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Nowadays, the estimated number of nurses in Indonesia is higher than the number of employment available to graduates for nurses. The need for health workers is increasing in developed countries, where health workers there are insufficient, therefore it demands the developed countries receive quite large foreign workers in their countries. This explains that Indonesia has a great opportunity to send nurses and care workers overseas. The purpose of this study was to identify the interest and motivation of third level nursing students of STIKES Bali participating in the program for working abroad. This study employed a descriptive design with a cross-sectional approach. To conduct this study, 334 respondents were recruited as the sample through the census sampling technique. Findings indicated that the majority of students interest in working abroad were in the high category (74.3%), students with moderate interest (20.7%) and students with low interest (5.1%). For the motivation, most of the students- motivation in the high category (80.5%), students with moderate category (16.8%) and students with low motivation (2.7%). The conclusions of this study are most of them have good interests and motivation and it is expected STIKES Bali can provide information and socialization regarding the employment opportunities abroad, therefore it can increase the interest and motivation of students to participate in the program for working abroad.