The program is administered regionally by well-renowned international exchange organizations. Select your State to connect with your regional implementing organization or log-in to your existing application.
The CBYX high school program is no longer accepting applications for the 2025-26 program. To log in to an existing application, please select your state above and connect with your implementing organization.
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The CBYX high school program is administered regionally by four well-renowned international exchange organizations. Residents of the following states will apply to CBYX through ASSE International Student Exchange Programs: AK, CA, HI, ID, MT, ND, NV, OR, SD, and WA.
If you are an educator and would like to refer a student from the ASSE region to CBYX high school program, please click here.
The CBYX high school program is administered regionally by well-renowned international exchange organizations. Residents of the following states will apply to CBYX through AFS Intercultural Programs USA: AK, CA, CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SD, and VT.
If you are an educator and would like to refer a student from the AFS region to CBYX high school program, please click here.
To be notified when the 2026-27 high school program application is available, please register here.
The CBYX high school program is administered regionally by well-renowned international exchange organizations. Residents of the following regions will apply to CBYX through CIEE: AZ, CO, DC, FL, GA, ID, KS, KY, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, OR, SC, TX, USVI, UT, VA, WA, WV, WY, and Puerto Rico.
If you are an educator and would like to refer a student from the CIEE region to CBYX high school program, please click here.
The CBYX high school program is administered regionally by well-renowned international exchange organizations. Residents of the following states will apply to CBYX through Youth For Understanding USA: AL, AR, Guam, HI, IL, IN, IA, LA, MI, MS, MO, NV, TN, and WI.
If you are an educator and would like to refer a student from the YFU USA region to CBYX high school program, please click here.
Eligibility for 2025-26 Programs:
The 2025-26 program is no longer accepting applications. The 2026-27 eligibility will be posted when the application becomes available.
To be considered for the 2025-26 CBYX scholarship for high school, you must be:
- A U.S. citizen
- Aged 15 to 18 ½ on August 1 of the program departure year
- A current high school student at the time of application, with a GPA of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale
- Interest in learning the German language (no German language study/knowledge is required to apply)
- Comply with U.S. Department of State eligibility policy for American Outbound Youth Programs (click here to view that policy)
Not eligible for the high school scholarship? Please consider the post-secondary programs.
CBYX is committed to representing the vast diversity of the United States. Therefore, we encourage applications from all U.S. citizens regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, geographic location, socioeconomic status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Read the Department of State’s commitment to diversity in exchange programs.
Attn: CBYX
120 Wall Street, Suite 1600
New York, NY 10005
1-800-AFS-INFO x2161
[email protected]
More info: www.afsusa.org/cbyx
AFS Intercultural Programs USA
The AFS mission is to work toward a more just and peaceful world by providing international and intercultural learning experiences to individuals, families, schools, and communities through a global volunteer partnership. AFS is a worldwide, nonprofit organization that exchanges more than 13,000 students each year among a partnership of more than 50 AFS partner countries. It was established in 1947 by American Field Service volunteer ambulance drivers of World Wars I and II who believed–as AFS believes today–that the way to build a more just and peaceful world begins when people from different countries meet, learn about each other, and begin to understand each other.
228 North Coast Highway
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
(800) 333-3802 ext. 280
[email protected]
www.asse.com
ASSE International Student Exchange Programs
ASSE was initially founded by the Swedish Parliament in 1938 to facilitate exchanges between Germany and Sweden. ASSE has since evolved and expanded in size and scope. Incorporated in the USA in 1976 as a public benefit, non-profit, high school student exchange program, ASSE maintains a network of over 1200 volunteer representatives in 41 countries in Europe, Asia/Pacific, the Americas, and Africa and accomodates over 10,000 students annually in its various programs.
ASSE’s primary goal is to contribute to international understanding through exchange programs which enable students to learn other languages and about other cultures through active participation in family, school and community life.
Attn: CBYX
600 Southborough Drive
Suite 104
South Portland, ME 04106
1-800-448-9944
[email protected]
www.ciee.org/cbyx
Council on International Educational Exchange
CIEE, the Council on International Educational Exchange, is a non-profit, non-govermental organization dedicated to helping people gain understanding, acquire knowledge and develop skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world. Established in 1947, CIEE is a world leader in student exchange services. Each year, we help nearly 50,000 high school and university students as well as young professionals and educators to grow personally and to develop their potential through participation in a wide variety of exchange programs across the globe. CIEE staff are highly trained and are devoted to providing the highest level of service to our global partners and program participants.
3995 Fashion Square Boulevard
Suite 2
Saginaw, MI 48603
1-800-TEENAGE
[email protected]
www.yfuusa.org
Youth For Understanding USA
Youth For Understanding (YFU) advances intercultural understanding, life-long learning, global competencies, mutual respect, and social responsibility through transformational educational exchanges for generations of youth, families, and communities, supported by dedicated volunteers and professional staff. As a staff and volunteer-supported network of more than 50 international partners, YFU helps participants broaden their perspectives through immersive experiences that share a culture from the inside out, promoting the understanding that we are all citizens of one world. YFU cultural exchange programs provide the ultimate reality check to a worldview based on stereotypes.
Since 1951, more than 270,000 exchange students, their host families, and 12,000+ worldwide volunteers have benefited from YFU’s study abroad programs. The YFU global network remains united by the belief that full cultural immersion is the most effective means to gain the skills needed to thrive in an increasingly multicultural, interconnected and competitive global society.