AIFS Overseas Earns Three Go Abroad Neighborhood Alternative Awards

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We’re excited to share some nice information—AIFS Overseas has been named a winner of three Go Abroad Neighborhood Alternative Awards for 2025! This recognition displays what issues most to us: delivering high-quality examine overseas and worldwide internship packages that college students and pre-professionals love, from teachers to housing and past. 

Be taught extra about what the Go Abroad Neighborhood Alternative Awards imply—and why AIFS Overseas was acknowledged in three classes! 

AIFS Overseas: A Neighborhood Alternative Award Winner 

AIFS Overseas gained three Go Abroad Neighborhood Alternative Awards for 2025 within the following classes: 

• High Research Overseas Suppliers: Housing 
• High Research Overseas Suppliers: Lecturers 
• High Internship Overseas Suppliers: Housing 

These awards spotlight core components of the overseas expertise, and we’re particularly proud that they’re primarily based on suggestions from the individuals who know our packages greatest: individuals such as you! 

In regards to the Go Abroad Neighborhood Alternative Awards 

The Go Abroad Neighborhood Alternative Awards are primarily based on participant evaluations and group suggestions. Every year, Go Abroad highlights top-rated international schooling organizations by analyzing hundreds of verified evaluations from college students and interns who’ve taken half in packages all over the world. 

These awards mirror actual experiences—what individuals appreciated most, what stood out throughout their time overseas, and the way packages supported their educational, skilled, and private targets. 

Highlight on the Successful Classes: Housing & Lecturers 

High Research Overseas Suppliers AND High Internship Overseas Suppliers: Housing 

With secure and central housing included in each program, it’s no shock AIFS Overseas was named a winner for each examine overseas suppliers and internship overseas suppliers. 

What makes AIFS Overseas housing so particular? It’s rigorously chosen by on-site AIFS Overseas employees to make sure college students have a secure, well-located place to remain and may actually reside like an area abroad, with entry to help each time they want it. A lot of our packages additionally supply a number of housing choices, which can embrace a homestay, a shared house, and a pupil residence or dorm—so individuals can select what feels proper for them. 

“I lived in a shared house, and it was a nice expertise. The placement was superior! We had been inside strolling distance of espresso outlets, shops, and plenty of enjoyable locations to discover. I lived with different college students from my residence college, which made it simple to settle in and really feel snug straight away. It was the right steadiness between independence and having a supportive group round me.” –Valeria, studied overseas in Madrid with AIFS Overseas 

High Research Overseas Suppliers: Lecturers 

Recognition within the teachers class speaks to the energy of our instructional partnerships and course choices worldwide. Whether or not you’re learning European historical past on the esteemed Charles College in Prague or taking theater programs on the AIFS Overseas World Training Middle in London, AIFS Overseas coursework emphasizes a hands-on educational expertise that encourages international studying. 

“Lessons overseas had been smaller and extra interactive than at my residence college. The main target was on experiential studying, with a number of area journeys and initiatives tied on to town… I actually loved courses that mixed lectures with hands-on initiatives, like exploring Florence’s artwork and historical past firsthand. Subject journeys to historic websites, meals markets, pasta factories, and wine outlets introduced the fabric to life and made studying extra participating.” –Lizzie, on her expertise on the AIFS Overseas World Training Middle in Florence 

Why This Recognition Issues 

What makes the Go Abroad Neighborhood Alternative Awards particularly significant is that they arrive instantly from faculty college students and alumni. These awards mirror the trustworthy suggestions from individuals who attended courses, settled into housing of their program vacation spot, and navigated the thrilling expertise of learning or interning overseas from begin to end. 

For us, this recognition confirms that the care we put into our packages actually reveals and that our individuals are getting as a lot out of their experiences as we hope they do. And it conjures up us to proceed our mission of frequently bettering packages primarily based on actual experiences. 

What Units AIFS Overseas Aside 

As a charity-owned group, giving again has at all times been on the coronary heart of the AIFS Overseas mission. That features offering scholarships and grants that make our packages extra accessible—so extra individuals can benefit from the life-changing advantages of learning or interning overseas. 

High quality is one other cornerstone of our packages. AIFS Overseas packages mix sturdy teachers or career-focused internships with immersive cultural experiences, together with excursions and actions led by educated native employees. Each program contains housing, social and cultural actions, on-site help, and excursions that assist individuals really feel assured and linked—to their host nation and their fellow program individuals—hanging a steadiness between independence and trusted steering. 

 “I selected AIFS as a result of they supplied sufficient steering that made me snug to intern overseas, but additionally let me really feel unbiased… My on-site [Program Director], Greta, stood out to me, as a result of she was sort and welcoming.” – Claire, Intern in Eire 

As a main examine overseas and internship program supplier with over 60 years of expertise, AIFS Overseas provides faculty college students and pre-professionals the arrogance to go overseas understanding they’re supported each step of the best way. 

Expertise an Award-Successful Research or Intern Overseas Program with AIFS Overseas! 

We’re extremely grateful to our college students, alumni, and companions who took the time to share their suggestions and experiences. Your voices make recognitions like this potential and encourage us to maintain elevating the bar—12 months after 12 months. 

If you happen to’re able to go overseas and advance your private, skilled, and educational targets like hundreds of our glad alumni, take the following step with AIFS Overseas.