Problems of social and psychological adaptation of foreign students at a russian university

Abstract

In recent decades Russia has become a part of a global educational and cultural space. Expansion of individual freedoms and opportunities gives a person the right to form his social and professional choice based on internal needs and personal interests. The relevance of the topic is due to the growth of educational migration and the related problem of adaptation of foreign students to a new socio-cultural environment. The aim of the research is to study the factors influencing the adaptation process of foreign students in a Russian university. The methods of analysis and synthesis, structural and functional ones have been used, and to obtain empirical data interviewing and questioning have been used. In the course of the research the factors influencing the adaptation process of foreign students in a Russian educational institution have been identified. First of all, these are the individual psychological qualities of a person, personal sympathies and antipathies of students, as well as religious, political, social, ethnopsychological and spiritual characteristics. As a result of the study the authors have concluded that it is necessary to develop adaptation programs and introduce them into the educational process, taking into account the identified problems.

Keywords

• international education
• educational migration
• socio-psychological adaptation
• interaction
• interpersonal communication