Student’s academic success as a basis for mental well-being in a multicultural university environment

The article addresses the crucial issue of integration and adaptation of foreign students from an unusual perspective, focusing not on specialized migrant programs but on engagement with host social groups. For these groups, the influx of individuals from different cultural backgrounds is also a stress factor that elicits responsive reactions to active migration processes. The study described in the article examines the psychological well-being of foreign students at a specific university, considering their self-determination in a new social milieu and the level of societal acceptance. Social adaptation depends not only on an effectively organized communicative process, but also on the level of everyday comfort; the synthesis of these factors forms a favorable emotional and psychological background that allows integration to take place as comfortably as possible. The level of societal acceptance, as well as the academic community’s awareness of the cultural specificities of different categories of international students, is a key factor affecting psychological well-being.