The Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE) reported that there were 545,500 Chinese students studying abroad in 2016, an increase of 36.26 percent compared with the data in 2012.
But where do those students study? What are the top destinations? A report from Knight Frank has examined where Chinese students most often went to study in 2015.
We’ve listed the top 10 countries here:
10. New Zealand: 13,952 students
University of Auckland, Auckland Wikipedia / CC 3.0
9. Germany: 19,441 students
8. France: 25,388 students
Peter Haas, Wikipedia
7. Hong Kong: 25,800 students
HKUST/CC 3.0
6. Republic of Korea: 38,109 students
Wikipedia / CC 3.0
5. Canada: 42,011 students
Jphillips23/Wikipedia
4. United Kingdom: 86,204 students
Wikipedia/Andrew Dunn
3. Japan: 89,788 students
IchiroHayano/Wikipedia
2. Australia: 90,245 students
Tsirekas/Wikipedia
1. United States: 260,914 students
USAAP/Steven Senne