Summer Work/Travel Exchange

The Summer Work/Travel (SWT) Program, a category of the U.S. Department of State’s Exchange Visitor Program, brings foreign post-secondary (college or university) students to the United States to work and travel for a maximum of four months during their summer vacations. Summer Work/Travel, like all exchange programs, is intended to provide participants with broad exposure to U.S. culture and society, and to foster greater appreciation among Americans of the participants’ home countries. Specifically, Summer Work/Travel is designed to allow participants to become directly involved in the daily life of the people of the United States through travel and temporary work.

The following Alliance member organizations sponsor summer work/travel programs:

Alliance Abroad Group (AAG)

AIFS (American Institute for Foreign Study)

ASSE International Student Exchange Programs

CCUSA

Center for Cultural Interchange (CCI)

CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange

Cultural Exchange Network (CENET)

Cultural Homestay International (CHI)

Cultural Vistas

French-American Chamber of Commerce (FACC)

Geovisions

German American Chamber of Commerce (GACCNY)

InterExchange

International Cultural Exchange Organization (ICEO)

International Exchange of North America (IENA)

Intrax Cultural Exchange

YMCA International

A list of all inbound Summer Work/Travel sponsors designated by the Department of State can be found on the Department’s website.