Program Reviews

I had a wonderful experience with Beyond Academy. Isabel and Luiza are wonderful and do their job with care and expertise. Isabel especially was so wonderful and good at showing the intense the city, as well as helping with anything we might’ve needed. My only complaint would be the housing at VIU, with little to no AC. Other than that, I would recommend the experience to anybody who was interested in doing it in Barcelona! I have met so many people that I will forever cherish and will never forget!

Beyond Academy exceeded expectations a lot. The events they hosted were very fun and well organized and allowed for easy access to different locations around Tokyo and Japan. I went into this only to receive an internship, but got so much more. The internship I was provided also was fantastic as I got placed with my friend and in a wonderful company. The coordinators at Beyond were also very on top of things and supported. They made sure you knew reassurance and support was there if you ever needed it. Overall was a great experience and I would highly reccommend to anyone considering. (Housing did not apply for me)

Everyone was helpful and nice and they planned good events that weren’t boring. Super duper really fun experience that exceeded my expectations and fulfilled my dreams. I hope everyone gets a chance to do something as cool as this and have a lot of fun because this was a lot of fun. It was a really nice working environment as well as super nice coworkers. They really match you with good companies that care about you and help you have a good time. My coworkers took me out to play sports every week !!

I spent four months with the Beyond Community in Tokyo. The coordinators make sure everyone's having a great time, and it's so easy to make friends. The community itself is very friendly and the events planned are amazing, they really get you to visit the places in Tokyo you wouldn't think to visit yourself. It makes for a really unique experience of Tokyo than just a visit. You'll have a great time if you go!

The program is also really accommodating if you have issues with your internship and the coordinators make sure to check in with you about your experience to make sure you're having a good experience. Everyone involved in the process wants to make sure you're getting your money's worth out of the experience and I super highly recommend it. Olivia, Stephanie, Mizu, Sidney, Anika and Heena are all there to make sure you're having a great time, with both your internship and the events planned during your stay.

My experience with the internship was great! I made a lot of great connections and had a great balance of time working, exploring, and socializing. This program really allows you to fall into a nice rhythm and the weeks go by quickly!

I met a lot of great people and had some great experiences, without a doubt. On my own time I left Seoul and explored the rest of the country a bit, joined language exchange events, and made some career connections I might have never made otherwise!

South Korea is a great country and Seoul is one of my favorite cities, so it was a pleasure!

My time in Seoul with Beyond Academy was absolutely incredible. It was truly a 10/10 experience! The staff were incredibly kind, supportive, and always available whenever I needed help. I felt like part of a big family – the community was amazing and made everything even more special.

The internship experience with the host company was also outstanding and truly unforgettable. I gained so much professionally and personally. Without a doubt, this was a life-changing experience that I would recommend to anyone!

I have done both a study aborad program and this internship program and I genuinely enjoy the internship so much more.

But if you aren't ready to work in the real world or aren't willing to put in the effort to learn about it, just do a study abroad program.

You aren't gonna get exactly what you want out of the program 100%. There are some lucky interns who do, and I unfortunately was not one of them.

Not to say I hated my internship but it was more of a sales role than an HR role, which is what I had been looking for. But I was only going to be a part of the program for 2 months, and I decided that I would just use it as a growing experience.

The coordinators were great, though, and they were willing to hear me out and encouraged me to try things out and talk things out with them.

I honestly loved the coordinators so much. It was like having cool camp counselors while everyone else at the camp was weird and gross and annoying.

The share house provided by Beyond was kinda godawful though. It was nice that it was cleaned weekly but no one else in the share house would keep it clean so I rarely ever used the common spaces. Not to mention the shower rooms. For some god forsaken reason, people had a hard time changing the hairnet there. And I tore my ACL in my last week there, and I was still able to do it. Fucking bullshit.

Had to talk to the property management on several occasions, and they weren't great. On April 1st (wish it was an April Fool's joke), my shoe cabinet broke. It took them 7 days to fix it.

Property management was awful. Coordinators cool. The internship was a good growing experience. All in all, it was a great program.

Also since I crippled myself at the end I would not recommend the share house if you have mobility issues because it is not accessibility friendly at all.

This program is a great opportunity to grow and learn to trust yourself. The community team will provide all the support you need, but will also step back and let you figure things out on your own when you need to. Though living abroad certainly has its challenges, I would recommend it to anyone, and I think this program is a great way to make that happen. I had the most amazing time and met some incredible people through my living accommodations. This was a truly special experience and I'm so grateful I had the opportunity to live in Barcelona.

The London community team was amazing! They were always so happy to help me with any advice I needed about my internship, housing, or even just life in London. I felt so comfortable talking to all of them, like I was talking to a friend, every time!

There was always so much to do and so much on offer from Beyond. So many options for events, but never any pressure to do all of them, you could easily pick and choose which social events you wanted to go to! And every one I went to was so much fun, and I met so many other interns from around the world who I am still in contact with now!

In recent years, I have wanted to travel by myself, but still have a support system, and Beyond Academy provided that for me. The staff were always so friendly and responded quickly to any questions I had on my mind. Overall process from start to end was great. Everything was made clear, and the assistance was fantastic. My internship was amazing and turned out to be really enjoyable. I absolutely loved Seoul and exploring the city. Beyond always had some of the greatest events, and it was nice not to have to deal with booking main attractions events in Seoul that I would have had to book on my own.