Incoming
The SVAKO Incoming International Mobility Dataset 2024-2025 contains comprehensive information about incoming international students enrolled in exchange programmes at Šiauliai State University of Applied Sciences (SVAKO) during the 2024-2025 academic year. The data includes information about student demographics, their academic backgrounds, the duration of their stay, and the departments that hosted them at the university.
This dataset was developed to enhance institutional transparency and to support evidence-based decision-making in international education. It serves multiple purposes, including strategic planning for international partnerships, assessment of mobility programme effectiveness, and contribution to regional studies on European student exchange patterns.
For the university community, the dataset provides a clear picture of which academic departments attract international students and from which countries and institutions they arrive. This information helps to strengthen existing partnerships, identify opportunities for new cooperation agreements, and improve the services offered to incoming exchange students.
The information contained within this dataset has been extracted exclusively from official student mobility records maintained by the International Relations Office of Šiauliai State University of Applied Sciences. All data points have been verified against original documentation and administrative records to ensure accuracy and reliability.
Published in line with open science principles, the dataset enables comparative research across higher education institutions and offers a valuable resource for anyone studying incoming academic mobility in the Baltic region and the wider European Higher Education Area.
Outgoing
The SVAKO Outgoing International Mobility Dataset 2024-2025 provides detailed information on outgoing international student exchanges from Šiauliai State University of Applied Sciences (SVAKO) during the 2024-2025 academic year. The data includes information about student academic programmes, destination institutions and countries, gender distribution, mobility activities undertaken abroad, and citizenship classifications.
This dataset was created to promote institutional transparency and to facilitate evidence-based analysis of international student mobility patterns. It offers insights into outgoing student flows from Šiauliai State University of Applied Sciences to partner institutions worldwide, supporting strategic planning for international partnerships and contributing to broader research on European student exchange dynamics.
The dataset can serve a wide range of users. Institutional analysts and international relations staff may use it to monitor the geographical distribution of exchanges and to identify the most active partner institutions. Researchers in higher education studies can apply it in comparative analyses of mobility trends across institutions and countries, while policy makers may draw on it when assessing the effectiveness of exchange programmes such as Erasmus+.
The dataset aligns with open science principles and supports comparative analysis across higher education institutions. All data has been gathered from official student mobility records maintained by the International Relations Office of Šiauliai State University of Applied Sciences. The information represents verified administrative data extracted from institutional databases and exchange programme documentation, ensuring its accuracy and reliability.
By making this dataset openly available, SVAKO contributes to a growing culture of transparency in higher education and invites researchers, students, and practitioners to explore the patterns of outgoing academic mobility from a regional university of applied sciences in northern Lithuania.
