Study Abroad & Gap Year Program Watch

Why this is recommended

A Gilman or Fulbright deadline, a working holiday visa quota that opens on a date and fills in hours, a program suspended after an advisory change, or a visa rule that now requires proof of funds each turn a plan into a scramble, and the Tab reads the notices first.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

The 300,000 US students who study abroad each year, the gap-year takers and the parents paying for it.

When it runs

Programs post deadlines during the week; students and parents decide on Sunday

Scope

Gilman, Fulbright, Boren, CLS, Rotary, NSLI-Y, CIEE, IES, SIT, AIFS, Semester at Sea, EF, Where There Be Dragons, Outward Bound and university programs; deadlines and scholarships; suspensions, cancellations and evacuations; student visa rules in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Costa Rica, Mexico and Canada; working holiday visa openings and quotas; State Department advisories for student destinations; credit transfer and fee changes; language school and volunteer program enforcement; insurance and safety requirements

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Study abroad, exchange and gap year program application deadlines and scholarship windows, program suspensions and evacuations, student visa rule changes in the top destination countries, State Department advisory changes for student destinations, university program fee and credit transfer changes, working holiday visa openings and quotas, language school and volunteer program actions and safety incidents and insurance requirements, with the program or country first and the deadline in the title.

Track study abroad and gap year programs for US students. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: application and scholarship deadlines within 60 days for Gilman, Fulbright, Boren, CLS, Rotary, NSLI-Y, CIEE, IES, SIT, AIFS, Semester at Sea, EF, Where There Be Dragons, Outward Bound and major university programs; program suspensions, cancellations and evacuations; student visa rule, fee, proof-of-funds and work permission changes in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Costa Rica, Mexico and Canada; working holiday visa openings, quotas and deadlines; State Department advisory changes for major student destinations; university credit transfer, fee and financial aid portability changes; enforcement actions against language schools and volunteer programs; and insurance and safety requirement changes. Prefer program pages, the State Department, foreign immigration sites, university offices and established education reporting; ignore program marketing and unverified posts. Put the program or country first in the title with the deadline or rule. Use high severity for a deadline within 14 days for a funded program, a suspension or evacuation, or a visa rule taking effect within 90 days. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who qualifies, how to apply, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.