Thank you for your interest in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program. The application cycle for 2010-2011 has closed. Applications for 2011-2012 will be available in the fall. Please check back periodically for more information.
Don't Just Learn About Germany — Live it, Love it, And Let it Help You Change the World!
Imagine everything you'll learn with a full scholarship to study abroad in Germany. This is an experience that can change your life. Since 1983, this Congressionally funded youth exchange program has helped to prepare young people for living in a global society. This program will allow you to develop critical intercultural skills while learning what it's like to live and attend school in Germany.
The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program is for motivated high school students who want to live with a host family and attend school for an academic year in Germany. No previous language experience is required.
Host an Exchange Student from Germany!
Make intercultural learning a family experience. Regardless of whether or not you study abroad in Germany, your family can host a Congress-Bundestag Scholar from Germany. Sharing your daily lives can be exciting, rewarding, and fun. Your family has so much to gain and so much to give—share your home and lives. Local volunteers will enroll your student in high school and provide support. Say YES to hosting and have an intercultural experience like no other.
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange is sponsored by the United States Congress and the German Bundestag through the U.S. Department of State.