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Visa students therefore Students from the United States describe their experience at represent approximately 12 per cent of full-time undergraduate Canadian universities in very positive terms with respect to the students and almost 29 per cent of students at the graduate quality of academic offerings, campus life and preparation for level in Canada.4 their career of choice. [...] At the invitation of the Embassy of the United States to Canada, Major barriers they face in the process of coming to Canada to Universities Canada undertook a study to: study revolve around uncertainty with respect to the immigration process, paucity of funding they can access (scholarships and •. Enhance understanding of the motivations or pull-factors for grants) and logistical concerns related [...] American students to choose to study in Canada; • I ncrease understanding of the barriers and challenges American American students enrolled at Canadian universities recommend students face in coming to and studying in Canada; and that these institutions, along with Canadian and American. [...] A 2014 analysis of To paint a picture of the decision-making process leading up to the European’s Commission’s Erasmus mobility program5 — studies in Canada, as well as of the experience itself, the focus the largest in the world — found that students who take part groups explored themes including recruitment, reputation,. [...] Some students said that they were drawn to Canada because of the differences between the Canadian education system and the American one, be it in terms of the campus culture or the relatively less transactional, business-like nature of post- secondary education in Canada.