API Safety Update – Coronavirus

API Safety Update – Coronavirus

July 24th, 2020 4:30PM update: Over the last few months, API team members have been monitoring the global pandemic and determining whether conditions allow for on-site programming to take place for Fall 2020. We have now passed our decision deadline for all of our...

API Still Accepting Applications for Spring Programs

As the worldwide awareness and concern over the recent outbreak of the coronavirus has spread, many of our U.S. university partners have made the difficult decision to cancel their own study abroad programs in China, and many have also placed travel restrictions that...

API Safety Update – Cuba Plane Crash

API was deeply saddened to learn of the crash of a passenger plane in Havana, Cuba today, which resulted in multiple casualties. There are no API semester or summer students currently in Cuba, and API on-site staff is safe. We can also confirm that no API customized...

API Safety Update – Catalonia Referendum

The media has reported multiple injuries resulting from clashes between Spanish police and citizens, amid today’s historic vote on an independence referendum in the province of Catalonia. In anticipation of this event, API students were repeatedly advised in...

API Safety Update – Recent Natural Disasters

Within the last week, several countries where API operates study, intern, volunteer and teach abroad programs have been affected by earthquakes, hurricanes, and typhoons ranging in magnitude and impact on local communities. We have confirmed that all API participants,...