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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 Alcala De Henares, Spain: Where I Learned To Live Instituto Franklin-UAH: Alcalá de Henares - Study Abroad in Spain

"My study abroad experience was one of the best experiences of my life so far. I'm hoping that in the rest of my life I'll be able to have experiences like it, but it was so awesome that it may be hard to top. I feel so much more aware of the world and all the cultures in it. My experience guaranteed my future of traveling everyw..."

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Past Review Colombia: The Risk Is Wanting To Stay... Universidad de los Andes: Bogota - Direct Enrollment/Exchange

"I would totally do it again. It is very interesting to compare the different teaching styles in the different countries. People are very outgoing and welcoming, and willing to learn from you as well."

Trinity University
Past Review Pembroke King's Programme: Who Wouldn't Want To Go!? University of Cambridge, Pembroke College: Cambridge - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Yes, I learned how to motivate myself academically. I learned a lot about Britain and also about the world from a British perspective. I feel that I am much more receptive to different opinions and appreciate them more."

Harvard University
Past Review Ecuador: Unforgettable, Affordable, And Unforgettably Affordable. Universidad San Francisco de Quito: USFQ Cumbaya Program

"Yes, but it wasn't a study abroad experience for me. "

Trinity University
Past Review My Month In Spain Instituto Franklin-UAH: Alcalá de Henares - Study Abroad in Spain

"Absolutely. My Spanish improved greatly, I met fantastic people from all over the US and the world, and I learned so much about Spanish culture. I really could not have asked for a better experience."

Indiana University - Bloomington
Past Review Colegio De Mexico: Useful And Enjoyable. El Colegio de México: Mexico City - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"This was certainly worthwhile. My cultural understanding of Mexico was deepened, my Spanish improved (especially my academic Spanish), and my academic understanding of my field of interest is now much deeper. I also got a useful head start on my thesis research, which is already paying dividends. This experience has not chang..."

Harvard University
Past Review Scotland: Where Freedom Lives Edinburgh Napier University: Edinburgh - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I grew up a little bit while I was in Scotland. I became much more independent and learned a lot about myself. It was interesting living in a completely different country for a while and seeing how I adapted to the experience. I gained a lot of motivation from my experience, although that was also partly from backpacking through..."

Edinburgh Napier University
Past Review Sorrento An Experiance I Will Never Forget Sant'Anna Institute: Sorrento - Live, Learn and Immerse in Italy

"I was able to see things I will probably never see again and that most people will never see in a lifetime."

SUNY - College of Technology at Alfred (Alfred State University)
Past Review Santiago De Compostela: The Best 10 Months Of My Life Universidad De Santiago de Compostela: Santiago de Compostela - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Absolutely. My command of the Spanish language is one hundred times better than before I left. I also met wonderful and interesting people from all over the world, and I wouldn't trade that cultural exchange for anything. "

University of Maine at Orono
Past Review Frankfurt, Germany: Viel Spass Goethe Institute: Berlin - German Courses

"My study abroad was completely worthwhile. I got to see so many amazing places and meet people who will be special to me for the rest of my life."

University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse
Past Review Turkey Was Magical! Bogazici University: Istanbul - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"It was worthwhile! I feel more open to different cultures and more enlightened. As for my future plans I know for sure I need to have a high education and become somebody very important."

University of California - Riverside
Past Review Mendoza: An Argentine Desert Oasis Universidad Nacional de Cuyo: Mendoza - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Yes. I have no doubts. It is hard to put into words everything that I learned and how I changed the first ten months I went abroad... maybe after this second trip, these fourteen months of travel and school, I will be able to communicate the change. It is a peace of mind, a confidence in myself and my Spanish language and a happ..."

Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Past Review Hanyang University Exchange Program Hanyang University: Seoul - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Studying and traveling in South Korea opened up a whole new world. I saw and did things that I had only ever seen before on TV. It forced me to be open, excepting, and to question everything. By taking a leadership course that forces you to explore what it means to be a leader in todays globalizing world; living with a punk-l..."

Ithaca College
Past Review England: My Year The Yank. Nottingham Trent University: Nottingham - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I was enrolled a truly global university with over 160 nations represented on campus. I was exposed to people, ideas, and cultures I never imagined interacting with and I am a better person from it. I no longer tell my friends I WANT to apply to grad school in France, rather I tell them that I AM applying to grad school in Fran..."

San Jose State University
Past Review Prague: Beatifully Small But Complex Czech Technical University: Prague - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"I had never been out of the country and i gained a lot of independence and understanding of the world. Also, taught me how to plan things well. "

Kansas State University
Past Review Lse General Course London School of Economics (LSE): London - General Course, Year-Long Study Abroad Programme

"Totally! I got to have a year worth of British/European experience and got the chance to know the other part of the world from a close distance. I also learnt so much more about myself, made great friends, and make great connections worldwide."

Trinity University
Past Review Brussels: Enjoy Yourself Vesalius College: Brussels - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"This was the best summer of my life. I learned a lot about myself, about other people. Experienced several different cultures that I didn't think I would get to do at this point in my life."

Trinity University
Past Review Always Say "Bonjour!" In Provence! Institute for American Universities (IAU): The School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Aix-en-Provence, France

"Yes! I got a lot of great research and language skills! I will visit IAU Aix in the future and the French friends I made there are coming to visit me here!"

Towson University
Past Review China: Great Experience, Yet Challenging Beijing Foreign Studies University: Beijing - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Yes it was definitely worthwhile. My Chinese language skill sky rocketed, and this made me want to return to China and find a job after graduation."

Trinity University