Studenti internazionali e immigrati di seconda generazione nel sistema universitario italiano

International Students and Second-Generation Immigrants in the Italian University System. Foreign students have been little studied as a mobile population, despite their increasing importance among human flows in the contemporary globalizing world. This paper article aims to reflect on the international migratory presents in Italian Universities. This important phenomenon due to the globalization has grown the interchanges of foreign students in our educational system and it has inserted students with migratory background. The study explores the strengths and challenges of the presence of these two types of youth. Within this framework and thanks to the collection, storage and processing of data, the article offers an overview of the relationships among the Italian University, international students and students with foreign background.