Free IH Study Weeks

IH Partner Agents can apply for free study weeks. The number of free weeks depends on the quantity of business you had with IH in 2021.

How to apply for the free weeks:

• Step 1: Fill in the online application form specifying the student weeks which you paid for in IH schools in 2021.

• Step 2:  We will confirm with schools that this is correct. Please be patient this might take up to 4 weeks.

• Step 3: We will confirm how many free weeks you are eligible for and then invite you to contact schools where you can use them in 2021.  (It has to be a school you have not worked with before).

• Step 4: Make the arrangements directly with the schools of your interest and agree on when the free study weeks will take place in 2021.

Terms and Conditions

1. Qualifying period to claim free weeks in 2021

Weeks paid for from 1st January 2021 to 31 December 2021.

2. Number of free weeks that can be claimed:

Bronze level

If you have sent at least 100 student weeks in total between at least 4 different IH schools in 2021 you are entitled to 5 free weeks with IH schools you have not worked with before. The maximum you can take in any one school is 3 weeks.

Silver level

If you have sent at least 200 student weeks in total between at least 5 different IH schools in 2021 you are entitled to 10 free weeks with IH schools you have never worked with before.  The maximum you can take in any one school is 3 weeks.

Gold level

If you have sent at least 300 student weeks in total between at least 7 different IH schools in 2021 you are entitled to 15 free weeks with IH schools you have never worked with before. The maximum you can take in any one school is 3 weeks.

3. What student weeks qualify

A student week is a study week which the Agency has paid for in an IH school and that the student has already completed. Promotional weeks already offered for free from schools are not calculated as student weeks. Internships within companies do not count as student weeks. If a school has recently affiliated the student weeks will be calculated from the moment the school has become a member of IHWO. If a school has multiple summer locations for example Junior Camps then that counts as one IH school.

4. Free weeks definition

These free study weeks comprise of tuition only. Books, enrolment fees, accommodation fees, travel expenses etc. are all excluded. All-inclusive packages such as junior programmes with accommodation and activities included, language + dancing/cooking/sport etc. are excluded too.

5. Participating IH Schools

We will send you a list of IH Schools where you can redeem your free weeks.

6. Restrictions

The schools will negotiate with you which weeks can be taken as ‘free’.  This may depend on availability and prior bookings. They will also specify which products qualify in this scheme.