The Student Barometer tracks and compares the decision-making, expectations, perceptions and intentions of students from application to graduation.

With our customised approach, we give your international and domestic students a voice and we give you the full picture, surveying students across all fields and levels of study. Your Barometer enables you to make informed decisions to improve the whole student experience. Most importantly, it will help you to identify whether your students would recommend you to others.

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Established in 2005

Feedback from over 4 million students

Utilised across 36 countries

Applied in over 1400 institutions

 

An introduction to the Student Barometer

REPORT: The Global Student Experience

2022 insights and analysis from the world’s largest student survey.

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Impact

  • Evaluate and enhance the international student experience

  • Develop targeted communications to prospective students

  • Inform your recruitment and retention strategies

  • Optimise resource allocation

  • Provide strategic input to key investment decisions

  • Influence international student recommendation

TESTIMONIAL

GATE-Germany | Dr Irene Jansen, Director

“It is essential to listen to students in order to establish a fruitful relationship with them. The ISB has enabled us to listen closely."

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Prof. Peter Yuen, Professor and Dean

“The College of Professional and Continuing Education of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU-CPCE), has participated in the i-graduate’s Student Barometer (SB) exercise every year, for the past six years. We find the survey information on various aspects of our students’ experience extremely useful for our continuous quality improvement efforts. The global and Asian benchmarks provided by the survey are particularly helpful."

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Find out how your institution can participate in the next Student Barometer:

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Comprehensive scope

The ISB assesses all aspects of your international students’ experience across the following survey topics (It also allows for your own additional bespoke questions.) 

NB: The 2020/21 survey has been updated to additionally assess student satisfaction and perceptions relating to the institution’s response to Covid-19, including frequency and quality of communication, the online learning experience, wellbeing support, and student concerns.

  • Decision-making and influencers
  • Agents and application
  • Arrival and orientation
  • The learning experience
  • The living experience
  • Support and wellbeing
  • Recommendation
  • Future plans

 

Fully supported process

The ISB survey process itself is simple, requiring minimal administration from your institution. Your i-graduate Account Manager and Client Services team manage the survey, including personalisation of the online survey to reflect your institution’s terminology, reporting, targeted reminders to non-respondents, and sharing good practice guidelines to achieve the best response rates.  

 

Analysis, insight and meaningful comparison

  • ISB data is presented in interact, the latest generation of data visualisation. Filter data online by study area, department, demographics, study level, study stage (year of study), study mode (part-time, full-time) and study type (student exchange, study abroad)
  • Results benchmarked against competitor groups, national and international indices
  • Verbatim comments
  • A face-to-face presentation highlighting important issues, insights and results
  • Aggregated responses from all participating institutions to provide you with a substantive insight into the global picture, delivered in the form of an interactive map of the world

 

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