2023 Key Figures: Europe is the leading host region for international students

Throughout the world, 6.4 million students were internationally mobile 2020, Unesco data’s most recent year. This number reached an all-time high due to a 32% growth over the last five years.  Their first destination is the European Union. France also attracts an unprecedented number of more than 400,000 students, presenting an 8% raise compared to the previous year. Those numbers prove that France has been able to remain an attractive option for students, despite the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting mobility issues. The 2023 edition of the Campus France Key Figures presents and analyses the new trends of student mobility that arose across the globe, resulting from crises and conflicts and pushing students to exile, from Ukraine to Iran, Afghanistan to Syria.

Read Campus France's full 2023 report here.