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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

overseas (students/universities)

English answer:

International Students

Added to glossary by cjperera
Sep 13, 2004 15:28
19 yrs ago
English term

overseas (students/universities)

English Social Sciences Geography
I'm translating a website for a Catalan university. In Britain, we talk about overseas students, but I don't know whether I can use this term here. All foreign students in Britain are literally "overseas" students. I don't like using the word foreign, as it can have negative connotations. Should I just use overseas anyway. Maybe some Americans could help me with this question. Do you consider a Canadian to be an "overseas student". I've looked in monolingual dictionaries, but they don't really clarify it.
Responses
5 +17 International Students
4 +5 international
4 +3 overseas = foreign
5 +2 international student
4 +1 from other countries
4 +1 students from other countries

Discussion

nothing Sep 13, 2004:
But in UK universities, EU students are not counted as oversees, (because of agreements between the member countries), so they pay the same fees as British students, not the fees for overseas students which are higher.

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International Students

This is what we were called at Harvard University in the US

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Note added at 4 mins (2004-09-13 15:32:37 GMT)
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And that was Canadians too - they could also join the International Students Society

http://www.digitas.harvard.edu/~wdbridge/
Peer comment(s):
agree Michel A.
0 min
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agree Aisha Maniar : that's what they're often called at UK universities nowadays too
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agree swisstell : makes sense
2 mins
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agree Lisa Frideborg Eddy (X)
4 mins
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agree Dierk Widmann
7 mins
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agree nothing
13 mins
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agree Penelope Ausejo : I also studied in the US and was an "international student" too... and so were Canadians... cheers :)
15 mins
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agree RHELLER : yes, this is to differentiate from out-of-state students (different tuition rate)
17 mins
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agree Louise Mawbey
18 mins
thanks!
agree Attila Piróth
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agree Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
41 mins
agree Heidi Stone-Schaller : that's what I was called in the US
53 mins
agree humbird
54 mins
agree Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva
58 mins
agree Richard Benham
1 hr
agree Ingrid Petit
1 hr
agree Nizamettin Yigit : even the office in university that arranges visa-immigration related documentation is called "international office".
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1 min

overseas = foreign

This is how we use it in the US.

Mike :)
Peer comment(s):
agree Michel A. : and so in the UK which is more logical - I just wonder whether the Scots are overseas students or not :-))
1 min
agree Richard Benham : Yes, I've noticed this splendid irrationality in US usage. Comes from inheriting your language from an island! Funnily enough, we don't have this problem here, except with Tasmanians and inhabitants of other offshore islands....
59 mins
agree George Rozehnal (X) : Agree
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+1
3 mins

from other countries

Since you don´t like "foreign" how about:

Students from other countries...
Peer comment(s):
agree Richard Benham : I see why people sometimes worry about "foreign". In Germany someone asked me, "Sind Sie Auslaender?", and I replied, "Nein, ich bin im Ausland!"
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+5
4 mins

international

Hi Timothy,

How about "international"? I'm German, and I studied in the US. I used be an "international" student. Canadian students were considered international students, too....
Peer comment(s):
agree vixen
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agree Dierk Widmann
6 mins
agree Louise Mawbey
17 mins
agree Richard Benham
1 hr
agree Nizamettin Yigit
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+2
4 mins

international student

At the university I attended, all "foreign" or "overseas" students were called "international students." This term is also good because it avoids any negative connotations with foreign, as well as the problem of not actually being across a "sea." I recommend "international student."
Peer comment(s):
agree Richard Benham
1 hr
agree Nizamettin Yigit
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+1
4 mins

students from other countries

might get you around the "foreign" although I myself see nothing wrong with using that word. No, in the USA,Canadians are not from overseas, thez are from across the border, from a neighboring country or again ... from another country.

PS: on the lighter side: your "overseas" remark on the UK reminds me of the newspaper item in England which proclaimed "Europe cut off my fog"
Peer comment(s):
neutral humbird : Though I've nevr heard this expression in American campus.
54 mins
agree Richard Benham : Ideally, there would be nothing wrong with "foreign", but, with all these racist groups etc., around, it can sometimes create the wrong impression.
1 hr
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