More than 27,000 foreign students study in Ukraine: how many of them are Russians?
Kyiv • UNN
There are 27226 foreign students enrolled in Ukrainian universities, most of them from China - 10735 people. The most popular specialty among foreigners is medicine, and most students study at KNUTD.
As of November 1, 27,226 foreign students are enrolled in higher education institutions in Ukraine, including 514 from Russia. This was reported by UNN with reference to the Ministry of Education and Science.
It is reported that as of November 1, 2024, according to information from the Unified State Electronic Database on Education, 27 ,226 foreign students are enrolled in higher education institutions. In 2024, 7 194 started studying.
10 countries with the largest number of students in Ukraine:
- China - 10735
- Azerbaijan-4308
- India - 1802
- Georgia - 1291
- Morocco-1283
- Turkey - 858
- Turkmenistan - 858
- Nigeria - 726
- Russia - 514
- Bulgaria-425
The top 5 specialties most often chosen by foreign students include:
- Medicine - 4488
- Management - 3841
- Economics - 1127
- Law - 985
- Pharmacy, industrial pharmacy - 979
5 higher education institutions by the number of foreign students:
- Kyiv National University of Technology and Design - 1797
- Semen Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics - 1756
- National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" - 1130
– Admiral Makarov National University of shipbuilding-1077
- V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University-989
There are 22 676 full-time international students. There are 4 532 part-time students, and 10 are studying remotely.
