About CIEE
The World Leader in International Education
Founded in 1947, CIEE is the country’s oldest and largest nonprofit intercultural education and exchange organization. For more than 75 years, CIEE has helped thousands of people gain the knowledge and skills necessary to live and work in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world by offering the most comprehensive, relevant, and valuable exchange programs available.
We began with a mission:
To help people gain understanding, acquire knowledge, and develop skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world.
CIEE Leading Change
Today, CIEE serves more than 340 U.S. colleges and universities, 1,000 U.S. high schools, and more than 35,000 international exchange students annually. CIEE is leading change by leveraging our strengths to help the field of international education and exchange evolve to better help participants acquire the skills needed to tackle the topics that challenge us globally.
The Most Comprehensive Programs and Services
CIEE operates centers in more than 45 cities around the world, along with teach abroad programs and various specialty and custom programs for secondary, post-secondary, and international students.
The CIEE Difference