The students who had not studied
abroad were asked to take a stand on 18
statements on why they had not been
abroad to study or on internship.
The most frequent reason to reject a
stay abroad during the education is
personal matters such as family,
fiancé(e), and friends (69%).
Lack of financial resources follows as
the second most frequent reason to
reject a stay abroad (56%), while lack of desire for a stay abroad is the third
most frequent reason to reject a stay
abroad (40%).
The students who in the course of their
study have started planning a stay
abroad but gave it up state most
frequently (63%) that the stay did not
materialise because it was difficult to
arrange. An almost equally important
reason to cut short the planning of a
stay abroad is lack of money/funds for
the stay (57%), while lack of counselling
and information from the educational
institution is given as the third
most important reason (39%).
Figure 4.3: Reasons why students reject a study abroad during their education
Based on the survey, four distinct
groups of students have been defined –
each with their arguments for
rejecting a stay abroad as a part of the
studies.