Exchange Student Destination Countries

Do you want to experience a white Christmas? Or are you dying to try snails and frogs legs in France? Or is an American Thanksgiving dinner more your style?

Options abound when it comes to where you can go on exchange. As country destinations available for Australian students are changing constantly, it is always advisable to check with us to see what new countries have been added, or what conditions may have forced the removal of a destination. If you would like to go to a country that is not on our list in the top right, please contact us as we are more than happy to look into this for you.

If you can't find the country you are interested in fill out our enquiry form and we will find the information for you.

Many of WEP's programs include weekends away excursions, mini-tours, group orientations and day trips. Browse through our country pages to find out what each destination has on offer. Click here for a full list of included program extras!

  • China
  • Turkey
  • Finland
  • Canada
  • Hungary
  • The Netherlands
  • France
  • Belgium
  • USA
  • Austria

Country Promotions - Featured

USA

The one and only: New York! See it on exchange!

Visit the Big Apple, the Statue of Liberty and Central Park during a three-day NY tour included for all August departures.

Receive a $500 discount off the 2010/11 program fee if you apply before 11 May '10 to participate in a semester or year program (leaving Jan - May '11). Available to students in years 9 - 12 in NSW and QLD and years 9 -11 in VIC.

Argentina

Week-long orientation in Rosario!
Students enjoy a week-long, group orientation program, which includes 25 hours of Spanish language instruction and prepares students for life in Argentine families, communities and schools.

Japan

Experience futuristic Tokyo!
All long-term programs to Japan include a three-day arrival orientation in Tokyo for students to learn about life and school in Japan.

Country Promotions - Scholarships

Belgium

Scholarship to Belgium

WEP will give away a $3000 scholarship to a student to go on a year-long program to Belgium in 2011. Contact us for details.

Learn French in Belgium...and still get to see Paris!

All long-term programs to Belgium include an orientation weekend in Brussels as well as a weekend in Paris (May) and another European capital (October).

Italy

Scholarship to Italy

WEP will give away a $3000 scholarship to a students to go on a year-long program to Italy in 2011. Contact us for details.

Italy, the place to be!

Included on all semester and year programs: Orientation camp at Lake Maggiore at the beginning of the program and a weekend in a major city such as Venice, Rome or Florence.

  • Japan
  • WEP Faces
  • Argentina
  • Norway
  • Italy
  • Belgium
  • Ireland
  • Japan
  • Hungary
  • Ghana
  • Thailand
  • Germany
  • Germany
  • Mexico
  • Mexico
  • Thailand

Country Promotions - Specials

France

C'est la vie!
The French have good reason to be proud of their contributions to art, literature, philosophy, architecture, food and wine, sport and film. See for yourself!

Receive a $500 discount off the 2010/11 program fee if you apply before 11 May '10 to participate in a semester or year program (leaving Jan - May '11). Available to students in years 9 - 12 in NSW and QLD and years 9 -11 in VIC.

Germany

Discover the land of poets and philosophers!
Centuries of rich history are obvious when wandering through a typical German village where castles and old town halls look like something out of a fairy-tale. A week-long orientation camp is included for all August departures!

Receive a $500 discount off the 2010/11 program fee if you apply before 11 May '10 to participate in a semester or year program (leaving Jan - May '11). Available to students in years 9 - 12 in NSW and QLD and years 9 -11 in VIC.

USA

The one and only: New York! See it on exchange!

Visit the Big Apple, the Statue of Liberty and Central Park during a three-day NY tour included for all August departures.

Receive a $500 discount off the 2010/11 program fee if you apply before 11 May '10 to participate in a semester or year program (leaving Jan - May '11). Available to students in years 9 - 12 in NSW and QLD and years 9 -11 in VIC.