Covid-19 will have an impact on studying

 Covid-19 will have an impact on studying

The three batches of students who answered the survey can be split into spring (881 responses), summer (683), and autumn (889): students for which the pandemic is likely or very likely to affect their studies rose from 63 to 75%.

This finding leads to a more interesting question: what changes for prospective students with the pandemic? As always, two issues are on top of the list for international student mobility: travel restrictions and budget constraints.

These traditional concerns are not alone in the mind of prospective students, as other pandemic-related issues were high in importance at the beginning of the year. Nevertheless, as time passed, these issues subsided.

In specific, student fears, such as not being able to graduate in time, an impossibility in taking the certificates, or the virus preventing them from finishing their exams, have reduced drastically.

These are great news for universities which put a lot of effort to enable distance learning, online graduation, and greater flexibility in teaching and managing students.