Cultural Dimensions of the Internationalization of Higher Education

Abstract

With the ongoing internationalization of Hungarian higher education, both the number and the rate of foreign students are increasing. Thus, all the aspects of internalization, including the cultural one are acquiring importance. Our study discusses the challenges that emerge with the clash of the local culture and the norms and values brought by the foreign students; the individual and organizational competencies necessary to effective intercultural teaching and learning; the cultural benefits brought about by the presence of foreign students on campus.