Experience Gap Year at Franklin in Switzerland Franklin University Switzerland

Do you want...

Adventure and Exploration?
Multicultural Engagement?
Personal Growth?
Expanded Horizons?

Join us for a Gap Year in Switzerland, the adventure of a lifetime!

Franklin University Switzerland’s Gap year or semester programs for fall and spring terms are perfect for you.

• Study safely in Switzerland, top-ranked worldwide for handling COVID-19
• Switzerland ranks 3rd globally as the most desirable Gap Year destination by the 2020 Gap Year Association Alumni Survey.
• Gain once-in-a-lifetime experiences that will shape your future and allow you to create your own life narrative.
• Work with Franklin’s wonderful professors both on campus and when traveling throughout Switzerland and Europe.
• Gain confidence and leadership skills, as well as multicultural perspectives and competencies.
• Form a tight-knit community with your peers from 61 countries and make life-long connections.

Franklin offers three Experiential Gap Year Tracks:

• Academic and related Travel Track with transferable college credits. You will uniquely benefit from FUS' dual accreditation in the U.S. and Switzerland.

This experiential Gap Year seminar combines teambuilding activities, community engagement, multicultural understanding as well as a series of local excursions. You will be connected to the FUS alumni and have the opportunity to work with and learn from Franklin faculty who collaborate closely with students in their own groundbreaking research.

• Global Community Service Track with preparatory classes related to your choice of service.

Have you always wanted to make a difference?

Preparatory Gap Year seminars combined with teambuilding activities, community engagement, multicultural understanding as well as service placement. You will have the opportunity to work with and learn from our faculty who collaborate closely with Franklin students.

Courses for this track will focus on: Sustainability and Social Justice, Business Writing skills, Career/Internship Development and Language studies.

Switzerland is home to scores of global organizations and NGOs including: The International Red Cross, The United Nations, The World Health Organization, The United Nations World Tourism Organization, The World Trade Organization, The World Meteorological Organization, FIFA Headquarters, The International Olympic Committee and Pro Natura.

These agencies work to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and violence, address global health concerns, work to eliminate poverty, foster, sustainable development, care for our planet and more. Whatever your passion, this experiential seminar will help you learn from some of the world’s largest and most effective NGOs and global organizations. What better way to help you discern if a career path in a service organization could be in your future?

• Language Intensive Track focused on gaining proficiency in French, Italian or German.

This experiential seminar combines teambuilding activities, community engagement, and multicultural understanding as well as a series of local excursions. You will have the opportunity to work with and learn from Franklin faculty who collaborate closely with students on their own groundbreaking research.

Franklin ranks 6th as the most appealing Gap Year experience by the 2020 Gap Year Association Alumni Survey