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Indian students in Cyprus
Indian students, Academic year 2023/24 (Eurostat reference year 2024).
Source: Eurostat, mobile tertiary students by country of origin (educ_uoe_mobs02), India to Cyprus. #13 of 30 AIS chapters by size.
Cyprus had 2,692 degree students from India in 2023/24, according to Eurostat. Just over half of its higher education programmes are now taught mainly in English.
The community
Eurostat counts 2,692 students from India in Cyprus in 2023/24, and India's Ministry of External Affairs reports 2,778 as of January 2025. The number was higher in 2020 (4,012), fell to 2,058 in 2022 and has been rising since. Cyprus had 58,941 higher education students in 2023/24, 16% of them from outside the EU, and for the first time most programmes (51%) were taught mainly in English.
In 2023/24, 51% of higher education programmes in Cyprus were taught mainly in English, the first year English overtook Greek. Source
This month
Indian students in the news in Cyprus.
September 2026. Updated 1 October 2026, refreshed automatically on the 1st of every month.
Coverage was light, so recent stories from across Europe are included and marked.
- From Campus to Career: How New India-EU Partnerships are Creating Global Opportunities for StudentsTelegraph India
- FWB: Concern voiced over federal bill's potential impact on non-EU studentsThe Brussels Times
- Indian Students Turn To Europe As US, UK, Canada Lose Study-Abroad Appeal: ReportNDTV Profit
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