Gap Year Programs in Medellin,Colombia

Experience Medellin, Colombia’s most innovative city, through an international internship designed to advance your career. This program combines hands-on professional experience, global networking, and cultural immersion, giving students, recent graduates, and early-career professionals the skills and connections to stand out in a competitive global job market. Internships are available across a wide range of sectors, including business, marketing, finance, PR, technology, entrepreneurship, and NGOs, with placements tailored to your career goals. By partnering with 3,000+ top companies and organizations, we ensure you gain meaningful experience that enhances your résumé and prepares you for future opportunities. Beyond the internship, you’ll benefit from mentorship, development workshops, and networking events, allowing you to grow both personally and professionally while living in Medellin. Whether you are exploring your career path, seeking a gap year opportunity, or looking to advance your professional journey, our Medellin program provides the perfect balance of career growth, international experience, and cultural discovery in one of Latin America’s most exciting cities.

Volunteers in Colombia with International Volunteer HQ support a range of community and environmental projects in and around Medellín. Volunteers can choose between individual programs focused on teaching English, youth development and childcare, support for people with special needs, environmental conservation, women’s empowerment initiatives, or providing care and companionship to older community members. Activities can include mentoring children, assisting in classrooms, maintaining community gardens, supporting individuals with disabilities, and offering companionship to elderly residents. Many communities around Medellín face limited access to education, social exclusion, environmental pressures, and inequality. Volunteers help strengthen learning opportunities, promote inclusion, support sustainability, provide social support to older adults, and assist women through empowerment initiatives. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old. Programs run year-round for one to 24 weeks, with schedules of around four to seven hours per day. Accommodation is provided in hostels or homestays, and the program fee includes airport pick-up, meals, orientation, and 24/7 in-country support.

Official Language School of the Americas (OLSA) Certified Spanish University Program is an accelerated course that holds certification from the Secretary of Education of Medellin, Colombia and is eligible for a Colombian student visa. It stands as an excellent choice for individuals seeking rapid Spanish proficiency in a fully immersive setting, including gap-year participants, university students, and professionals. At OLSA, we go exceed the minimum required 10 weekly hours of instruction. Our Certified Spanish courses include 12 hours of instruction delivered through two classes - one grammar and one conversational. Our primary focus lies in cultivating conversational Spanish skills, not just Spanish theory. Through our optional daily language exchanges, social gatherings, excursions, and diverse activities, students not only learn the language but also immerse themselves in Spanish and Latin culture.