American Cultural Exchange Service

American Cultural Exchange Service (ACES) is to provide high quality international educational, cultural and sports exchange experiences to individuals from the U.S. and foreign countries in order to promote global understanding. ACES believes that only through interaction can the peoples of the world truly understand each other, establish friendships and promote world peace.

Established in 1995, ACES is a nonprofit organization designated by the US State Department to administer the High School/Homestay Exchange Program for foreign high school students, who are between 15 and 18 years old. Students spend one semester or one school year living with an American host family and attending local high school. Currently, ACES is working with more than 40 countries.