2,118 Israelis pursued higher education in Ukraine before invasion
According to data by UNESCO, only 407 Israeli students studied at Russian Federation Universities before the coronavirus pandemic began. Erudera data concluded that before COVID, 80,470 international students studied at Ukrainian institutions in 2019.
The team at Erudera gathered data on the most recent statistics regarding international students in Ukraine, as reported on by Ukrainian media. International students in Ukraine come from as many as 158 different countries to study at Ukrainian universities, and the average student from abroad spends an average of between 6 to 8 thousand dollars annually.
Most Israeli students reportedly studied medicine with some taking science and arts courses in Ukraine annually.Currently, the most popular Ukrainian universities to host international students include Kharkiv National Medical University, VN Karazin Kharkiv National University and Odesa National Medical University — all of which host more than 4,000 students each.