Deputy Minister of Education and Science Mykola Trofimenko expects that after the war ends, the number of foreign students in Ukraine may grow to 100,000.
“Today, our universities combine many areas of study, including those that are important for society, such as resilience. Europeans cannot understand this. And this, by the way, is one of the factors that will contribute to an increase in the number of foreigners after the war ends. Because now we have 20,000 foreigners studying here, and before the full-scale war there were about 80,000. The goal is to recover after the war ends to 100,000 foreign students,” Trofimenko said in an exclusive interview with the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
He stressed that everything must be done to ensure that our universities maintain this network of contacts and their ability to teach foreigners.
“And after the war ends, we will see a significant recovery in the number of foreign citizens who will receive education at our Ukrainian universities,” the deputy minister added.
As reported, in 2025, 5,475 foreign students were enrolled in Ukrainian higher education institutions, which is 534 more than in 2024 (4,941).
