Holloway, University of London: London - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I gained a stronger sense of independence. I also gained the confidence to know that I can meet new people and just join a new culture. I loved the English style of "reading around the subject" because it allowed me to pick which areas of the course I was most interested in and it held me accountable for my own work. "

Providence College
Past Review Australia: Exploring The World Down Under The University of Queensland: Brisbane - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I benefitted much from being on my own, having to handle situations I have never been in before, and getting to know students who live a very different life."

The University of Texas at Austin
Past Review Stasbourg était Magnifique! University of Strasbourg: Strasbourg - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Going to Strasbourg was amazing and I would choose Strasbourg all over again! I loved being able to spritually grow at Eglise Baptiste de Strasbourg. I loved learning French and being able to walk to Germany! I believe the best time to study abroad in Strasbourg is the Fall semester because the Christmas decorations are the best..."

Oral Roberts University
Past Review Parisian Paradise Institut Catholique de Paris: Paris - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"This program was a better experience than I could have ever imagined. I made lifelong friends, lived in a posh, 17th century, central apartment with three other American girls. My classes were amazing, and my spare time was spent exploring the city solo or with my roommates and our friends. We also took trips out of the city on ..."

University of Arizona
Past Review Jewish Homeland Tel Aviv University: Undergraduate Semester / Year in Israel

"Yes, I learned so much about myself and my Jewish heritage"

University of the Pacific
Past Review Nancy, France: Small But Familiar University of Lorraine: French Courses

"now i want to stay abroad for longer"

University of California - Irvine
Past Review China: Sobering But Enthralling Beijing Foreign Studies University: Beijing - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I could write an essay about this but I will just say that my experience was very worth while, humbling, sobering, eye-opening, enthralling, and fascinating at the same time. "

Trinity University
Past Review An Excellent Experience University of Granada: Granada - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"It was the best experience of my life. "

University of Connecticut
Past Review Ai~Love Japan Kansai Gaidai University: Hirakata - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I had never doubted myself before, but I know for a fact that Japan is the place where I want to live for the rest of my life with a career, family, kotatsu, and all the katsudon I can eat. Japan has made me a better person: cleaner, greener, and far more polite than any American I've ever met. You will be surprised when you r..."

Gustavus Adolphus College
Past Review Learning To Live University of Sussex: Brighton - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Yes. I've met people that I now consider my best friends. I've traveled all over Europe and ventured into Africa. I've pursued academic and personal dreams. Ask yourself when you will ever have an opportunity again in your life to spend the better part of a year away from your work, school, and family. Don't waste that oppo..."

The University of Texas at Austin
Past Review France Was Amazing! ICN Business School Nancy-Metz: Nancy - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"It broadened my cultural horizons while also helping me actually use a language I'd been studying for almost a decade, and eventually encouraged me to get a minor in French."

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Past Review Studying Abroad In Canada: Great Social Experience And I Learned A Lot Academically University of Toronto: Toronto - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

" I actually learned a lot about Canada and other countries from living with international students. I had the most fun-packed semester of my undergrad career and created some of the strongest relationships of my life. "

American University
Past Review Cccu: Cc Crazy Canterbury Christ Church University: Canterbury - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"British girls are amazing."

Illinois State University
Past Review Soas Is An Incredible Alternative Experience For London. SOAS, University of London: London - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Yes -- it was a program that really stretched my mind in a way that only international perspective can."

Wellesley College
Past Review Istanbul: A City, And An Experience, Of Differences Koc University: Istanbul - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"While I had an excellent and very rewarding experience, my time abroad has shown me that I no longer have the desire to live abroad that I did before coming here and actually trying my hand at it. I feel like I also understand people, and myself, much better."

University of the Pacific
Past Review Capa Abroad Program In London Was The Most Amazing Experience Of My Life Imperial College London: London - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I loved my abroad experience and it was definitely worthwhile. I would do the program again in a second. Don't think it is ever too late, just go."

SUNY - College at Oswego
Past Review A Plane Ride To Life: Canterbury Canterbury Christ Church University: Canterbury - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Yes, my study abroad experience was very much worth it. It helped teach me the best way I work. "

Illinois State University
Past Review "Studying Abroad In London Memories For Life" Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance: Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I think the personal growth that I gained from my study abroad experience was the most worthwhile aspect. By studying abroad, I was opened to so many oppurtunites in dance that I didn't know even existed. Studying abroad encouraged me to push my growing edge as a academic student and as a dancer. I'm very grateful for the benefi..."

University of Southern Maine
Past Review The Land Down Under Changed My Life! Macquarie University: Sydney - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I become so independent, non-judgemental, understanding, and patient as a result of this experience. I plan to someday travel back to Australia or get my doctorate there."

Monmouth University
Past Review Sciences Po In Paris: Challenging, Fun, And Rewarding Sciences Po: Paris - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I improved my French a lot, I learned how to be more independent, I had lots of fun, and I got to take classes with a more European perspective on politics and economics. "

Wellesley College
Past Review Everyday With Sunshine In Arica, Chile University of Tarapaca: Arica - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I gained so much that there is not even words to describe my experience. I loved my professors, host family, and everyday experience in Chile. I felt like I could live a normal life, and sometimes that I would forget that I was even abroad - I was meant to study abroad in Chile."

University of Northern Iowa