For this project we aimed to discover what was mobilizing Chinese International graduate students to return to China after obtaining their PhD at UIUC. We decided to focus on students studying in the science and engineering with the sense that advancement in science and technology was helpful in building a nation. In total, we interviewed 12 people, 10 male, 2 female Chinese graduate students who were studying in the field of science and engineering. In the end, we concluded that students did not make their decisions based on what we originally perceived as an underlying patriotism, but rather made their decisions based on their personal preferences.
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