Terminology

Below are definitions of student mobility terms used by Project Atlas.

Project Atlas®

International (or internationally mobile) students: Students who undertake all or part of their higher education experience in a country other than their home country or who travel across a national boundary to a country other than their home country to undertake all or part of their higher education experience.

Number of Students Abroad: In general, the number of students from a particular country who leave the country to study abroad either for short- or long-term durations of study at the higher education level; defined by each data source (see specific data sources for details).

Number of Tertiary Institutions: This data reflects the number of higher education institutions in a given country; provided by data sources, where available.

Top Host Destinations: The list of top host countries is based on the percent of global market share and based on data provided by data-contributing partners. The list is also cross-referenced against UNESCO and OECD data.