To provide Iowa community college students with opportunities to study abroad in both short term and semester length programs. The Iowa Community College Study Abroad Consortium was formed in 1992. Working in cooperation with the American Institute for Foreign Study, it seeks to provide Iowa Community College Students the opportunity to study overseas.
Many colleges offer short-term study abroad programs from ten days to four weeks in duration.
For information about the semester length program, click the appropriate button. Since its founding in 1994 more than 800,000 students and teachers have participated in its worldwide programs. Its programs teach young people from all over the world to understand each other's qualities and differences. AIFS students learn vital language skills as well as the ability to function in different cultures. It provides its students with the educational edge they need to succeed in a highly competitive, diverse and interdependent world.