International student mobility from China and India – the influence of Australian immigration policy, and institutional and family factors on postgraduation destination outcomes

The main purpose of this research is to examine the main factors influencing Chinese and Indian students in selecting Australia as the destination for their study and the intentions post-graduation. It addresses the literature gap of the influence of meso-level factors, for example parents on such student migration, as well as the difference in impact of micro, macro and meso factors on various student nationalities, and aims to understand their decisions from the lens of migration theories.