Internationalization of higher education has increased the diversity of the student body at higher education institutions. There is evidence that the experiences of international students vary according to their region of origin, but trends on a larger scale remain underexamined. Drawing on Eurostudent VI data from the Republic of Ireland, this article investigates how academic satisfaction varies between students from different global regions of origin and from national settings with distinct cultural distance characteristics. Results suggest that international students have higher levels of academic satisfaction than Irish students, but that differences between students from diverse regions of origin persist. In addition, international students originating from a national context with high power distance, irrespective of levels of individualism, have higher levels of academic satisfaction compared with Irish students. Furthermore, self-perception of being a detached customer rather than an equal partner in education has the strongest association with academic satisfaction, suggesting that commercialization trends affect both international and domestic students.

高等教育的国际化增加了高等教育机构学生群体的多样性。有证据表明，国际学生的经历因他们的原籍地区而异，但更大规模的趋势仍未得到充分研究。本文利用来自爱尔兰共和国的 Eurostudent VI 数据，调查了来自全球不同地区和具有不同文化距离特征的国家环境的学生之间的学业满意度如何变化。结果表明，国际学生的学术满意度高于爱尔兰学生，但来自不同地区的学生之间的差异仍然存在。此外，来自具有高权力距离的国家背景的国际学生，无论个人主义水平如何，与爱尔兰学生相比，他们的学术满意度更高。此外，作为独立客户而非平等教育伙伴的自我认知与学术满意度的关联性最强，这表明商业化趋势会影响国际和国内学生。