exchange student

American  

noun

exchange students plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• exchange students
  plural

Example Sentences

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exchange student

Mary Millben first traveled to China in 2006 as an exchange student from the University of Oklahoma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 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

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

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

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman