8.

EDUCATION

8.8. FOREIGN STUDENTS ENROLMENT IN PROGRAMS OF HIGHER

EDUCATION - BACHELORS, SPECIALISTS AND MASTERS PROGRAMS -
IN PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
(beginning of academic year)

2015 2016
Total of which day- Total of which day-
time schools time schools

Number of foreign students

total, persons 46947 6935 37241 5686

of them citizens of the CIS

countries, the Baltic States,
Abkhazia and South Ossetia
admitted under general
conditions 45650 6416 -1) -1)

of which from countries:

Azerbaijan 3175 897 2386 711

Armenia 740 211 533 136

Belarus 6022 429 4492 414

Kazakhstan 18399 1050 15067 1020

Kyrgyzstan 944 164 969 146

Republic of Moldova 2128 402 1259 322

Tajikistan 2317 539 2300 633

Turkmenistan 2791 875 1535 392

Uzbekistan 4474 514 4208 459

Ukraine 3849 1041 3270 857

Share of foreign students in total

number of students, percent 6.7 6.3 7.1 5.9
1)
Minobrnauka of Russia no longer develops this indicator starting from the report for 2016.

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