Past Academic Year Sees 9% Increase in Overseas Students in Taiwan

Over 110,000 foreign students attended Taiwan’s colleges and universities in the 2023-2024 academic year, a 9% increase over the year before.

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00:00The past academic year saw a marked increase in foreign students at Taiwanese schools over

00:04the year before.

00:06Taiwan's colleges and universities saw a total of over 110,000 foreign students in the 2023-2024

00:13school year, according to the Education Ministry, that's 9 percent more than the previous year.

00:19The largest group was from Vietnam, with over 27,000 students followed by Indonesia and

00:24Malaysia.

00:25The numbers of Japanese and South Korean students both increased, with many coming to study

00:29Mandarin.