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This research has been conducted determine the cultural intelligence and xenophobia levels of students in the health field, who will be health professionals in the future and are expected to work with different cultures. The cross-sectional and descriptive study has been conducted with 570 students having education in the First and Emergency Aid and Elderly Care programs of two state universities in different regions. The data has been collected by using 'Descriptive Information Form,' 'Cultural Intelligence Scale' and the 'Xenophobia Scale' It has been determined that, of the students who participated in the research; 71.2 % were taking education in the university of the Mediterranean region, 76.7 % were women, 57.9% were studying Elderly Care program. The students' xenophobia scale mean score has been detected to be 45.27±11.73, and the cultural intelligence scale total mean score has been detected to be71.1±13.91. There exists a significant relationship with students' willingness to work abroad (t=5.456, p=0.000), cultural education (t=3.608, p=0.000), social media communication with people from other countries (f=11.602, p=0.000), and cultural intelligence and xenophobia levels. Students' xenophobia and cultural intelligence levels have been found to be moderate in this research.

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