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Nursing student exchange is one of the programs held to improve the quality of students, especially in developing nursing cultural competence. However in its implementation, not all students are motivated to take part in the program. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influence student motivation in participating in the international student exchange program. This study uses a descriptive & analytic cross section method. 265 students were taken using quota sampling via online survey from total population of 481 undergraduate level students in second, third and last year. The results showed student motivation towards the exchange program was high (74.3%) with the most important reason is for career development (86.8%), world enlightenment (5.7%), entertainment (1.5%) and personal growth (6%). However, there were obstacles faced by some students, there are financial barrier (37.7%), lack of confidence in English (35.5%) and lack of family support (8.7%). Other factors that were significantly proven to be related to student motivation were tested using the Wilcoxon sign rank test with α = 0.05, there are English ability (p = 0,000) and information obtained about student exchange (p = 0,000).