Europe strengthens its dimension as an international community, despite crisis facing the continent. Internationalism has shown to be a factor with growing political and societal importance and especially in higher education policy making. The aim of European integration is based on educational decisions, more specifically through various actions of Erasmus mobility. So, since 1987, this programme has involved 3 million people. Our study shows how the Erasmus Exchange Programme has had a leading role setting a common European entity. This research analyzes the European mobility from the University of Oviedo in Erasmus program, and describes the reasons for student participation. The students include a mastery of the language of the country, academic and cultural factors drive most of them to make the stay as well as the need to know a new environment and have an experience of European range. The job prospects are another motivating factor, with the overall assessment of the planned stay as acceptable, good or excellent in most cases.

Internationalization mobility European higher education area International cooperation erasmus program

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