About 29 000 students, mostly from India, studied in Georgia in 2015-2018

28 940 foreign students had been studying in Georgia in 2015-2018, according to the public information requested by InterPressNews from Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of Georgia.

The number of foreign students increases each year. In particular, 4912 students studied in Georgia in 2015, 5716 – in 2016, 8602 - in 2017 and 9710 - 2018-2019.

Most students come to Georgia from India. 1072 students came from India in 2015 and in 2018 this figure grew to 5008, while in 2015-18, the number of students from India reached 10 428.

As for students from other countries, 8439 students arrived from Azerbaijan in 2015-18, 2299 – from Iraq, 1422 - from Turkey, 1895 – from Nigeria, 1183 – from Russia, 742 - from Iran - and 433 - from Syria.

The number of students from the United States and European countries is low.