Academic Programs International
API, Academic Programs International, is an independent study abroad provider based in the US. Its locations include Argentina, Costa Rica, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Qatar, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. API procures housing and educational arrangements as well as excursions in each program. A scholarship of $250–1000 is also provided, the amount being partially based on financial need and partially based on the student's merits (essays/recommendations).
Destinations
Argentina
- Buenos Aires - Universidad de Belgrano, Universidad Torcuato di Tella
Costa Rica
France
- Grenoble - Centre Universitaire d'Etudes Francaises, Grenoble École de Management
- Paris - Université de Paris, Université de Paris VII (Diderot), Université de Paris IX (Dauphine)
Hungary
- Budapest - Corvinus University of Budapest
Ireland
- Cork - University College Cork, National University of Ireland
- Dublin - Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
- Galway - National University of Ireland, Galway
- Limerick - University of Limerick
Italy
- Florence - The Lorenzo de'Medici School
- Rome - John Cabot University, The Lorenzo de'Medici School
- Syracuse - The Mediterranean Center for Arts and Sciences
- Tuscania - The Lorenzo de'Medici School
Mexico
- Querétaro - Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
Poland
- Kraków - Jagiellonian University of Kraków
Qatar
Spain
- Barcelona - University of Barcelona, University Autónoma of Barcelona, University Pompeu Fabra
- Bilbao - University of the Basque Country, University of Deusto
- Cádiz - University of Cádiz
- Granada - University of Granada
- Madrid - Complutense University, Suffolk University, Antonio De Nebrija University
- Salamanca - University of Salamanca
- Seville - University of Seville, Pablo De Olavide University
United Arab Emirates
- Sharjah - American University of Sharjah
United Kingdom
- Leeds - University of Leeds
- London - University of the Arts, University of Westminster, London School of Economics
Fees
Average tuition costs range from $7500 to $14,000/semester. Year programs can go as high as $25,000. Fees for most programs do not vary with how many credit hours are taken in that period, and include everything from housing, meals, travel, medical insurance, etc.
Excursions
Each program typically offers 4-9 extracurricular excursions (depending on the selected destination) included in the flat-rate fee. They last a few days and travel is done with other students in the API group. For any other excursions on the student's behalf, Europe's Eurail is a popular and convenient way to get around (see Eurail on Wikitravel).
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