The Czech Republic received a record number of international students in 2022, enrolling 54,770 from 166 countries. Slovenia was the top country of origin, with 20,920 Slovaks enrolled at the country’s public and private universities, accounting for 38% of the international student population. Ukraine and Russia together accounted for another 25%, with the number from Ukraine up from 4,377 in 2021 to 6,224 in 2022.
The Czech Statistical Office reports:
“The number of foreigners at universities in the Czech Republic is growing continuously, by an average of 3 percent per year over the last ten years. The share of foreigners in the total number of university students will approach one fifth in 2022 compared to one tenth ten years ago,”
Other countries of origin included Kazakhstan, India, Belarus, Germany, Italy, China, and Iran. Female international students surpassed their male counterparts in numbers, with 28,306 being women and 26,464 being men. Most international students chose business, administration and law courses, and many also enrolled in information and communication technology.
The majority (27,767) settled in Prague, followed by 14,829 in Brno and 2,650 in Ostrava. Close to 305,000 students enrolled at Czech universities last year, up from 303,633 in 2021.
