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Direct Enrollment/Exchange

Direct Enrollment/Exchange is a program provider offering 1869 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, International Summer Schools, Turkey, and Slovakia.

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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November 5, 2026
Past Review Sydney: Nice Place To Visit; Wouldn't Want To Live There University of Sydney: Sydney - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Yes, study abroad was worthwhile. Once I realized that it was my experience to have and I did not have to define it by anyone else's experiences, it was easier for me to enjoy the culture and my time in Sydney. Study abroad really is what you make of it. I tried as much as I could to fit into the culture and do the things that m..."

Wellesley College
Past Review Thailand & Cambodia: Underrated, Beautiful, And Illuminating Payap University: Chiang Mai - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"My trip has opened my eyes to America's relationship with the rest of the world. How the way we live can be beneficial and detrimental to others. How similar I am to people who are so far away, and who lead such different lives than I. I also have a new found confidence that is un-destructible. The trip made me resilient to nega..."

Marymount Manhattan College
Past Review New Zealand: Sweet As Bro! Victoria University of Wellington: Wellington - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"A million times yes. I learned so much. I learned about different cultures. I learned so much about myself by being away from everything that I am familiar with. You make so many great friends that you will forever have in your life. "

The University of Texas at Austin
Past Review New Zealand: The Time Of My Life! The University of Auckland: Auckland - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Absolutely. Best experience of my life. I loved learning about the Maori culture and being able to compare it to Hawaii's own Native Hawaiian culture."

University of Hawaii - Manoa
Past Review Siena Italian Studies: An Enriching Experience For Which I Will Always Remain Grateful. International Center for Intercultural Exchange: Siena Italian Studies

"I cannot begin to explain how much more "worldly" I feel after this experience. It may sound a bit ridiculous, but truly I feel significantly more cultured, discovered things about myself that I didn't know before, and lived in what was in many ways a dramatically different lifestyle than what I had lived my entire life. Not to ..."

SUNY - College at Geneseo
Past Review Study In Tel Aviv Tel Aviv University: Undergraduate Semester / Year in Israel

"I have realized that Israel will always be a place in my heart and be a place that I will continue visiting and supporting for the rest of my life. I learned it is important to be more easygoing and not stress about little things."

University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse
Past Review South Korea: My Crazy Adventures Hannam University: Daejeon - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Yes. I miss the food and friends most. I would love to go back if I had the money or time. "

Western Carolina University
Past Review Mannheim: Intense But Worth It! University of Mannheim: Mannheim - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I gained new perspective of work & life balance. "

Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management
Past Review Ucl: A Great University In An Amazing Location. University College London (UCL): London - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Yes, I'd say my experience was very worthwhile overall. It was a great learning experience in many ways. I grew in independence and confidence in my ability to live in a foreign country on my own and learned a lot in my classes. I made some great friends from all over the world, and had the opportunity to travel to several count..."

Wellesley College
Past Review Austria/Europe Changed My Life!!! FH Joanneum: Graz - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I grew as a person; I met people from all over the world and learned about the culture and the way they think about things. I threw away the sterotypes I had ever learned in the past and I think everyone that met me did the same with their stereotypes about Americans. There is a huge world out there and the only way to learn an..."

New Mexico State University
Past Review I Fell In Love With Europe Lorenzo de' Medici – Florence

"Yes I grew up"

Illinois State University
Past Review A Different Life: New Possibilities Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla / BUAP: Puebla - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"The culture between college students is different from what we are used to and that in itself makes is a great experience to seeing things in a new light. "

Smith College
Past Review New Zealand: A Whirlwind Of Adventure The University of Auckland: Auckland - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I gained personal independence, perspective and greater worldview. I didn't gain much in the academic sense, but in the personal realm I grew as a person, student and traveler. "

Wellesley College
Past Review Palestine: Make Amazing Friends Birzeit University: Birzeit - Palestine and Arab Studies Program

"It made me really interested in practicing engineering"

Harvard University
Past Review Palestine: Make Amazing Friends Birzeit University: Birzeit - Palestine and Arab Studies Program

"It made me really interested in practicing engineering"

Harvard University
Past Review Australia: Beautiful Place, Challenging Schoolwork University of Sydney: Sydney - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I have definitely become more confident in trying new things and meeting new people. I would really like to teach english abroad somewhere in the future."

Western Carolina University
Past Review Ewha, Seoul, South Korea: An Amazing Experience Ewha Womans University: Seoul - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I learned a lot of about Korea and a lot about myself. Living abroad in a different country forces one to learn and adapt. "

Trinity University
Past Review Chinese University Of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Learned a lot about myself and about different cultures. "

University of Hawaii - Manoa
Past Review Ucl: Life Changing And Extremely Fun Experience In London University College London (UCL): London - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I learned so much and I loved every moment of it. I grew as a person and learn to love my major. I met so many amazing and inspiring people."

Wellesley College
Past Review Windy And Wonderful Scotland University of St. Andrews: St. Andrews - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Yes, despite the similarities between the Uk and the US, there are still many cultural differences. Experiencing and coping with these cultural differences taught me about how I think, tick, and operate. It helped me address my own strengths and personal weaknesses; how American society has influenced me etc. I am also much ..."

The College of William and Mary
Past Review The Best Of European City Life In Edinburgh University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Definitely; I became more independent, learned more about practical aspects of day-to-day life (cooking, shopping, transportation), became familiar with the literature of a specific, lesser-known country (one of the classes I took for credit towards my English major was Edinburgh in Fiction, which covered Scottish novels set in ..."

Wellesley College
Past Review Memories To Never Forget Sheffield Hallam University: Sheffield - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"A better sense of the world as a whole and I think better social skills when dealing with people."

Indiana University of Pennsylvania