Összefoglaló. Az ország nemzetköziesedő felsőoktatási rendszerében egyre több külföldi hallgató tanul hazánkban, közülük a kínai diákok alkotják a harmadik legnagyobb közösséget. Feltáró-kvalitatív kutatásunk azt vizsgálta, hogy milyen az itt tanuló kínai hallgatók családi háttere, mi motiválta őket, hogy Magyarországot választották felsőfokú tanulmányaikra, milyen első tapasztalataik vannak hazánkban. Az eredmények rámutattak arra, hogy a kínai hallgatók anyagi és társadalmi helyzete instabil. Magyarország legtöbbször kompromisszum eredményeként került kiválasztásra és a magyar kultúrába belépve gyakran elutasítást tapasztaltak.
Summary. The internationalization of Hungarian higher education resulted in the growing number of international students studying here, among whom Chinese students form the third-largest group. Our explorative-qualitative research investigated the students’ family background, their motivation to choose Hungary, their experiences encounter with Hungarian culture. The results have shown that Chinese students are from working-class or lower-middle-class families with financial constraints. The choice of Hungary was the result of a compromise in most cases. Chinese students faced numerous difficulties including language barriers and exclusion.
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