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class="panel-bootstrap-pane well pane-entity-field pane-node-body page-body-left"> <div class="well-body"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>Definition</h2><p>Internationally mobile students are individuals who have physically crossed an international border between two countries with the objective to participate in educational activities in the country of destination, where the country of destination of a given student is different from their country of origin. <br /><br />The country of origin of a tertiary student is the country in which they gained their upper secondary qualifications. This can also be referred to as the country of prior education. Where countries are unable to operationalise this definition, it is recommended that they use the country of usual or permanent residence to determine the country of origin. Where this too is not possible and no other suitable measure exists, the country of citizenship may be used – but only as a last resort. <br /><br />Any transfer between different education systems which does not involve the physical crossing of an international border is not considered as international student mobility. In particular, the following are not forms of international student mobility: <br /><br />- distance learning programmes provided by institutions based in another country to students based in their country or origin; <br /><br />- programmes offered by foreign-based institutions in the country of origin leading to foreign degrees. <br /><br />Internationally mobile students may be attributed to either the country of destination, as inbound internationally mobile students, or to the country of origin as outbound mobile students.</p><h2>Source definition</h2><p>UNESCO Institute for Statistics</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> </div> <div class="row"> </div> <div class="row"> </div> <div class="row"> </div> <div class="row"> </div> </section> </div> </section> </div> </section> </main> <footer role="contentinfo" id="wb-info"> <div class="container"> <div class="topfooter hidden-xs"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4"> <ul class="menu nav"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/en/home#tabs-0-uis_home_top_menus-1">Explore Themes</a></li> <li class="last leaf"><a href="http://data.uis.unesco.org">UIS.Stat</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <ul class="menu nav"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/en/news">News</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/en/documents">Document Library</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/en/visualisations">Visualisation Gallery</a></li> <li class="last leaf"><a href="/en/methodology">Methodology</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <ul class="menu nav"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/en/glossary">Glossary</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/en/blog">Data for Sustainable Development - UIS Blog</a></li> <li class="last leaf"><a href="/en/events">Training and Workshops</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 text-right"> <a href="/en/pinboard" class="btn btn-white btn-pill btn-pin">My Pins</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="bottomfooter"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6 col-md-push-6 footer-menu"> <ul class="menu nav"><li class="first leaf"><a href="http://uis.unesco.org/unesco-en.php">Privacy</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/en/about-us">About us</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/en/contact-us">Contact us</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="http://uis.unesco.org/unesco-en.php?redirect=2023">UNESCO website</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="https://twitter.com/UNESCOstat?lang=en"><i class="fa fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Twitter</span></a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/unesco/"><i class="fa fa-facebook" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">Facebook</span></a></li> <li class="last leaf"><a href="/en/news/rss"><i class="fa fa-rss" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="sr-only">RSS</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-md-pull-6 terms-menu"> <span>©2025 UNESCO Institute of Statistics</span> <ul class="menu nav"><li class="first leaf"><a href="http://uis.unesco.org/en/employment-and-procurement">Join us.</a></li> <li class="last leaf"><a href="http://uis.unesco.org/en/terms-and-conditions">Terms and Conditions</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer>  <script src="https://uis.unesco.org/profiles/wetkit/libraries/wet-boew/js/wet-boew.min.js?v=4.0.41"></script>   <script src="https://uis.unesco.org/profiles/wetkit/libraries/theme-gcweb/js/theme.min.js?v=9.1.0"></script> <script src="https://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/js/js_7Ukqb3ierdBEL0eowfOKzTkNu-Le97OPm-UqTS5NENU.js"></script> <script src="https://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/js/js_MRdvkC2u4oGsp5wVxBG1pGV5NrCPW3mssHxIn6G9tGE.js"></script> </body> </html>