Higher educational institutions of the Russian Federation named the countries with the highest number of applicants, coming to study in Russia. A significant number of appliers are the citizens of Asian countries, reports RBK.
The majority of foreign applicants, who entered the Russian higher educational institutions are the representatives of China, Vietnam, India. Belarus, Tajikistan and Iran also entered the top.
At the same time, as per the words of the rector of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia Oleg Yastrebov, the largest number of applications for university admission were submitted by the citizens of Turkmenistan, China, Vietnam, Iran and Afghanistan.
But, for example, residents of the Congo, Israel, Turkey and Pakistan were among the leaders entering the Moscow campus of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. And the citizens of Moldova, Mongolia and Haiti chose the Moscow campus of the Financial University the most when applying.
Moreover, it was noted that in 2019 the leader in the number of foreign students was Kazakhstan, followed by China and Uzbekistan.
