2008 Teenager Abroad Summer Language Programs
Full language immersion programs, truly international student population at the schools, target language spoken at all times, suited to all language levels, all-inclusive programs including host airport pickup and return

Austria Teen Summer Program
The Vienna Summer Residential program is offered at a prestigious private school, which was founded by Empress Maria Theresia

Center For Study Abroad
Intensive Foreign Language Studies

European Capitals Program
This program combines coursework and extensive travel to major European cities

Youth For Understanding
YFU offers over 100 programs in more than 35 countries. Students are typically placed throughout the host country and live with a volunteer host family while attending a local school

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Austria, officially the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in central Europe. It borders Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. Its capital is the city of Vienna.

Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy consisting of nine federal states and is one of two European countries that have declared permanent neutrality, the other being Switzerland. Austria is a member of the United Nations (since 1955) and the European Union (since 1995). For the first half of 2006, Austria holds the seat of the Presidency of the EU.