19% Growth in International Student Numbers in Sweden
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- 21 Mar 2023
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Sweden became home to almost 40,000 international students during the 2021/22 academic year, a modest improvement in growth compared to the prior year.
According to official statistics from the Swedish Higher Education Authority, 39,806 students from all over the world selected Sweden as their destination for studies in the academic year 2021/22. This represents an increase of 19 percent compared to the number of international students in Sweden in 2020/21, which was 33,298, Erudera.com reports.
Of the total 39,806, more students (28,197) were free movers - students who study independently for a semester or a year abroad without participating in any exchange program, than exchange students (11,644).
Furthermore, women outperformed men in enrollment numbers in 2021/22. Figures show that 21,754 international students in Sweden were female last year, while 18,052 were male.
China and Germany led as the two countries with the most international students in Sweden, with 4,166 German - the majority (2,346) exchange students, and 2,302 Chinese students, the majority (2,003) free movers.
France ranks third in the list in the number of students in Sweden, with a total of 2,276 students in the academic year 2021/22, most of them (1,854) coming to the country through exchange programs. Other countries sending a significant number of students to study in Sweden were: Read More…
