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AFS is an inclusive community of global citizens: students, families and volunteers determined to build bridges between cultures.

Your World Awaits! 🌍 AFS Year Program 2027/2028 Coming Soon

With AFS, it’s not just about going abroad. It’s about stepping out of your comfort zone, meeting people who see the world differently, and discovering how much you can grow along the way.

Choose your journey through our Trimester, Semester, or Year Programs across 25 countries around the world. 🌍✨ From America, Europe, to Asia. You’ll live with a host family, attend a local school, learn a new language, experience a new culture, and make friendships that can last a lifetime.

But the most important part? You’ll come home with more than memories. You’ll return with a broader perspective, greater confidence, and a deeper understanding of people and cultures—ready to become an active global citizen who can connect across differences and make a positive impact in the world.

Because sometimes, the best way to discover the world is to live in it, not just visit it.

✨ 25 countries. 3 ways to experience the world. One journey that can change you forever.

AFS Year Program 2027/2028 — Coming Soon!

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  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • North America
  • Oceania

AFS Very Short Program: Fall & Winter Immersion — Applications Now Open!

If you want a life-changing experience, then AFS Program is the one for you. AFS will give you a new insights on life, learning new culture, learning a new foreign language, and of course, gaining new friends and family.

You will gain new personal skills that will enable you to adapt anywhere. You will learn to be independent, responsible, and flexible. Those will be valuable in all stages of your life.

As an AFS student, you will go to a local high school, and experience a different learning environment in a different education method. Of course, you will also get new friends!

You will live in a host family, who will accept you as a part of their family. This host family will help you during the program, and will be the best resource for you to learn the culture. You can also share your own culture with them

Being an AFS student is an experience of its own. Exploring new challenge and experience will be a new achievement in your life. AFS volunteers are also ready to support you, according to a standard and procedure designed by AFS to ensure your positive experience during program.

  • First grade and Second grade in High School (SMA/ SMK/ MA) – Homeschooling students can apply
  • For 2026 Program, born between  6 October 2008 – 6 September 2011 (15-17 years old)
  • Agreement and consent from parents and school (proven in written, signed in an available form).
  • Citizen of Indonesia, proven by birth certificate.
  • Physically and mentally fit for the program.
  • Participate in selection stages conducted by Bina Antarbudaya. Selected candidates will be eligible for the AFS Program according to selection result.
  • Registration will only be conducted through Online Registration link website
  • **Registration PIN for accessing the system is only available through Bina Antarbudaya , with a registration fee of Rp150.000,-
  • Register to: https://application.afs.org/indonesia/s/applynowregister

Application to become Host Family are now open

Welcome The World into Your Home

Hosting an international student in your home is a great way to learn about a new culture and share your own culture and values. Children often enjoy being cultural ambassadors, introducing their new brother or sister to local customs, traditions and national holidays. Everything from preparing meals to sightseeing are opportunities to discover and appreciate cultural and other differences. We call this the #AFSeffect!

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Why You Should Go Abroad with AFS?

  1. Enhancing life experience by direct immersion in local cultures
  2. An investment for the future: Further education, Career, and Life
  3. Safe & supportive learning environment. Offered by Host Family, Host School, AFS Volunteer and Staff
  4. Gaining core competences according to AFS learning journey curriculum: Personal, Interpersonal, Cultural, and Global

AFS Global STEM Changemakers Initiative

AFS Global STEM Changemakers Initiative

Full-scholarship, STEM and sustainability-focused intercultural exchange programs, funded by bp. Young scholars will develop the skills needed to work in and advance a sustainable future, while broadening their understanding of STEM, solving sustainability challenges, and enhancing their global awareness – all to create positive social impact

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AFS NEW ONLINE PROGRAM - AFS Global You - Adventurer

What is the AFS Global You™ Adventurer program?

Would you like to make friends around the world from your home? AFS Global You Adventurer is here to help you do that!

This is a one-of-a-kind online program where you will learn about connecting with people across cultures and become part of a global community. In addition to having fun, you’ll learn from AFS intercultural learning experts based on more than 70 years of experience running exchange programs and other education programs in more than 60 countries.

Take a look details program at the link on the left.
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Step out of your comfort zone, become a global citizen with AFS

Whether you are in high school, at a university or jump-starting your career, AFS has the right program for you! Go to school, learn another language or check out our cultural internships and volunteer abroad opportunities. Host families and volunteers are waiting to help make your intercultural learning experience the best time of your life.

Study abroad with AFS

We provide extraordinary intercultural learning opportunities

  1. Study Abroad

  2. Host an AFSer

  3. Volunteer

  4. 18+ Programs

  5. Educators & Schools

  6. Support our mission

  1. Study Abroad

  2. Language Learning

  3. Volunteer Abroad

  4. Internships Abroad

  5. Adult Study Abroad

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    Develop your skills and build a global network for a brighter future
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Ready to change the world?

Volunteer for AFS

Explore your potential and pick from a choice of roles and flexible schedules. Benefit from our exceptional volunteer training program, develop your leadership skills and help others learn how to live together.

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Indonesian YES Alumni Association

Indonesian YES Alumni Association (IYAA) is a platform to encourage and empower YES Alumni in Indonesia to give back to the community just like what they did during their exchange program. YES is the abbreviation of Youth Exchange and Study. It is a merit-based scholarship for high school students aged 15-17 to spend one academic year in the United States living with an American host family, attending high school, acquiring leadership skills, and helping to educate Americans about their home country and culture.

Further information about IYAA

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