One of the topical issues of our modern globalized society and a higher education institution is students’ – immigrants’ ethnical and national identity protection and development. The aim of the reserach was to identify students’ opinion about the possibilities to protect and develop their ethnical and national identity living and studying abroad and find out the preconditions and barriers how to realize these possibilities. The main conclusions of the research are the following 1) students’ – immigrants tend to develop a multicultural identity due to the communication process of modern mulicultural society. Howerver, the protection and development of their ethnical and national identity is of a high importance because it is unique and irreplaceable, 2) the main precondition to protect and develop students’ – immigrants’ ethnical and national identity is their willingness and determination to do it, 3) the main means to protect and develop students’ – immigrants’ ethnical and national identity abroad is the following – the use of native language in the communication process with compatriots both abroad and at their native land, link with their homeland – information exchange, regular visits to the homeland, acquisition and practical usage of cultural values, for example, reading books, watching movies, singing in the mother tongue; respecting traditions and celebrations etc., 4) supportive policy of the residence country and positive attitude of the society and a higher education institution towards the immigrants are of a high importance, 5) a higher education institution can promote students’ – immigrants’ ethnical and national identity protection and development improving the skills and competence of academic staff and students to work and study in a multicultural environment.