International students: Why tuition fees • Table.Briefings

Studierende aus China in Talar und Barett bei einer Absolventenfeier. — Germany is a popular host country for students from China. Many of them return to their home country after completing their studies.

Despite Covid and discussions about research safety, more than 40,000 Chinese students are still studying in Germany. Whether this is a sensible investment even without tuition fees is now increasingly being discussed.

In absolute figures, Germany is the fourth most important host country for international students worldwide. There were just under 380,000 in 2021 – the majority of them from outside the EU. Just over 40,000 of them came from China.

International students: Why tuition fees are being discussed again

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