Advantages of study abroad from the students’ perspective

Tamas, A.

Abstract:

Purpose-the aim of this paper is to compare the perceptions of students on the advantages of study abroad and to investigate the correlation between them.

Design/methodology/approach-quantitative methods: 213 questionnaires and 19 in-deep interviews; SPSS was used to analyze the correlation and the cluster method to classify the advantages of study abroad.

Findings-a strong correlation between the two sets of advantages was found; the perception of future and former international students on advantages of study abroad support the patterns identified in the literature review.

Practical implications-based on former international students’ experience, a guide including coping the challenges of study abroad will be provided.

Originality/value-providing a Romanian insight of the issue.

Limitations-the small ratio between the number of interviews and the number of questionnaires.

Keywords: Economic Education and Teaching of Economics, Pre-college, Undergraduate and Graduate

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