exchange student

American  

noun

1. a secondary-school or college student who studies for a period, usually one year, at a foreign institution as part of a reciprocal program between two institutions or countries.

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Example Sentences

A second report came in on Saturday morning – but this time from France after an exchange student fell ill after returning home.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

The first was 7-0 Belgium exchange student Gilles Dierickx when he was coaching at Chaminade in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

Keyu Jin was a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Beijing when she transferred as an exchange student to New York.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2023

A Columbia University exchange student drowned this week when her kayak overturned in the Potomac River.

From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2023

“Trying to pretend he's a foreign exchange student living in our house, like he always is.”

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman