The Political Sphere Institute organized an online presentation of the study “Belarusian students in Europe and Russia: trends in educational migration”.
“More than half of the people, about 52%, said that they chose Belarus, which can probably be considered not a very high indicator, about 41% chose Russia. One of the Western European countries is next – 38%. Poland – 22%, China – 18%, Lithuania – 6 or 10%. People in Belarus are very seriously considering the Western direction for education, and it is very attractive,” said Andrei Kazakevich, director of the Political Sphere Institute.
According to the data for the academic year 2023/2024, 18,000 students from Belarus received education in Western Europe. As of 2024, students from Belarus prefer studying at a European university, but interest in studying in Russia is falling.