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Indian students in South Korea
Indian students, July 2026 (student visa holders, D-2 and D-4-1).
Source: Korea Ministry of Justice, monthly foreign student statistics by nationality (Public Data Portal). #17 of 30 AIS chapters by size.
South Korea is a small destination for Indian students, but numbers are rising as the country expands international enrolment.
The community
Korea's Ministry of Justice counted 2,160 Indian students on student visas in July 2026, up from 2,027 a year earlier. Most, 1,922, were on degree-study visas, with 238 in Korean language programmes. The government's Study Korea 300K Project, announced in 2023, aims to host 300,000 international students by 2027, and the total had passed 300,000 by the end of 2025.
Korea had 308,838 foreign student visa holders at the end of 2025, passing its 2027 target of 300,000 two years early. Source
This month
Indian students in the news in South Korea.
September 2026. Updated 1 October 2026, refreshed automatically on the 1st of every month.
- Share of foreign students in Korea less than half OECD averageThe Korea Herald
- Study in Korea Fair 2026 opens university, scholarship and career pathways for Indian studentsEducation Times
- "Korea can offer cutting-edge technology, cultural experience": South Korean envoy to India Lee Seong-Ho on attracting Indian studentsbignewsnetwork.com
- PNP-AKG rescues abducted Korean businessman, Indian studentCebu Daily News
- 20 Korean universities face visa restrictions for international studentsKorea JoongAng Daily
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