Student survey about international student support

If you want to generate an AI-powered survey in seconds—all about International Student Support for Students—just use the tool below. We built Specific to make this easy, fast, and genuinely insightful.

Why Student international student support surveys matter

When you’re working with international students, understanding their unique challenges is essential. Building a strong support system depends on knowing exactly what those challenges are—and that starts with a well-crafted survey.

Here’s why you can’t afford to skip this:

• Missed needs: If you’re not regularly collecting feedback, you can’t spot gaps in student support. According to the QS International Student Survey, 68% of prospective international students say the cost of living is their top concern when considering studying abroad. If you aren’t asking them directly, you won’t know where they’re struggling most. [2]

• Student engagement drops: Students who don’t feel heard are less likely to voice concerns in the future—leading to lower participation and even higher attrition rates.

• You leave real solutions undiscovered: Nearly a third of the total student population report serious financial issues, a rise from previous years. [4] If you only rely on assumptions, you’ll probably overlook creative, simple improvements.

• Anxieties go unaddressed: 43% of international students say they’d feel more comfortable if they could ask questions of current students. [3] Building that bridge requires you to know where those anxieties lie.

Collecting high-quality feedback helps institutions prioritize what to fix first and uncover what support makes the biggest difference. If you want to dig deeper on question selection, check out our guide to the best questions for Student International Student Support surveys.

The advantage of using an AI survey generator

Manual surveys take time—sometimes hours—to write, edit, and refine. Traditional survey tools often result in flat, impersonal forms. With an AI survey generator like Specific, you describe what you want, and let the AI do the heavy lifting. For example, other platforms such as Jotform, KAPinsights, Formester, and Duonut highlight these same benefits: dynamic question generation and real-time AI-powered feedback make survey creation smoother, faster, and more effective. [6][7][8][9]

Why use AI for student surveys?

• Faster creation: Spend less time building, more time learning from student feedback.

• Better quality questions: Smart prompts avoid bias, while dynamic follow-ups dig deeper.

• Higher student engagement: Chat-like formats feel familiar, especially for younger audiences used to messaging apps.

• Instant, actionable insights: No more sifting through raw responses and spreadsheets.

With Specific, the AI-powered survey editor offers a best-in-class experience—designing surveys is as simple as chatting, and the results feel more like a conversation than a test.

If you’re interested in the detailed process, see our full step-by-step guide: How to create a Student survey about International Student Support.

Crafting questions that drive real insight

Getting actionable data starts with asking the right questions, and avoiding ones that are too vague or leading. Here’s where Specific shines: as an expert, it auto-generates clear, focused questions and steers you away from the traps that dilute feedback.

For example:

• Bad: “Did you like the support services?”
  Good: “Which International Student Support services did you find most helpful this semester, and why?”

Specific’s AI is tuned to avoid bias and surface actionable data, not just generic satisfaction. That means:

• Questions are tailored to elicit details, not just yes/no responses.

• Follow-ups are dynamically generated—so you get context, not just surface-level sentiment.

Quick tip: Always ask open-ended questions alongside multiple choice—students will surprise you with details you might not expect. For more on crafting effective student support survey questions, read our expert recommendations here.

Automatic follow-up questions based on previous reply

Traditional surveys leave too much unsaid. Specific’s unique feature— automatic AI-powered follow-ups—lets the survey adapt in real time, with the AI probing deeper based on each response. This conversational approach makes a huge difference: no more chasing down unclear answers via endless email threads.

What happens if you don’t ask smart follow-ups?

• Student: “I had trouble with accommodation.”

• AI follow-up: “Was it the process of finding housing, the cost, or something else that was challenging for you?”

Without a follow-up, you’re left guessing what went wrong—which leads to incomplete or even misleading insights.

Automatic probing transforms every survey into a conversation. And once you try creating a survey with it, you’ll instantly see how much richer your responses become.

These follow-ups turn a survey into a genuine, two-way conversation—a conversational survey that uncovers what matters most to Students.

How to deliver your survey

Now it’s time to get your survey in front of Students. Specific offers two simple, effective delivery methods—each with its own strengths for International Student Support surveys:

• Sharable landing page surveys: Useful when you need to reach students by email, text, or internal newsletters. You can post the link on social channels, student portals, or send directly to target groups—perfect for large cohorts, remote learners, or external partners.

• In-product surveys: Best when you want to target current students right inside your app, learning management system, or campus platform. Use this to trigger feedback in real time after a support interaction, enrollment, or event registration. For surveys about International Student Support, landing pages are ideal for broad outreach, while in-product delivery shines if you have an integrated platform.

Most schools use both: a landing page to broaden access, and in-product setup for targeted, timely feedback.

Instantly analyze survey responses with AI

Once your Student International Student Support survey goes live, Specific’s AI survey analysis gets to work. It automatically summarizes every response, surfaces key themes like accommodation, cost of living, or campus integration, and distills actionable themes—no spreadsheets, no manual sorting. Plus, you can chat directly with AI about the results in plain language. If you want to go deeper, check out our article on how to analyze Student International Student Support survey responses with AI.

Create your International Student Support survey now

Ready to discover what Students really need? Create your survey in seconds—just describe your goal and let Specific’s AI handle the rest. The insights are yours, instantly.