Punjab Junction Newspaper | 07 January 2022
Germany is fast recovering from the pitfalls of international travel bans and has regained its position as a hot favourite for Indian students looking to study abroad.
Latest figures by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) have shown that there has been an increase again in the number of international students at German universities in the current winter semester.
This follows a sharp decline in numbers in the number of summer enrollments in 2021 when Covid-19 travel bans imposed on several countries, including India, by the German government derailed international travel.
According to the snapshot survey by DAAD, at least 330,000 international students are currently enrolled at German universities.
The number of international first-semester students has also grown again despite the pandemic and, according to DAAD projections, is at least 72,000. Almost 160 German universities participated in the survey.
The survey predicts the number of international students to continue to rise.
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