Helena Anttila is a Ph.D. Student at the Faculty of Education at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. She works as a Senior Lecturer at JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Teacher Education College, Jyväskylä, Finland. At JAMK her main responsibility is to work as a teacher trainer in Vocational Teacher Education as well as to teach in different multiculturally oriented teacher education or counselling programmes. She has completed her previous studies at the University of Helsinki: MA (Education), Kindergarten Teacher´s degree and studies for social work. Her research in progress (University of Jyväskylä) focuses on international degree students´ experiences of their studies abroad. The main purpose is to get information of how the students regard the meaning of their studies abroad for their individual growth and development and for their career and study path.