Meteoric rise of Italy for students around the world

 

Studyportals, the Dutch company leader in online marketing for the Higher Education Sector, released research titled “Student interest in English-taught programs. Trends in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)“. Among other findings, the research shows as Italy is on the rise as a chosen destination for tertiary education students from all over the World.

As Monsuni reported, in the year 2022 Italian HEIs run one-tenth of their programs in English, as an effort to both internationalise as well as to recruit international students.

“Student interest in Italy soared by 45.2%. It has seen the highest growth in the European Higher Education Area for interest in both Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes. Italy is now the 4th most popular European destination in Europe, after Germany, UK, and The Netherlands”, Studyportals reports.

The same report testifies a 25% drop in the interest for the UK, and a substantial, while the interest in the Netherlands rose 6.7%, and that on Germany by a mere 1.2%.

“Italy has been gaining momentum as a more budget-friendly destination for students. This, together with the high quality of education, and good scholarship programmes has meant rising student demand. Interest for Italy from within the EEA is up 18.3% driven by interest from Turkey, the UK and the Netherlands. Student interest in Italy from Non-EEA students has surged even more – up by 51.9%. This strong growth in interest is driven by surging student from Iran, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka”.

For the UK, the dramatic 25% drop in student interest from EEA after Brexit, has been more than offset by a 32.5% growth in student interest from non-EEA countries. Total pageviews rose 21.4%.

 

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