Iran to double int'l students

EghtesadOnline: Iranian Science, Research and Technology Minister said on Saturday evening, doubling the number of foreign university students in Iran is among policies and has a high priority.

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23 April 2017

Mohammad Farhadi said on a visit to Sayyed Jamaleddin Assadabadi University in provincial capital Hamedan, “Other countries embrace studying in Iran, and we must make the most of this opportunity.”

52,000 international students are getting schooled in Iran. They are mostly from Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey, Japan, China, Syria, Moldavia, Hungary, Ukraine, Poland, Singapore, the US, Australia, Pakistan, the Netherlands, Korea, Armenia, Italy, Canada, France, Bahrain, the UK, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Russia, Denmark, Senegal, Lebanon, Mexico, India, Germany, Egypt, Taiwan, Romania, Slovakia, Pakistan, Croatia, Nigeria, Oman, Serbia, Slovenia, Vietnam, Georgia, and Sudan, according to IRNA.