The number of international students at the University of Debrecen is constantly growing, with almost 2,000 more students joining the community in the last five years. Over 23% of the more than 32,000 students studying at the institution come from abroad, from 134 countries.
- The University of Debrecen's Coordinating Center For International Education (NOOK) recruits students through an extensive network of almost 300 intermediary organisations and agencies, and operates several regional offices in the Asian region. NOKK's largest office in South Asia places students from Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, among others. However, the most dynamic growth in the number of student applications is coming from young people formerly living in the United Arab Emirates, mainly due to the specificities of the education system there, Attila Jenei, Director of the Coordinating Center For International Education at the University of Debrecen, told hirek.unideb.hu.
In the 2024/2025 academic year, almost 2,100 foreign students started their studies at UD's more than 100 English-language courses. Most of them are studying at the Faculty of Medicine, but the number of foreign students at the Faculty of Informatics, the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Science and Technology, the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Health Sciences has also increased, and more and more foreign students are pursuing PhD studies at the university.
This academic year, the number of foreign students admitted to the University of Debrecen was nearly five thousand. A significant proportion of our students, almost 30 percent this year, come under the Stipendium Hungaricum programme. UD remains the most popular institution in the scholarship system. In the 2024/25 academic year, a total of 2,249 students from 60 countries will continue their studies with the funds provided by the state," added Attila Jenei.
The head of the Coordinating Center For International Education believes that the number of students in the scholarship system is not expected to increase due to the maximisation of the number of students. In addition, housing is an increasing barrier to the recruitment of foreign students, which may have an impact on the number of applicants in the longer term.
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