Multiculturality of the educational environment of a modern university: the view of foreign students

The article analyzes the importance of the formation of a multicultural educational environment of a modern university in the context of globalization and internationalization of higher education. In the course of the analysis of the results of the survey and the focus group interview of foreign students of the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin (hereinafter - UrFU), the main motives of education in Russia and the problems associated with integration into the educational space of the region and the university are described.