AIFS AbroadReviews of aifsabroad.com

I really enjoyed my internship and this program! I had an amazing internship experience and got to meet life long friends along the way. I would definitely recommend this program to someone who want to have a work experience and study abroad!

Hi! I was apart of the Spring 2024 intern abroad program in Florence. I had the best time ever! I will be honest though, the experience is not easy. As an intern abroad you have to balance time very well with social life and work life. I worked 40 hours weeks most weeks and traveled on the weekends. It is exhausting. Luckily I had a great group of girls I was living with and we really bonded over our experience in the program and helped each other vent and get through the hard parts. The placement I had was the perfect type of internship, which is great because I needed the experience. Although, working in a different countries does have some hardships. I am a pretty personable person and the language barrier made it very hard for me to make connections with the people in the office with me, a lot of the time they would speak in Italian and I knew very little. It felt a little lonely and I have never been in a work environment where I wasn’t friends with those who I was working with. It definitely became a really tiresome feeling and I dreaded going to the internship towards the end. I also did not need credit and was doing this for experience so working as much as I did burnt me out kind of fast. I had hoped there was a part time position or option but that was not possible. But in all I had a really great time, I will say whatever you do on the weekends makeup for the weeks that you may have lows so just keep yourself busy and enjoy being abroad! The experience was once in a lifetime and I would definitely recommend!

I am extremely happy with this program and I beyond grateful to have had this opportunity to study abroad and have all the support from AISF. I would recommend this program to anyone who is interested in studying or interning abroad. While I can not speak for other locations, my experience in Milan, Italy was very rewarding.

Edu was a wonderful manager!!!! The schedule worked well. It was busy but not too busy. I felt like I got the full experience I paid for!

Aside from Europe just being an amazing place to visit and travel, what made this trip for me was the people. This program has some great people involved. Edu, our travel guide, was the greatest person we could have asked for. Edu was kind, calm, calculated, and just a great all-around person to be around. He made everyone feel safe and was great at communicating. It was obvious an unbelievable amount of planning went into this trip, which made it almost stress-free for the students. It never felt like people didn't know what was going on. Even when things would go wrong Edu and Linda (our professor) would swiftly and calmly get everyone back on track. We had an issue with one of our tours being canceled but by the end of the afternoon, Edu and Linda were able to shift adapt and get us into a completely different museum to continue our learning. It was impressive! Linda was so understanding and friendly while also being able to teach an incredible amount in such a short time. I could not have asked for a better professor. I can't see a world where someone would regret going on this trip. I think about it daily even months after my return. I would strongly advise anyone who is thinking about choosing to study abroad to stop thinking and just go!

AIFS made my study abroad experience fufilling with great classes and more cultural local events than I could choose from. The team was supportive and informative, which made communicating with them a breeze.

Edu Padial made everything run smoothly, and Linda Walker was an incredible teacher. It was a life changing experience, and I would recommend friends to participate in their Study Abroad through AIFS.

AIFS did an excellent job when it comes to absolutely everything. It's a very organized program, you get the details of what you will be doing throughout your time in Salamanca along with recommendations of things to do. I highly recommend it. Salamanca is a beautiful city and it's not as small as people say. Be ready to walk a lot.