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In the block, about 1.8 million of such students are trained in higher education programs, including students and graduate school.
Within the Bloc, Luxembourg has the highest percentage of foreign students in this category (52.3%), followed by Malta (29.6%) and Cyprus (22.3%).
Greece (3.0%), Croatia (3.7%) and Spain (4.3%) reported lower shares.
Asians – most foreign students in Germany
Most foreign students usually come from other European countries, but there are some noticeable exceptions.
For example, Asian students are the largest group in Ireland (45.0%), Finland (43.35%), Germany (40.1%) and Italy (36%).
The vast majority of Asian students in the EU (169 827) chose Germany for its research. However, the number in Turkey is even higher: 213,922.
Africans the largest group of foreigners in France and Portugal
Meanwhile, African students are the most important group in France, almost 145,000 and Portugal, 24,000, which is 52% and 42% of all foreign higher education students, respectively.
In Spain, the largest share of foreign students (46.7%) comes from Caribbean, Central and South America. In the remaining 20 EU countries, the largest group of foreign students is European.
The highest indicators of European foreign students are in Slovakia (91.3%), Slovenia (89.4%) and Croatia (89.0%).