International diversity in graduate engineering education: Development of a multi institutional survey

This study examines the experiences of one of engineering graduate schools largest populations: international students. This paper discusses the use of ethnographically guided observations and interviews in the development of a multi institution survey on graduate student experiences. The results of qualitative analysis will be briefly discussed to contextualize the survey sections and creation of individual questions. The development of this survey was the second part of a multi phase mixed methods study whose purpose was to investigate the role of international diversity in graduate engineering communities. Results of this study will help shape the future of graduate engineering education by bringing the experiences of both international and domestic graduate engineering students to the forefront. We conclude with implications for the current state of engineering graduate education as well as directions for future research.