The purpose of this paper is to present the phenomenon of extensive academic mobility among Nepalese students, researchers and academics as an element of wider migration practices and social processes in this country. The context for the analysis is active participation of the Nepalese in the European Commission educational programme Erasmus Mundus Action 2 and their visits to Polish universities in the years 2010-2016. The article will prove that Nepalese youth are searching for new destinations of academic mobility.