Intercultural Adaptation of Undergraduate Students in Germany under the Framework of Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education: An Empirical Study

Abstract

With the advancement of higher education internationalization, an increasing number of Chinese students choose to study abroad for higher education. However, differing socio-cultural and educational contexts in host countries bring great challenges to their intercultural adaptation. Taking a double first-class university in Shanghai as an example, by using anonymous online questionnaire and interviewing approaches, this study explored the features and challenges of intercultural adaptation encountered by the selected Chinese undergraduate students in this university’s Sino-foreign cooperative education programs.