First, in my opinion many students like to attend schools in a foreign country so they can learn a different language. In this days, is very important to know several languages, and it can be easy to learn it by living somewhere with native people. For example if an American student would like to learn Italian, it will be easier for him to attend university in Italy and be surrounded by Italian people than to study the language back in America.
Second, students are eager to understand different cultures. Due to globalization and technology, people can find out a lot of information about various countries and get motivated to study somewhere else. By moving out from their home countries they will discover different history, food, traditions and way of living. In this way they will be able to explore a different place in a longer period of time than if they travel just to visit during holidays. In this way they also find it as a bigger challenge than studying at their home country near everything they already know.
Third, many students have lived all their entire life’s in the same place with their family, so they want to move out and