【问】 overseas students与students overseas是否同义?

【答】 overseas students与students overseas是不同义的。前者指从别国来本国求学的学生(students from overseas)——外国留学生。后者则指出国求学人员——出国留学生。

Overseas students have come to one's own country from abroad in order to study. But students overseas are people studying in other countries. (LDCE)

外国留学生是指从外国来本国求学的学生，而出国留学生则是指到别国学习的学生。