Students and Mobility

As higher education, migration, and mobility intertwine in increasingly complex ways, we need a new way to analyze international student mobility (ISM).

Higher education institutions in Japan and South Korea have strived to attract target numbers of international students. While each country had (nearly) reached its goals, the COVID-19 pandemic affected student flows.

This article provides insights into trends of student host destinations, the push and pull factors that drive students to study abroad, and the valuable role of comparable host data to identify patterns over time.