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Achieve your global ambitions with 18plus
International programs for college students, young adults and teachers
Choose Programs:
Find the right opportunity for you:
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Internships
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Language Learning
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Volunteer Abroad
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Teaching
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Gap Year
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Study Abroad
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What’s your passion?
Internships
Boost your job prospects with an international workplace training in your desired profession. See what your studies look like in a business, government or NGO, while making your CV or resume more attractive to employers.
Language Learning
Practice your new language in real world settings. Plus, enjoying the customs and traditions of a new culture is easier when you are fluent in the language.
Volunteer Abroad
Tackle an issue that you are passionate about. 18plus lets you choose your area of interest—from working with youth to environmental issues—in a part of the world that you would like to work in and learn from.
Teaching
Spend some time in another country, exploring another educational system, from a few weeks to a year. Share your experience with other teachers and students abroad in a new cultural setting.
Gap Year Opportunities
Go abroad for a few weeks, a few months or longer. Develop new life skills, find your passion, learn another language and make friends in cool places. All great ways to prepare for college, and learn to be more independent.
Study Abroad
Combine academic classes in any discipline or field of study with an international experience. Enhance your academic learning by working with new professors with different perspectives.
The next generation of outstanding AFS programs.
Trusted organization. Proven track record. Lifelong connections.
Born from AFS values, 18plus programs are organized by a network of well-respected AFS and other organizations. We help adults find the right international program to achieve your personal and professional goals. Benefit from an international community of friends, qualified staff and passionate volunteers ready to help you achieve your dreams.
A global perspective; a valued competitive edge
Stand out from your peers by adding “global” to your personal and professional identity. Stimulating 18plus experiences provide young adults with a clear advantage in many ways and every profession—at home and around the world. That’s because living, studying, working and volunteering abroad helps you become more confident in unfamiliar settings, while sharpening practical cross-cultural skills valued in many universities, NGOs and workplaces.
Gain global competence
18plus participants are supported by a Global Competence Certificate program that will help you better navigate your international experience and prepare you for a lifetime of cross-cultural encounters.
Build essential skills for an international workforce
Learn another language to communicate across cultures
Enhance any professional study with global experience
Experience another country without being a tourist
Volunteer on the other side of the world
The Global Competence Certificate
AN IMPORTANT CREDENTIAL FOR INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONALS
This state-of-the-art Global Competence Certificate (GCC) program prepares you to successfully navigate new cultural environments—during your 18plus experience and long after you finish the program. Online intercultural learning modules combined with in-person sessions help you develop practical and global skills, knowledge and attitudes that employers need and mission-driven organizations believe will help achieve their social impact goals.