The Global Leader in Gap Year Programs
Gap Year Programs
Your gap year should be the experience of a lifetime, shaping your future with passion and purpose.
For the last twelve years, Thinking Beyond Borders has set the standard for gap year programs while going beyond to empower students to become lifelong global change makers. We offer the best in experiential learning and cultural immersion with the safest and most impactful programs available. Each group is facilitated by the highest quality Program Leaders (think: your cool favorite teacher) who guide you through the complexities of real-world issues in partnership with local experts. Your search for a gap year program is over, but your learning journey has just begun.
Global Gap Year
L e n g t h
Months
Our most popular and well-known program with learning and adventure in 7 countries!
Guatemala
Environmental Justice and Sustainability
Panama
Guna Yala and Panama City
Thailand
Education that Empowers
Cambodia
Temples of Angkor Wat
Ghana
Global Health
Morocco
Desert Trek
USA
Culmination
Latin America Gap Semester
L e n g t h
Weeks
Featuring Spanish language study and immersion, this program is an opportunity that will change you.
Costa Rica
Education that Empowers
Guatemala
Environmental Justice and Sustainability
Peru
Cusco and Machu Picchu
USA
Culmination
Asia Gap Semester
L e n g t h
Weeks
Explore environmental justice, sustainability and education from a new cultural lens.
Thailand
Environmental Justice and Sustainability
Cambodia
Temples of Angkor Wat
India
Education that Empowers
USA
Culmination
What Makes TBB Different?
Our mission (and our passion) is to implement gap year programs that better prepare students for fulfillment in college, career, and life. Each program includes: