The number of international students in Poland up by 23% y/y - GUS

The number of international students in Poland continues to grow, according to the latest Central Statistical Office (GUS) data. Currently, there are more than 57,000 foreign students in Poland, which represents a 23 percent increase in comparison with 2015. During one year, about 11,000 students from abroad arrived to Poland to get higher education. Now, foreign students make up 4 percent of the total number of students in Poland. The largest group of foreign students in Poland are Ukrainians (30,500 students), followed by Belarusians (over 4,600), Norwegians (1,581), Spanish (1,407) and Swedes (1,291). Also there are less than 7,000 students from Asia; 1,200 from North and Central America; about 1,200 from Africa; and small groups of students from South America and Oceania.