Statistics
General
International Students
RSU has been admitting international students for full-time studies since 1990. The most popular RSU study programmes have always been "Medicine" and "Dentistry", however, we are admitting students in several other study programmes as well. Over the years there have been significant changes in terms of the number of students we have studying with us. Since 2009 the total number of our international students has increased almost ten times and currently exceeds 3,000 students.
One of the greatest assets of RSU has always been the multicultural student body. This is also a very important feature of the university that our prospective students mention as one of the reasons they choose RSU as their future university. There are currently students from 83 different countries studying at RSU. Every year we welcome students who are the very first representatives from their country at RSU.
International Graduates
The first international graduates of RSU were six "Dentistry" students who received their diplomas in June 1995. Initially, RSU graduates represented several South Asian countries (Sri Lanka, Pakistan, etc.) and countries situated in the Middle East (Lebanon, Iran) but the geographical representation of our graduates has changed completely with more than 90% graduates representing the EU/EEA countries since 2010. Currently there are more than 300 international graduates receiving RSU diplomas every year.
Graduate Statistics
- Graduates
Graduates 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 Medicine 255 274 254 258 250 Dentistry 65 28 46 62 28 Other 8 1 9 0 11 Total 328 303 309 320 289 Graduates 2016-2020 2011-2015 2006-2010 2001-2005 1995-2000 Medicine 649 110 60 100 105 Dentistry 133 34 5 8 13 Other 12 5 0 0 0 Total 794 149 65 108 118
Admission Statistics
- Study Programmes
Number of Applicants 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Medicine 1252 1334 1362 1169 1235 1139 1129 1038 1067 1113 1009 Dentistry 239 222 178 200 170 142 133 136 136 116 111 Other 359 258 213 127 133 101 83 51 23 11 17 Total 1850 1814 1753 1496 1538 1382 1345 1225 1226 1240 1137 Admitted Students 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Medicine 596 623 693 617 614 583 502 464 459 486 505 Dentistry 80 82 84 91 77 70 72 65 72 56 60 Other 23 33 21 7 22 5 42 31 0 3 1 Total 699 738 798 715 713 658 616 560 531 545 566 - Top 10 Countries
Number of Applicants Total 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Germany 4974 253 337 363 332 460 497 540 542 530 597 523 Sweden 3054 266 331 317 348 361 266 229 189 245 258 244 Finland 1288 179 142 145 122 129 126 109 107 111 61 57 Norway 1092 178 187 139 89 96 69 63 69 59 77 66 India 751 119 98 130 66 54 61 62 48 42 34 37 Italy 386 18 24 35 40 47 46 61 45 36 21 14 Portugal 374 22 44 43 58 32 28 31 18 29 32 38 Pakistan 420 158 107 57 26 26 24 7 8 4 2 1 Nigeria 329 78 58 73 55 22 20 14 4 1 1 3 UK 244 35 37 30 16 19 14 9 20 18 18 28 Other 3096 544 449 422 399 303 235 205 150 127 117 110 Total 16008 1850 1814 1754 1496 1538 1382 1345 1225 1226 1240 1137 EU/EEA (%) 76.47 57.8 65.6 65.1 72.5 79.6 81.3 83.3 86.4 87.4 90.6 90.7 Non EU/EEA (%) 23.53 43.7 34.4 34.9 27.5 20.4 18.7 16.7 13.6 12.6 9.4 9.3 Admitted Students Total 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Germany 2508 149 181 228 180 251 279 244 242 239 265 250 Sweden 1640 157 194 202 256 201 139 125 87 81 84 114 Finland 722 106 77 92 75 69 77 51 51 62 30 32 Norway 553 96 95 74 58 43 32 26 34 27 38 30 Italy 224 9 11 21 23 31 30 32 29 18 13 7 India 215 26 26 26 9 11 11 27 26 12 22 19 Portugal 174 10 17 24 20 14 13 13 7 12 18 26 Israel 95 6 0 4 0 5 11 13 16 17 13 10 UK 91 13 15 10 7 3 7 2 9 5 7 13 Sri Lanka 76 6 4 8 6 7 5 6 9 13 8 2 Other 722 121 118 109 81 78 54 77 50 45 47 63 Total 7140 699 740 798 715 713 658 616 560 531 545 566 EU/EEA (%) 87.24 82.3 84.2 85.5 90.1 89.9 90.1 86.7 86.4 86.6 88.6 90.3 Non EU/EEA (%) 12.76 17.7 15.8 14.5 9.9 10.1 9.9 13.3 13.6 13.4 11.4 9.7
The RSU International Admissions Office updates and publishes the general statistics (including the total number of international students and the international admission results) on this subsection of the RSU website every semester (three weeks after the start date of the semester).
This page was last modified on 20 September 2024, 17:00 (UTC/GMT +3).
