8 ways to make most of the life at university Homesickness is experienced by a lot of people who are living away from their home for first time. At some point at your time at university, you will miss the familiarity of your loved ones and friends. This happens a lot to students studying far away from their homes, not just international students. As an international student you would also experience cultural differences that you need to assimilate alongside missing what is the most familiar and comfortable to you.