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The Attractiveness of Italian UniversitiesAn Evaluation by International Students

The sample

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Source: ThinkYoung " Survey on Foreign Students in Italian Universities" October 2010

N=504 (no required questions, therefore, the total number of respondents varies per question)

Former and current international students in Italy

Median age: 23,5

They studied at 20 different

Italian universities

Regional distribution:

Southern EU41%

Western EU34%

Eastern Europe

16%

Europe rest4%

Other Continents

3%

Nordics2%

Data in %, 100% =

What do/did they study?


Data in %, 100% = 503

Social Sciences17%

Economics and Business

14%

Architecture14%Medicine,

Pharmacy, Psychology

22%

Others11%

Law7%

Communication7%

Natural Sciences and Maths

8%

What were their reasons to come to Italy?

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Data in %, 100% = 493


Academic13%

Cultural56%

Other5%

New living environment

16%

Possible future careers

6%

Friends or family living abroad

4%

How did they choosethe university?

5Source: ThinkYoung " Survey on Foreign Students in Italian Universities" October 2010

Rankings11%

Quality of faculty44%

Placement services

21%

Other8%

No choice11%

City5%

Data in %, 100% = 465

Quality of courses


Data in %, 100% = 493

,0 10,0 20,0 30,0 40,0 50,0

Excellent

Good

Sufficient

Bad

14,8

49,3

27,6

8,3

Quality of universityfacilities and services


Data in %, 100% = 495

,0

5,0

10,0

15,0

20,0

25,0

30,0

35,0

Excellent Good Sufficient Bad

11,1

30,932,3

25,7


What aspect of your stay did they not appreciate?

Data in %, 100% = 495

,0

5,0

10,0

15,0

20,0

25,0

30,0

35,0

40,0

None of these

Too expensive

Bad quality of classes

Lack of integration

Language difficulties

35,9

24,7

15,8 15,6

7,9

Overall impression


Data in %, 100% = 495

1 (very bad) 2 (bad) 3 (ok) 4 (good) 5 (excellent)

2,6

5,9

11,9

36,0

43,6

Different nationalities-different quality assessment?


Country of origin Total

West EU South EU East EU North EU Europe rest

other continents

Quality of courses

Bad 9 9 1 11 19 7 8

Sufficient 34 24 17 33 33 43 27

Good 45 50 62 56 43 29 49

Excellent 12 17 20 0 5 21 15

100% = 167 203 76 9 21 14 490

Different nationalities -different problems?

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Country of origin

TotalWest EU South EU East EU North EU

Europe

rest

other

continents

Factors you

did not

appreciate

None of

these

32.74 39.22 37.84 44.44 23.81 28.57 35.92

Too

expensive

20.24 25.98 35.14 0 38.1 7.14 24.9

Bad quality

of classes

20.83 16.18 6.76 11.11 4.76 21.43 15.92

Lack of

integration

22.02 10.78 14.86 22.22 9.52 14.29 15.51

Language

difficulties

4.17 7.84 5.41 22.22 23.81 28.57 7.76

100%= 168 204 74 9 21 14 490


Different nationalities-different satisfaction?

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West EU South EU East EU North EU Europe rest other continents

Overallsatisfaction

5 30.8 51.0 52.0 33.3 38.1 50.0 43.3

4 38.5 36.3 36.0 33.3 23.8 28.6 36.2

3 16.6 8.8 4.0 22.2 23.8 21.4 12.0

2 9.5 2.9 4.0 11.1 14.3 0.0 5.9

1 4.7 1.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6

100% = 169 204 75 9 21 14 492


Who will come back?

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Country of origin

TotalWest EU

South EU

East EUNorth

EUEurope

rest

other continent

s

Factors you did

not appreciat

e

None of these

32.74 39.22 37.84 44.44 23.81 28.57 35.92

Too expensiv

e20.24 25.98 35.14 0 38.1 7.14 24.9

Bad quality

of classes

20.83 16.18 6.76 11.11 4.76 21.43 15.92

Lack of integrati

on22.02 10.78 14.86 22.22 9.52 14.29 15.51

Language

difficulties

4.17 7.84 5.41 22.22 23.81 28.57 7.76



Probability to return to Italy to work

0-25% 26-50% 51-75% 76-100%

Region of origin

Other

continents

43 14 21 21

Europe rest 33 19 33 14

North EU 33 22 33 11

East EU 15 32 35 18

South EU 27 29 32 12

West EU 27 35 27 11

Total 26 31 31 13

Data in %, 100% = 495

Further observations

The most popular countries to study in:

1 United Kingdom

2. Spain

3. France

4. Germany

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• A large majority (83.5%) has learned the Italian language before

• Most students spend 10 months in Italy

• The average length is 9 months

• 62% think that this period is just fine, whereas 35% find it too short


Conclusions

• Global evaluation of talianUniversities is positive

• A good feedback on courses quality and overall experience

• Services and facilities are able to receive students

• Likelihood of coming back for studies or work is relatively low.


UPS DOWNS

Conclusions

• Italy is still regarded mainlyas a destination for leisure

• Difficulties in retainingpotentially high skilledforeigners


• Need for promotion of excellence and programs to incentive foreign students in extending their stays

• Need for an internationalisation of the courses- more classes to betaught in English

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