4,500 Fewer Germans Studying Abroad in 2020
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- 09 Feb 2023
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3.3 per cent fewer German students studied abroad in the year of the Coronavirus pandemic, in 2020, newly published statistics by the Federal Statistical Office – Destatis, show.
According to the data, a total of 133,400 German students continued attending university abroad, with only 4,500 fewer than the previous year, in spite of the COVID-19 travel restrictions imposed worldwide at the time, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
“The decline on 2019 was altogether moderate despite the pandemic related restrictions applying in the first COVID year of 2020,” the agency says in a statement published on February 3, revealing the new data.
The same further points out that in particular, there was marked a strong decrease in the number of students studying in two countries, in China, with 4,700, or 57.9 per cent fewer students, and in the United States where the number of students studying in 2020 dropped by 42 per cent, or 3,900 fewer students.
The number of German students in the United Kingdom also dropped by ten per cent, from 14,145, to 12,670 students, whereas the number of those studding in France decreased from 4,715 to 3,823, a drop by 18.9 per cent.
The decrease of German students enrolled at universities in countries like China and the US is quite deeper than the overall number since in the same year, despite the circumstances, the number of German students at a few countries increased.
For example, the number of Germans studying in Austria increased by 11.9 per cent, or 3,600 students more, whereas the Netherlands welcomed 9.2 per cent more students, or 2,100 more. Read More…
