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

Patrizia Szewernoha, an exchange student from Germany studying media and communications, said she chose to represent the United Kingdom because she wanted to learn more about the UK's policies.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

Knox, the American former exchange student who became the focus of a sensationalized Italian murder case, has long been vocal about the ethics of using true-crime stories as source material in entertainment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2024

Consider what happened to Daniela Shields, whose daughter Alli was an exchange student in Hong Kong in 2019.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2023

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 senior girl, an exchange student from Germany named Monica Fassbinder, had a peculiar attraction to Cade Hernandez.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith