Policy and strategy
Most higher education institutions actively formulate strategies and policies aimed at strengthening the international dimension of their education. This may relate to recruitment strategies for international students, study-abroad opportunities for students, international institutional networks, or any other institutional policy area where there is scope for internationalisation.
National governments also design internationalisation policies for their higher education sectors. These aim to encourage and help institutions to operate internationally and may also extend to legal aspects, such as visa formalities and security implications.
Reasons for internationalisation
Institutions and national governments alike have a wide variety of reasons for engaging in internationalisation and for developing international education. These can vary from economic to political and from academic to cultural. In most cases, it will be a mix of these.
This dossier is not only about which policies and strategies are developed, but also about who is responsible for them. Who is involved in the policymaking process and what are their interests? Are internationalisation policies decided by the institutions or are strategies developed at the departmental level? This dossier covers these and related issues.
Read the Nuffic study report on international student recruitment(1.7 MB)