Paper short abstract:

The impact of the mobility of a group of international students in Finland and Turkey upon their perceptions of belonging, conceptions of home and their intercultural competences will be examined through a discussion of the empirical data collected from in-depth interviews.

Paper long abstract:

In this study, there will be an analysis of emprical data concerning the feelings of belonging and the concept of home from the viewpoint of university students in motion. Mobility is an important factor in terms of the development as well as the perception and conception of one's own identity/ies. How individuals/students realize and actualize their intercultural potentialities in a culturally different setting and how these experiences influence their perceptions of belonging and their home concept are the basic questions of this study. The data that is collected through in-dept interviews conducted among international students in Turkey and Finnland will provide us the relevant answers and a profile of a small group of students who are in motion.