International student recruitment: policies and developments in selected countries

This report aims to provide an overview of international student recruitment and mobility policies by national governments in key recruiting and recruitment countries, and to identify the emerging implications of these developments for the Netherlands. The report is targeted at Dutch early-career policymakers at national and institutional levels, early-career marketing officers and researchers in the area of international student mobility.

The report consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 sets out the focus of this study and gives an overview of the main factors that influence international student mobility. Chapter 2 analyses national government policies and strategies for international student recruitment in eleven countries that are active in international student recruitment.

These countries include the Netherlands, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and China. Chapter 3 describes national student mobility policies and the local context in recruitment countries that are (or may become) particularly important to the Netherlands. These countries are Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Egypt. Chapter 4 offers the conclusions of this study.

Attachment: international-student-recruitment