Welcome to the 2023 TeenLife Guide to Gap Year Programs! Gap years can be among the most exciting and enriching experiences of a young person’s life, but if you’re not sure where to begin, TeenLife can help!
Make sure to use our filter to narrow down the programs by cost, location, focus, and more! You can also check out the gap program’s listing to learn more and even connect with them bysubmitting a Request Info form.
Dynamy Internship Year (DIY) is a personalized gap year for students who want to learn differently, through hands-on learning in the real world...(more)
We offer unique educational adventures where our students live full-time aboard our vessels while spending a semester of their gap year sailing from island to island, country to country, or continent to continent in any number of global locations...(more)
We connect deeply with our global communities and travel with purpose and intention. Our students redefine what it means to embark on a meaningful gap year abroad. Learn a new language, live with a host family, and participate in a volunteer project—all while earning college credit—on a gap year or three-month semester around the world...(more)
Pacific Discovery is a global leader in experiential education, offering transformative gap year and summer programs abroad since 2001. Programs are overland journeys combining authentic immersion, meaningful service, wilderness adventure. Students leave with a deepened sense of their identity, passion, and purpose...(more)
Interested in exploring today’s most critical marine conservation topics? Looking for a sailing adventure aboard a tall ship? Do you want to take your learning out of the classroom and into the field while developing new skills in leadership, teamwork, and research?..(more)
THE ULTIMATE STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCE
Invest in your dreams. Achieve fluency, see the world, expand your international network – and launch your global future. Study for 6, 9 or 11 months and start in April, June, September or January. ..(more)
We create inclusive communities and schools that recognize and develop the unique gifts and capacities of each individual through artistic expression, sustainable agriculture, and a healthy interdependent lifestyle. Each community is designed to meet the needs of children or adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities...(more)
Experience the world and discover your passions with EF Gap Year. Visit 10+ countries, improve your language skills, make an impact, and intern abroad. Build real-world skills, make lifelong memories, and return home a better you. For ages 18-22...(more)
EF Gap Semester is perfect for students who want to explore several countries, learn a language, volunteer, engage in cultural exchange, intern abroad, and develop leadership skills. Programs are accredited so students can earn college credit...(more)
Ready to build self-confidence, problem-solving skills, and a global perspective? During a gap experience with CET, get top-tier language instruction and take your skills in Arabic, Chinese, Italian, or Japanese to new levels. On internship programs, develop valuable professional experience with placements at organizations abroad. ..(more)
Give & Surf’s Gap Year Program in Panama is designed to provide a hands-on educational experience that is service-oriented and immerses participants in the local culture. This unique opportunity allows participants to volunteer in our summer camp & after-school programs, learn Spanish, and participate in a wide range of activities & excursions in Bocas del Toro, Panama...(more)
THE BLACKBIRD ACADEMY - PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL OF AUDIO Learn Studio Engineering and Live Sound Engineering on the best gear, from top engineers, producers, recording artists and educators...(more)
Ingenuity Year runs gap year programs for students with Learning Differences and ADHD. We help students develop skills, maturity, and independence that will serve them in college and beyond. We do this by engaging with real challenges facing real communities with a like-minded community of peers...(more)
Our Gap Year & Semester courses are far from the traditional study abroad program or travel experience. These courses are the perfect opportunity to get away and spend time for yourself, learn about the world around you, gain leadership and outdoor skills, and push the limits to discover your capabilities and passions...(more)
Celtic European Arts is a semester of travel, culture, artistic learning and adventure. Based in ‘the land of the Celts’ on the rugged Irish coastal town of Portrush you will explore across Ireland, Scotland, Germany and Holland. Our team of Irish artists will teach you a variety of art from photography and literature to ceramics and watercolours, helping you create your very own masterpiece for our end of semester exhibition! Our fantastic team are there for support 24/7...(more)
