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Discover the insights into the state of internationalisation in European higher education today.

Now in its third annual iteration, the EAIE’s Snapshot report on international admissions for the academic year 2023–2024 provides indications of international student application and enrolment dynamics for the year ahead. As in the editions published in 2021 and 2022, in 2023 the EAIE undertook a short data collection exercise aimed at gathering information from higher education institutions across the 49 countries of the EHEA in March 2023. The results of the exercise and analysis thereof are featured in this report.

What will the 2022–2023 academic year bring when it comes to international student admissions and enrolment across the European Higher Education Area? To offer a glimpse into this complex dynamic, the EAIE undertook an online survey between 15 and 24 March 2022, which gathered responses from professionals working at higher education institutions in more than 30 European countries. This report offers a summary and analysis of their responses, as well as an indication of what the European higher education sector might expect moving forward.

In autumn 2021, the European higher education sector kicked off the second full academic year under the conditions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The EAIE collected data from higher education institutions acrossthe European Higher Education Area (EHEA) via a short survey from 18 June to 19 July 2021. Our goal was to develop a simple yet informative picture of how international degree-seeking student numbers were trending across the EHEA at that time. This report summarises our findings.

Compulsory mobility is no niche concern; in fact, nearly 20% of survey respondents indicated that the lack of ability to undertake compulsory mobility could have very serious consequences for students’ academic progression. Part 3 of Snapshot report on exchange mobility 2020/2021 looks at mobility as a required part of academic programmes, and the alternatives institutions are offering in lieu of mobility.

Where has COVID-19 left exchange mobility between European institutions and their non-EHEA partners? This report, the second in a series of three, provides indications of the extent and ways in which (particularly the volume of) student exchange between institutions in the EHEA and their non-EHEA exchange partners was being affected at the start of the 2020–2021 academic year.

Where has COVID-19 left exchange mobility in Europe? The EAIE undertook a survey in the autumn of 2020 to gain insight into what was happening with international student exchange within the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). This report, part one in a series of three, provides indications of the extent and ways in which (particularly the volume of) student exchange was being affected across the EHEA at the start of the 2020-2021 academic year.

What has been the impact so far of COVID-19 on international education, and how are higher education institutions responding to these unprecedented new challenges? The March 2020 report ‘Coping with COVID-19: International higher education in Europe’ offers some preliminary insights at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe.

How do today's economic realities impact internationalisation? The EAIE Barometer: Internationalisation in Europe (second edition) – Money matters, published in 2019, breaks down the divergent roles of funding as both a driver of and barrier to internationalisation.

The EAIE Barometer: Internationalisation in Europe (second edition) – Signposts of success analyses the commonalities between higher education institutions where practitioners are most positive about the current and future status of internationalisation. Drawing on the survey responses of 2317 practitioners at 1292 HEIs spread across 45 countries in the European Higher Education Area, this report looks at nine factors that may serve as signposts on the road to successful internationalisation.

The EAIE Barometer: Internationalisation in Europe (second edition) maps the form and function of internationalisation of higher education in the European Higher Education Area, as viewed by practitioners working on the process at higher education institutions in Europe. Building on the knowledge gained from the first EAIE Barometer study conducted in spring 2014, this second edition addresses themes covered in the first study as well as several new and contemporary themes in internationalisation, in order to reflect on and better understand the field of international higher education.

The EAIE Barometer: Internationalisation in Europe (first edition) focuses on the state of internationalisation of higher education in Europe. Based on a survey of over 2400 practitioners across the European Higher Education Area, this report analyses key developments and challenges, as well as the skill requirements and specific needs of staff involved in internationalisation.