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The second largest Bulgarian city attracts increasing number of foreign students

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3,314 foreign students are studying in Plovdiv. The largest share are foreign students studying to become doctors and dentists at the Medical University – 2,577. They are from 68 countries, with the largest number coming from UK, Italy, Germany and Greece.

276 foreigners are studying in 80 disciplines with foreign language instruction in Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski". The largest share of future graduates is from Ukraine, Moldova, Turkey, Greece, Albania and North Macedonia.

192 young people are studying at the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts, mainly from China, Turkey, Greece, the USA, Russia, Ukraine, France, Moldova, Japan and Portugal.

There are 110 foreign students at the University of Food Technologies Plovdiv, with the largest number coming from Turkey, BTA reports.

Editor: Ivo Ivanov

Publication in English: Alexander Markov

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