Program Reviews

My time with Beyond Academy has been incredible. The London community team truly made me feel welcome in the city from day one. They were always there to help me navigate any challenges I faced in my job and made sure I felt supported both professionally and personally.

Thanks to their guidance and encouragement, I was able to grow my skills, gain valuable work experience, and make connections that will last far beyond my time in London. I’m so grateful for everything the team did to ensure my experience was memorable and meaningful. Highly recommend Beyond Academy to anyone considering an internship abroad!

This experience was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made! Getting to explore and immerse myself into a completely different place and culture was incredible, and it was even better to improve my professional profile at the same time. With this experience, I was able to delay “real life” for a while, travel, and gain relevant work experience all at the same time. Building my resume while having weekly adventures with new friends in new places was a dream come true. I’d do it again in a heart beat!

Out of all the study abroad programs available to me, this is the one that I found to be most unique. You get a taste of Japanese culture while working with internationally cooperative employers. While the program did not offer internships directly in my field of study (Chemistry), they found an internship adjacently related to it (Market research) that usually requires a specialized degree. Through this experience, I was able to learn how to thrive in a professional environment in a short term placement with large amounts of support. Additionally, the people supporting this program are amazing: the staff are super helpful and the other interns are kind and easy to reach out to!

I absolutely loved doing this program. I will admit, in the beginning through the application process and interviews and such I had a really hard time with communicating as well as the language they use makes you have to rush through it all quickly. Even with that being said the actual program itself is so amazing. I am so glad that I was able to come and do this opportunity. It has given me professional experience as well as so many new personal connections. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to live abroad and really soak in the culture through daily life. It really has been such a fun experience.

I had an awesome time doing an internship through Beyond Academy.

The internship itself was great. I got to do something that aligned with my interests and did not feel pressured to work long hours, something people warned me about.

Coordinators and other interns made the experience special since we were doing events twice a week. Sometime just going to a new park and other times going all the way to Enoshima for a day trip.

The only downsides for me were my commute (~1 hour) and not having friends within my share house.

Beyond Academy was great; they hold numerous events, got me placed with a company very quickly. The company was prompt and was always communicative! I was able to travel to numerous places all over Japan. When in the office, I had a multitude of tasks all to my skill level, and of somewhat importance, making my own work feel important to the company. Beyond academy holds various events like karaoke, sightseeing around Tokyo, and several dinners for all interns to enjoy. If you are thinking about going abroad, go for it!

I absolutely loved this program. I went to Tokyo, Japan for my internship and it was just absolutely amazing. I really enjoyed my time there and the friends I made inside the program Everything was very well coordinated and planned out, very easy to go through the steps of interviewing and selecting a company to work for. Support was easy to get and communicate with if you had any issues or problems. There were also many community events for you to explore new places and meet other people who are doing the same program as you so you can make friends. I would definitely recommend to anyone who can to do this.

Beyond was the perfect way to be abroad and have a guarantee of having friends and fun events to go to. They were very accommodating and helpful. The house I was staying at was in a perfect location. All the events were tailored to things people wanted to do and see. We had incredible experiences at things like a trip to mount fuji, traditional tea ceremonies in kimono, and karaoke parties. They were kind and helpful and always ready to step in for anything we needed.There was not a bad thing to say about the experience! It was perfect all around.

When I first came to Japan I was unaware of the nuances of this complex community, however, Beyond offers us all the support to immerse ourselves in the culture. Besides, my intership was very curated, they made sure I was matched with a company that aligned with my goals and because of that my time here gave me a lot of learning opportunities. Super recommend! The city is perfect as is fits whatever need you may have, the work is productive and the community support is helpful, so if you think about studying abroad here, do it!

Something people should know before deciding whether or not to do it is that you can only gain things out of this experience, whether it be personal or professional. The internship is hit or miss but I’ve learned so much about myself and about other cultures are other people while here.

After the 8-week internship, I feel more confident in my field and have learned and gained some experience outside of my field as well. I can also say I feel a lot more confident with living and working abroad and I have decided I want to live and work in different countries so once I graduate.