A large international consortium of 26 countries and 110 higher-education institutions (HEIs) successfully developed and executed an online student survey during or directly after the initial peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 International Student Well-being Study (C19 ISWS) is a cross-sectional multicountry study that collected data on higher-education students during the COVID-19 outbreak in the spring of 2020. The dataset allows description of: (1) living conditions, financial conditions, and academic workload before and during the COVID-19 outbreak; (2) the current level of mental well-being and effects on healthy lifestyles; (3) perceived stressors; (4) resources (e.g., social support and economic capital); (5) knowledge related to COVID-19; and (6) attitudes toward COVID-19 measures implemented by the government and relevant HEI. The dataset additionally includes information about COVID-19 measures taken by the government and HEI that were in place during the period of data collection. The collected data provide a comprehensive and comparative dataset on student well-being. (2021-02)

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The C19 ISWS adheres to the principle of ‘FAIR Data’ , by making the data freely available to all C19 ISWS partners within the first year, and making the data freely accessible to all researchers 1 year after closing of data collection. To stimulate the use of the C19 ISWS data and to encourage research collaborations, the project was registered on the World Pandemic Research Network, while the questionnaire and (preliminary) research results are accessible through the Zenodo portal.