Indian Students Form Largest International Community In Germany, Says DAAD

DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service said that Germany has recorded the highest number of foreign students from India. This year over 49,000 students enrolled at German Universities which is 15.1 percent more than last year’s which has surpassed the Chinese students’ enrollment in the European country.

The DAAD in an official statement said that the number of Indian students enrolling in German institutes has more than doubled in the last 5 years. It forms the largest international community in Germany for the second year in a row.

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In 2018-19, over 20,000 students were enrolled in German universities and colleges and the number got increased by 25 percent in 2019-20. Even the Covid-19 pandemic did not deter the flow of Indian students to Germany, the official statistics revealed. In the 2020-21 session, there were 28,905 Indian students in Germany. In 2021-22, the number went up to 34,134, and in 2022-23 it reached 42,997. This year in the 2023-24 winter session, the number reached its highest so far 49,483.

The number of Indian students flocking to Germany remains high in comparison to students from other countries including China with 39,137 students, Syria with 15,563 students, Australia with 14,762 students, and Turkey with 14,732 students.

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Also, the statistics reveal that the majority of Indian students (nearly 60%) are pursuing engineering degrees while 21 percent are enrolled in management, law, and social studies degrees. Nearly 13 percent of them are in mathematics and natural sciences and 5 percent are pursuing some other courses.

Out of the total students 56 percent are in higher education institutions and 44 percent are in universities of applied sciences, the statistics show.