Profiles of mobility students

Abstract

In this chapter we present the figure of the international student and how they are perceived by the university institutions and the States. Specifically in the European Union, and based on the division of the European countries in the world-system as semi-peripheral, peripheral and central countries, we analyse the academic mobility data before and after the implementation of the Bologna process. Synchronically, we present the mobility student profiles of a university located at a central country and a semi-peripheral country, respectively the University of Groningen, in the Netherlands, and the University of Coimbra, in Portugal. The methodology used was the questionnaire and a correlational descriptive analysis. The student flows are identified with the colonial past, the neighbouring relations and the demand for central countries.