Factors Affecting Cross-cultural Adaptation of International Graduate Students in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University

Abstract

          The main purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting cross-culture adaptation of international graduate students in Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University. 34 International students who were studying in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical sciences, Chulalongkorn University were enrolled into this study. A survey was conducted through a questionnaire composed of 16 items, subdivided into 3 major parts, the first part consisted of questions related to student's personal information, the second part had a 5-point scale scheme which allowed the student to rate how certain factors affect cross-culture adaptation, the third part emphasized student's suggestions.
It was found that educational system had the greatest impact on affecting adaptation of students with an average score of 4.19, followed by the environmental and social factors garnering with an average score of 4.15. The scholarship process was the third considered factor, with an average score of 4.07. Furthermore, the study also had reported different periods of study had different opinions on scholarship and financial factors significant at the .05.