Host an Exchange Student

Experience international culture without leaving home by hosting an NWSE foreign exchange student! The world comes to you! Host an exchange student for rewarding opportunities to share your culture, and to get to know a student from another country.
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Become an Exchange Student

NorthWest Student Exchange organizes affordable and relevant cultural exchanges for great students like you! Participate in an NWSE program, and take a major step toward realizing your international goals.
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Become an Area Coordinator

NorthWest Student Exchange seeks Area Coordinators (ACs) nationwide to join our team to place and supervise foreign exchange students in the USA. Make a positive difference in your community and in the life of an exchange student.
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Featured Video

Former NWSE student Olivia from Denmark created this wonderful video about her student exchange experience.

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Host an Exchange Student or Nominate a Host Family!

Host an exchange student and the world comes to you! Hosting an international student is a wonderful opportunity to share your culture with a student from another country, and to experience international culture without leaving home.

For more information with no obligations, register online, email host@nwse.com, or simply call us toll free at (877) 850-3312. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Exchange Award to Germany

NorthWest Student Exchange offers three Student Exchange Awards to qualified U.S. high school students of German. Award winners will travel to Germany for a semester or school year to be immersed in German language, life, and culture.

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Coronavirus Statement:

The CDC has recently posted travel notices to inform travelers and clinicians about current health issues that could affect travelers’ health. COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) symptoms are similar to those of influenza (e.g., fever, cough, and shortness of breath), and the current outbreak is occurring during a time of year when respiratory illnesses from influenza and other viruses, including other coronaviruses that cause the “common cold,” are highly prevalent. The CDC advises to decrease risk for respiratory disease, persons can practice recommended preventive measures.

To every extent possible, NWSE cooperates with our long-standing sending partners overseas to ensure that their and our students are healthy and pose no health-related problems for our host families and communities.

For detailed CDC information, please visit the CDC website and contact NWSE at any time with your questions and any concerns.

“Every person I’ve met here in some way made me think better about myself. And this, I must say, is my biggest impression here. That anytime you talk to somebody –…

Arina from Russia

“Probably the biggest reward of being an exchange student was being hosted by an amazing family. I couldn’t imagine life without them anymore and I feel like I will be at…

Julia from Germany

“I think the greatest reward I got from my exchange was not only the better English skills but also every experience and lesson I had learned. It changed myself and…

Nawaporn from Thailand

“At first when I was thinking of the exchange, could I do it or not… I was afraid… but then I came here and it has been so, so good. I am…

Leonie from France
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Contact NWSE Today!

NorthWest Student Exchange offers a variety of international high school student exchange programs for both international and American exchange students: academic-year, reciprocal, semester, partner school, and summer student exchange programs.

Please contact us with any questions. We look forward to hearing from you!

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