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Previously, it has been shown that the clinical learning environment causes challenges for international nursing students, but there is a lack of empirical evidence relating to the background factors explaining and influencing the outcomes.

To describe international and national students' perceptions of their clinical learning environment and supervision, and explain the related background factors.

An explorative cross-sectional design was used in a study conducted in eight universities of applied sciences in Finland during September 2015–May 2016.

All nursing students studying English language degree programs were invited to answer a self-administered questionnaire based on both the clinical learning environment, supervision and nurse teacher scale and Cultural and Linguistic Diversity scale with additional background questions. Participants (n = 329) included …