Purpose: Our research objective is to carry out an analysis of the motivations and specific decision factors of Brazilian university students who will travel to Spain to continue their studies. Design/methodology/approach: The applied methodology has been to conduct online surveys among members of the Brazilian student community in Spain. For the design of the survey, we started with a previous exploratory study with in-depth individual interviews. The interviews were conducted based on a semi-structured questionnaire inspired by the previous literature.Findings: The comparison between the previous studies in the literature and the results of the survey shows that the factors “Academic level of the center” and “Prestige and prospects” of having studied abroad coincide with one another. Indeed, these factors are among the most significant in almost all of the studies and have also been highlighted by the respondents, confirming the importance of these factors in their decision to study abroad. On the other hand, the rest of the factors that appear to be the most relevant in the survey results are specific to and characterize the flow of students analyzed. Specifically, they concern the international experience, scholarships, image and culture of the country and the language.Research limitations/implications: The sample is limited, due to the difficulty of contacting this type of subject, which made it necessary for the researchers to adopt various approach strategies.Practical implications: The results obtained can benefit the recruitment of Brazilian students.Social implications: Contributes to knowledge of the emigration flows and relations between the two countries.Originality/value: The specific topic of Brazilian students in Spain has not been previously discussed.
Impacto de los programas de becas en la movilidad de estudiantes internacionales: el caso de Brasil Impacto dos programas de bolsas de estudos na mobilidade de estudantes internacionais: o caso do Brasil
Resumo A mobilidade internacional de estudantes é um fenômeno de crescente importância no cenário da educação superior. Nota-se nos últimos anos um crescimento de estudos na literatura e investigações acerca deste tema. Este artigo apresenta os resultados de um estudo exploratório, cujo objetivo foi analisar as motivações e fatores de decisão no processo de mobilidade dos estudantes universitários brasileiros que elegeram a Espanha para seus estudos superiores. A metodologia utilizada foi a pesquisa quantitativa, escala de Likert de 3 pontos, com 216 estudantes membros da comunidade estudantil brasileira na Espanha, distribuídos nos cursos de graduação, mestrado e doutorado, e o uso de fontes de dados estatísticos. A comparação entre os estudos anteriores da literatura e os resultados deste estudo demonstraram que os fatores nível acadêmico do centro e prestígio e perspectivas de futuro são coincidentes em ambos. De fato, esses fatores estão entre os mais significativos em quase todos os estudos de mobilidade internacional e também foram destacados pelos pesquisadores, confirmando a importância desses fatores na decisão de estudar no exterior. Por outro lado, entre os fatores que se apresentaram como mais relevantes no fluxo de estudantes brasileiros à Espanha, destacaram-se a experiência internacional, as bolsas de estudos, a imagem e cultura do país, o prestígio e as perspectivas futuras e o idioma espanhol.
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