Tab.2.5.33,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Foreign students in Germany, by types of higher education institution and countries of origin 1)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,University 2),University of applied sciences 3) ,WS 1980/1981,WS 1990/1991,WS 1992/1993,WS 1994/1995,WS 1996/1997,WS 1997/1998,WS 1998/1999,WS 1999/2000,WS 2000/2001,WS 2001/2002,WS 2002/2003,WS 2003/2004,WS 2004/2005,WS 2005/2006,WS 2006/2007,WS 2007/2008,WS 2008/2009,WS 2009/2010,WS 2010/2011,WS 2011/2012,WS 2012/2013,WS 2013/2014,WS 2014/2015,WS 2015/2016,WS 2016/2017,WS 2017/2018,WS 2018/2019,WS 2019/2020,WS 2020/2021,WS 2021/2022,WS 2022/2023,WS 2023/2024,WS 2023/2024,WS 2023/2024 Country,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number Europe,29404,53151,67235,82216,92773,98535,104368,110262,117372,127441,136289,144915,142843,142801,140292,131603,133894,137094,141553,148623,156745,164660,172244,178290,182734,183635,184332,183293,179598,186221,186855,186742,122497,64245 EU countries 4),7967,23311,28008,32386,42211,43149,43479,43330,43418,44011,44017,44158,66944,66059,64225,74155,74207,74583,76052,79088,83460,91912,96367,99478,101153,101324,101594,101056,96459,102898,102456,102192,66390,35802 Belgium,476,680,793,889,951,934,939,927,923,949,971,958,934,917,957,920,969,1000,1109,1204,1374,1410,1491,1602,1659,1719,1728,1771,1756,1944,1826,1804,1186,618 Bulgaria,121,183,841,1119,1434,1742,2291,3307,5015,7321,9897,12048,12848,12794,12170,10504,9544,8696,7997,7486,7226,7223,7231,7325,7311,6911,6692,6568,6384,6260,6054,5879,4315,1564 Denmark,209,372,530,667,646,609,637,607,649,674,640,674,564,568,485,468,449,445,505,550,616,635,679,647,662,655,639,646,660,689,651,624,472,152 Estonia,m,m,39,129,191,210,269,346,436,582,617,720,760,780,724,677,624,608,616,635,604,562,564,538,505,492,455,445,401,397,395,420,310,110 Finland,800,781,919,1104,1058,1103,1066,1099,998,1022,929,1037,917,912,853,713,776,818,871,909,914,961,983,1013,1072,966,934,829,683,751,780,801,499,302 France,2504,3716,4733,5617,5894,6077,6146,6204,6246,6356,6245,6431,6290,6074,5982,5476,5988,6206,6394,6539,7000,7342,8373,8453,8539,8408,8278,8104,7798,8350,8325,8090,6055,2035 Greece,5204,6465,7167,7663,7945,7998,7800,7708,7516,7451,7254,7043,6115,5850,5643,5218,5182,5307,5473,5931,6533,7072,7386,7540,7725,7734,7662,7430,7211,7054,6886,6509,4719,1790 Ireland,101,286,431,521,568,622,559,573,536,518,506,479,408,435,413,353,386,369,409,475,466,512,559,604,673,709,713,741,600,898,865,829,635,194 Italy,1142,3267,4207,5160,5784,6092,6363,6547,6771,6879,7074,7183,6810,6701,6614,6512,6863,7469,8154,8930,9934,10916,12206,13256,14038,14485,14922,14975,14067,15154,15232,14869,10714,4155 Croatia,m,m,508,2016,3258,3760,4060,4374,4614,4734,4730,4795,4556,4414,4186,3975,4004,4109,4102,4197,4345,4626,4677,4753,4746,4686,4653,4620,4624,4630,4503,4402,2226,2176 Latvia,m,m,55,130,218,270,377,514,600,749,839,891,899,918,886,823,751,790,831,824,917,922,890,889,872,827,795,753,724,784,790,808,503,305 Lithuania,m,m,53,153,311,430,556,713,959,1214,1465,1667,1701,1747,1667,1510,1390,1274,1199,1177,1182,1177,1186,1178,1131,1081,1084,1065,1074,1072,1048,1062,712,350 Luxembourg,678,1107,1190,1169,1197,1275,1381,1465,1605,1782,1915,2008,2132,2242,2373,2484,2641,2803,2953,3197,3364,3627,3838,4124,4390,4670,4852,5022,5212,5367,5275,5376,3432,1944 Malta,4,7,14,24,30,31,32,46,53,54,53,49,41,36,27,21,26,30,32,24,23,33,36,37,39,31,40,38,37,44,43,43,31,12 Netherlands,1434,2113,2256,2350,2233,2155,2110,1927,1770,1726,1755,1746,1570,1468,1447,1429,1465,1449,1561,1723,1905,2111,2405,2680,2840,2892,2889,2852,2611,2861,2767,2739,1884,855 Austria,2437,5101,5772,6154,6187,6298,6300,6106,6127,6422,6389,6373,5770,5930,6153,6018,7014,7770,8775,9695,10509,11235,11832,12180,12652,13194,13618,14190,15774,16809,16903,17474,7743,9731 Poland,414,2136,2714,3813,5271,5965,7015,8181,9328,10936,12601,14350,14896,15183,14493,13028,12252,11325,10306,9852,9532,9142,9104,8947,8260,7773,7501,7211,7010,7274,7297,7498,4958,2540 Portugal,239,663,839,1060,1303,1399,1448,1466,1527,1612,1667,1639,1487,1383,1341,1315,1400,1446,1618,1695,1852,2118,2272,2443,2588,2689,2785,2793,2720,2936,2934,2852,1845,1007 Romania,182,313,584,782,998,1179,1429,1793,2232,2860,3449,3977,4271,4201,4156,3636,3475,3483,3457,3452,3544,3461,3442,3468,3401,3374,3426,3545,3635,4057,4217,4533,2960,1573 Sweden,393,517,774,1054,1000,1016,1002,882,881,816,817,820,753,682,700,600,593,656,665,704,736,801,880,926,867,793,771,706,591,754,751,727,532,195 Slovakia,m,m,m,285,374,446,643,773,992,1269,1481,1592,1661,1649,1569,1365,1238,1206,1146,1109,1155,1172,1239,1200,1088,1037,949,899,885,948,924,976,702,274 Slovenia,m,m,79,287,387,422,457,482,510,547,561,564,569,540,524,556,491,478,471,490,485,577,615,647,639,653,637,626,528,573,569,585,412,173 Spain,819,2520,3112,3907,4578,4891,5185,5344,5588,5665,5773,5739,5434,5152,4799,4538,4715,4993,5491,6165,6841,7058,6959,7208,7516,7469,7647,7573,6699,8297,8367,8154,5736,2418 Czech Republic,624,580,965,782,912,984,1158,1292,1640,1984,2243,2392,2356,2241,2132,1965,1817,1751,1667,1769,1781,1791,1859,1787,1676,1630,1610,1495,1424,1470,1503,1578,1164,414 Hungary,296,513,1113,1423,1846,1934,2285,2568,2779,2914,3129,3024,2804,2642,2434,2167,2160,2106,2020,2068,2147,2323,2366,2468,2436,2524,2522,2643,2618,2851,2908,2986,2114,872 Cyprus,318,474,371,292,204,194,167,169,180,186,197,212,204,215,221,208,217,231,245,271,320,427,540,639,746,826,827,804,733,674,643,574,531,43 Non-EU countries 4),21437,29840,39227,49830,50562,55386,60889,66932,73954,83430,92272,100757,75899,76742,76067,57448,59687,62511,65501,69535,73285,72748,75877,78812,81581,82311,82738,82237,83139,83323,84399,84550,56107,28443 Bosnia Herzegovina,m,m,m,300,922,1157,1402,1641,1889,2015,2206,2388,2455,2546,2603,2573,2681,2803,2859,3035,3123,3164,3265,3278,3351,3331,3243,3180,3130,3043,2948,2839,1443,1396 Iceland,115,248,282,280,284,264,220,204,160,158,149,162,133,108,108,87,91,98,116,119,116,136,137,128,127,126,137,133,131,130,139,119,67,52 Montenegro,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,227,170,159,190,215,252,313,339,386,422,424,433,440,419,441,426,402,239,163 North Macedonia,m,m,m,36,227,298,393,474,523,617,660,704,1361,754,835,775,719,720,742,757,816,914,992,1071,1166,1174,1230,1214,1178,1182,1171,1110,668,442 Norway,640,846,972,1065,1008,1011,943,924,906,851,821,773,753,659,589,485,492,431,411,415,428,437,452,495,497,512,551,540,458,584,571,506,372,134 Russian Federation 5),52,395,1236,2553,3622,4182,4930,5946,6987,8383,9601,10814,11479,11953,12197,11847,12378,12652,13132,13630,14199,14525,14964,14909,14939,14322,13968,14073,14301,14549,14282,14401,10391,4010 Switzerland,1088,1360,1472,1625,1724,1749,1724,1774,1763,1762,1766,1896,1896,1941,1994,1990,2170,2302,2487,2745,2882,3028,3125,3345,3463,3601,3717,3763,3879,4015,4110,3993,2050,1943 Turkey,6542,12962,15859,19317,21856,23031,23689,23762,23640,24041,24114,24448,22553,22419,22090,21404,22335,24170,26089,28501,30645,33004,34736,36530,38309,39338,39634,38902,37030,36575,35495,35559,23243,12316 Ukraine,m,m,71,442,1145,1556,2123,2836,3688,4917,6071,7238,8066,8671,8839,8408,8557,8818,8830,8929,9044,9212,9379,9613,9638,9388,9171,8933,8687,8450,11200,11961,8884,3077 United Kingdom,1423,2122,2750,3383,2867,2680,2543,2475,2281,2139,2082,2028,1869,1794,1788,1651,1781,1874,2087,2214,2500,2678,2755,2926,3082,3096,2965,2712,2492,2573,2412,2190,1764,426 Other countries in Europe,1149,3424,4534,4665,4340,4571,4726,4813,5060,5336,5622,6053,5528,6282,6300,5677,6090,6249,6543,6992,7435,8015,8488,9057,9669,10095,10654,11059,11434,11781,11645,11470,6986,4484 Africa,3884,6441,10245,12676,14462,15433,16500,17696,18852,20171,22024,23056,22616,22883,22689,21580,21736,21684,21542,21469,22143,23290,25141,27312,29999,32496,35463,38955,42085,44847,45623,46612,23950,22662 Egypt,795,942,1192,1268,1235,1194,1166,1126,1191,1278,1264,1192,1035,907,920,1087,1203,1359,1423,1473,1778,2057,2384,2788,3328,3923,4822,5639,6263,7480,8083,8395,5961,2434 Ethiopia,164,470,883,836,753,750,707,639,588,531,534,523,495,427,418,401,430,442,470,490,526,516,488,498,511,561,558,565,510,530,563,674,446,228 Algeria,601,271,322,353,379,391,380,359,346,325,328,288,246,229,222,193,188,186,196,219,230,246,265,295,292,319,351,411,472,572,628,686,381,305 Ghana,258,330,496,492,434,403,376,353,374,532,735,698,570,441,375,322,333,370,426,511,582,653,756,875,987,1247,1456,1567,1814,2157,2371,2771,1587,1184 Cameroon,114,598,1131,1480,1900,2291,2966,3628,4141,4464,4896,5332,5393,5521,5503,5458,5536,5550,5575,5783,6016,6408,6893,7336,7676,7535,7406,7844,8159,7887,7537,6982,2333,4649 Morocco,151,925,2232,3572,4606,4946,5255,5699,6204,6765,7421,8097,8019,8213,7931,6918,6649,6281,5866,5461,5169,5165,5314,5447,5674,5894,6133,6393,6712,7037,7478,7788,2949,4839 Nigeria,424,245,339,424,518,584,634,664,667,662,632,630,562,541,513,548,555,577,607,645,758,942,1188,1454,1667,1970,2747,3766,4606,4468,4281,4002,2217,1785 Tunisia,212,695,806,873,877,941,973,1074,1237,1426,1619,1806,2023,2369,2593,2681,2860,2859,2729,2552,2576,2732,3101,3677,4648,5595,6185,6599,6848,6806,6761,6952,3796,3156 Other countries in Africa,1165,1965,2844,3378,3760,3933,4043,4154,4104,4188,4595,4490,4273,4235,4214,3972,3982,4060,4250,4335,4508,4571,4752,4942,5216,5452,5805,6171,6701,7910,7921,8362,4280,4082 America,6572,8455,9290,9417,9026,9094,8972,9124,9356,9763,10428,11172,11467,11917,12397,12372,13366,14625,15270,16553,17886,19538,21712,23342,23627,25004,25984,26548,24700,27100,28127,27550,19982,7568 Argentina,212,321,371,365,368,368,389,389,419,466,505,519,485,477,456,438,413,434,433,409,416,470,483,551,590,663,720,699,600,684,786,735,499,236 Bolivia,160,240,234,220,200,203,195,186,190,196,200,219,221,224,223,198,206,200,225,245,285,301,289,309,304,321,358,382,411,435,456,433,284,149 Brazil,490,896,1085,1193,1206,1225,1278,1325,1432,1509,1550,1698,1682,1867,2018,2118,2246,2467,2561,2727,3310,3884,4708,4811,3501,3954,4203,4382,4064,4274,4361,4255,3142,1113 Chile,516,515,546,517,455,441,449,472,459,483,575,611,606,626,607,611,665,703,760,814,875,888,933,941,1043,1072,1097,1152,1180,1284,1298,1252,1009,243 Canada,330,392,440,456,428,443,438,419,430,471,500,535,548,577,584,554,615,615,656,757,805,904,1039,1100,1196,1220,1229,1195,1018,1117,1197,1157,929,228 Colombia,246,407,431,421,417,432,443,497,544,679,828,988,1090,1178,1261,1356,1479,1608,1715,1871,2065,2346,2599,2898,3100,3280,3498,3709,3848,3900,3887,3732,2724,1008 Mexico,189,259,280,277,276,319,347,417,502,588,730,977,1174,1268,1394,1380,1584,1607,1749,2059,2245,2425,2714,2886,3050,3147,3287,3284,2997,3393,3729,3806,2456,1350 Peru,275,518,561,669,692,719,714,756,797,827,862,902,899,956,974,953,1019,1000,1044,1055,1068,1112,1105,1174,1230,1309,1378,1436,1504,1668,1773,1802,1284,518 Venezuela,215,118,157,180,207,203,202,239,274,309,310,325,345,377,351,350,387,411,425,439,463,505,555,595,642,686,711,661,653,653,661,645,417,228 United States,3531,4207,4436,4371,3993,3926,3719,3576,3467,3318,3384,3324,3280,3195,3337,3247,3513,3825,4242,4598,4654,4855,5316,5837,6521,6851,6829,6821,5486,6462,6456,6152,5029,1123 Other countries in America,408,582,749,748,784,815,798,848,842,917,984,1074,1137,1172,1192,1167,1239,1755,1460,1579,1700,1848,1971,2240,2450,2501,2674,2827,2939,3230,3523,3581,2209,1372 Asia,16738,30051,34100,34626,33324,33494,34390,36191,39683,46921,56441,65205,67729,69107,69422,66691,67640,69072,72326,77233,84097,92548,100926,109811,120506,131447,147026,160829,168353,180579,195386,206207,137566,68641 Afghanistan,548,612,658,612,565,590,579,592,628,682,695,698,670,720,762,745,896,987,1042,1151,1118,1135,1215,1256,1377,1361,1503,1693,1943,2258,2822,3364,1715,1649 China,317,4230,5752,5726,4980,5017,5355,6526,9109,14070,20141,25284,27129,27390,27117,25479,24746,24414,24443,25521,27364,30511,32460,34643,37603,39541,42676,44490,43525,43629,42541,42190,37422,4768 India,655,609,665,667,708,727,846,1117,1412,2088,3303,4112,4249,3988,3780,3527,3516,4070,5038,5998,7532,9619,11860,13740,15529,17570,20810,25149,28905,34134,42997,49483,27802,21681 Indonesia,3185,2125,2125,2162,1933,1894,1896,2056,2128,2246,2421,2557,2551,2570,2537,2431,2400,2544,2574,2646,3046,3399,3811,4384,4905,5194,5436,5471,5725,5903,5836,5730,3224,2506 Iraq,233,375,362,295,257,262,314,343,367,393,421,428,454,510,556,564,599,678,784,837,915,973,1105,1114,1177,1143,1204,1370,1537,1780,2141,2372,1256,1116 Iran,5331,10485,10369,9957,8916,8452,7867,7071,6359,5757,5334,5090,4185,4067,4092,3871,4182,4388,4739,5361,6117,6607,7033,7513,8213,8525,9523,10368,11573,12667,14372,16307,11555,4752 Israel,461,1047,1156,1172,1042,1004,976,926,876,858,923,1082,1202,1277,1304,1391,1453,1572,1599,1643,1689,1711,1689,1679,1723,1731,1711,1656,1547,1598,1583,1674,1286,388 Japan,1256,1219,1385,1592,1745,1788,1949,2023,2182,2311,2382,2495,2422,2339,2339,2183,2106,2099,2061,2138,2213,2317,2255,2281,2322,2285,2299,2358,1722,1923,2276,2323,2029,294 Jordan,711,1029,1210,1198,1251,1217,1174,1106,1029,1036,996,986,909,867,795,701,756,839,855,933,999,1080,1139,1263,1447,1767,1765,1851,1887,2310,2478,2424,1206,1218 Lebanon,284,327,365,357,336,341,365,440,487,602,751,942,1032,1137,1240,1261,1333,1288,1271,1221,1176,1163,1176,1202,1266,1249,1307,1373,1558,1733,1919,2009,1258,751 Pakistan,267,186,208,266,358,435,524,579,653,762,951,1163,1239,1277,1298,1318,1469,1610,1844,2141,2523,3143,3655,4167,4749,5258,6093,6316,6784,7513,8642,10332,6958,3374 South Korea,1066,4228,4686,4747,4790,4868,4858,4890,4853,5144,5359,5361,5160,5096,5076,5003,5209,5219,5280,5222,5287,5518,5792,6087,6527,6835,7066,7444,6466,6684,7597,7721,6736,985 Syria,508,498,757,773,775,792,855,865,922,949,1047,1188,1318,1616,1790,1885,2067,2244,2329,2459,2575,2646,2889,3803,5469,9035,13652,17181,19366,20759,21393,20710,10712,9998 Taiwan,475,942,1135,1342,1463,1393,1421,1378,1265,1294,1336,1411,1350,1302,1323,1232,1222,1272,1364,1409,1509,919,1488,1755,2013,2390,2782,3155,2862,2790,2868,2932,2398,534 Thailand,290,227,213,241,271,306,318,405,487,614,768,920,984,966,948,939,993,941,949,978,932,930,937,974,1057,1155,1154,1137,1100,1131,1174,1139,695,444 Vietnam,621,1147,1525,1621,1526,1517,1443,1385,1410,1424,1594,1960,2418,2982,3315,3566,3671,3870,4189,4671,5155,5597,5794,6356,6581,7060,7510,7602,7566,7582,7368,7069,3785,3284 Other countries in Asia,530,765,1529,1898,2408,2891,3650,4489,5516,6691,8019,9528,10457,11003,11150,10595,11022,11037,11965,12904,13947,15280,16628,17594,18548,19348,20535,22215,24287,26185,27379,28428,17529,10899 Australia/Oceania,135,164,205,260,289,263,291,299,313,337,360,395,382,400,419,417,426,526,543,645,666,715,814,908,1020,965,990,991,711,741,820,870,698,172 Australia,110,134,171,201,228,202,224,233,255,267,286,313,296,323,341,344,352,419,427,516,525,578,666,755,849,793,820,827,571,580,647,710,581,129 New Zealand,25,23,24,53,51,54,59,55,45,55,61,67,65,63,69,63,65,92,98,101,117,118,125,132,155,153,149,144,121,139,149,144,110,34 Other countries in Oceania,-,7,10,6,10,7,8,11,13,15,13,15,21,14,9,10,9,15,18,28,24,19,23,21,16,19,21,20,19,22,24,16,7,9 Total countries 6),57713,99760,123052,141460,151870,158435,165994,175065,187027,206141,227026,246136,246334,248357,246369,233606,239143,244775,252032,265292,282201,301350,321569,340305,358895,374583,394665,411601,416437,440564,458210,469485,305375,164110 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Source: Federal Statistical Office (Statistischer Bericht Studierendenstatistik, Fachserie 11 Reihe 4.1)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Notes:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1) WS = Winter semester.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "2) Including colleges of education, colleges of theology, colleges of art and music and comprehensive universities.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 3) Including college of public administration.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 4) The categories EU countries and Non-EU countries reflect the status of EU membership of the European countries in the respective reference semester (e.g. as of winter semester 2020/2021 EU countries does not include United Kingdom).,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "5) Until 1991, Soviet Union.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "6) Including the categories ""Stateless persons"" and ""Not stated"".",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - = no figures or magnitude zero.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, m = data not available.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Results of the ICE-BMBF's ICE-Database of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (ICE = Information, Controlling, Entscheidung)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "A system of the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), http://www.dzhw.eu/en/index_html",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Last update: August 12, 2024",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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