COVID-19 caused a major interruption in the steady increase in international students’ numbersover the past three decades. The measures taken by governments and the changed academic,social, and political milieu that emerged during the pandemic clearly impacted the decision-making process of students regarding their international mobility. More recently, evidence fromdifferent countries indicates a strong rebound of international student numbers, almostmatching the situation before the COVID-19 pandemic (Institute of International Education,2022; Australian Government Department of Education, 2022). COVID-19 resulted in outcomessuch as a halt in educational activities, a lack of alternatives to mobility types, an absence ofsystematic crisis management and a shortage of well-being support that demandconsideration by policymakers focusing on exchange mobility at national and transnationallevels.