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Short-Term Study

Admissions
The United States offers a wide range of short-term study programs lasting 12 months or less, including high school exchange programs, work and professional exchange programs, vocational and technical programs, short-term university study, and professional study.

Testing
Testing requirements for short-term study vary greatly between programs, so interested applicants should contact the programs in which they are interested.

Publications
The text for the "Short-Term Study" section of this Web site is based on "Book 3: Short-Term Study, English Language Programs, Distance Education and Accreditation" in the U.S. Department of State's If You Want to Study in the United States series. Please visit the "Publications" section to download PDFs of "Book 3" in Arabic, English, French, Russian or Spanish.

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