In Georgia there are a total of 12 234 foreigners studying. In the latest years, the number of foreigner students in Georgia continuously goes up. For the sake of comparison, in 2017-2018 school year, the students’ number reached the total of 10 063, in 2016-2017 school year – 8012, and in 2015-2016 – 6643.
4236 foreign students are getting their education in private universities whereas 7998 attend public universities.
The most foreigner students in Georgia are from India (5830 students).
2124 students studying in Georgia are from Azerbaijan. In the higher education universities there are 329 Egyptians and 759 Iraqis registered.
In addition, 330 students studying in Georgia are from Israel, 229 from Turkey and 45 from the U.S.
The number of students in the educational programs is spread as follows: bachelor – 2861, masters – 9550 and professional programs – 3 students.
Health care and social security – 9716
Humanitarian sciences and arts – 160
Social sciences, business and law – 1776
Science – 286
Engineering, recycling and construction fields – 196