ASAPI - Association of Study Abroad Providers in Ireland

Wishing all our colleagues and friends a very Happy Holidays, and all the very best for 2020!

The 2019 IIE Open Doors Report shows that Ireland is now the 6th most popular study abroad destination in the world for US students, overtaking China to move up from 7th last year.

The report indicates that 11,965 US students studied abroad in Ireland during the 2017-18 academic year, up 4.1% from the previous year. Ireland continues to host the highest number of US study abroad students per capita.

A 2018 Southern Cross Consulting report, commissioned by ASAPI and Education in Ireland, showed that US study abroad contributed € 220 million annually to the Irish economy and created 187 direct jobs and a further 261 indirect jobs in Ireland.

Open Doors 2019 Learn more about the latest trends in international student enrollments, and the numbers of U.S. students going abroad, from the 2019 Open Doors report.

All current ASAPI members should have received notification of fees for 2019. If you are not yet a member, but would like to join, please fill in the attached form and a committee member will be in touch with you soon afterwards.

Join — ASAPI Available to programs and organizations headquartered in Ireland not meeting any of the criteria for Full or Associate Membership, as well as individuals.

Wishing all of our members, partners and friends a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

ASAPI Releases Economic Impact Study Study finds that the US study abroad sector in Ireland contributes €220M and 448 jobs to the Irish economy each year.

Check out this great video from one of EUSA's summer students from Villanova University! Thanks to Rebecca for sharing her experience with us!

LCA Dublin Slideshow 2018 LCA Dublin Slideshow

Students studying through Duquesne University at University College Dublin.

Students from Champlain College welcomed to the historic area of the Liberties, getting a taste of the local community.

Welcome to the Liberties: New students get a taste of inner city Dublin life Shopkeepers show the best of local hospitality to the latest arrivals to the area

This week Claire Mc Gowan, our Head Of Student Affairs, is at the annual NAFSA Association of International Educators conference in Philadelphia. Today she and Suzi Breslin (IFSA Ireland) presented at their Poster Fair on the topic of Tracking Students in Emergency Situations. This was research originally undertaken as part of an ASAPI - Association of Study Abroad Providers in Ireland workshop at the U.S. Embassy Dublin last year.