Moscow, August 19 /TASS /. China and Kazakhstan ranked at the top of the nations, of which most students arrived in Russia on December 31, 2024. This was reported as TASS in the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
“The top 5 countries of the upcoming academic movement of foreign students on December 31, 2024: China – 13,687 students, Kazakhstan – 3 972, Uzbekistan – 3,760, Kyrgyzstan – 337, India – 2 612,” the report said.
According to the Ministry, the number of citizens of EU countries studying at Russian universities on October 1, 2024 was 2,317 and the total number of foreign students in 2024 reached 414.6 thousand people from 182 countries. This is 31.7 thousand more than 2022.
Earlier, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Konstantin Mogilevsky, told Russian students studying at Western universities often facing discrimination against some signs. According to him, the Ministry of Education and Science provides support for those who want to return to their homeland for the Russians in the process of recovery at domestic universities.