This paper seeks to describe the notion of academic mobility and to outline all the advantages and disadvantages of student exchange. The term academic mobility refers to the stay of students, teachers or non-teaching staff of higher education institutions at another institution of higher learning for the purpose of study, professional development or work. Student mobility offers an experience of a different environment and learning experience, which encourages the development of new cultural, social and academic values and contributes to personal development. Developing these capabilities is certainly important for society as well, as this increases the level of tolerance and raises awareness of the need to combat all forms of discrimination. In addition to the benefits of individuals, academic mobility directly contributes to the development of higher education. The general information on all parts of mobility describes a personal experience of going to mobility. Listed are all the positive and negative things that happened. The goal was to show students and the public the two sides of academic mobility. In conclusion, the personal opinions and advice of the person who was on the mobility were outlined.