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Russia - Russian universities will increase the number of state-funded places for foreigners

Russia (bbabo.net), - The Ministry of Education and Science increases the quota for teaching foreigners in Russian universities. According to the agency, in the 2023 academic year, the number of state-funded places for foreigners in Russian universities will increase - there will be 30,000 of them.

In 2021, the quota for foreign students did not exceed 18 thousand places, and 23 thousand places for foreigners are planned for 2022.

In total, more than 92,000 foreign citizens were admitted to universities in 2021, of which almost 12,000 people are within the quota of the Russian government.

Most applications for studying in Russia came from Afghanistan, Vietnam, China, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

In total, according to the Ministry of Education and Science, almost 346,000 foreigners study at Russian universities.

Russia - Russian universities will increase the number of state-funded places for foreigners