More than one million students from other countries study at universities in the European Union.

Omissions

• The claim is a lower bound ('more than one million'); the actual Eurostat figure is almost double: 1.83 million students from abroad in EU tertiary education in 2024 (1.76 million in 2023).
• Eurostat's 'students from abroad' category includes both non-EU/international students and students from other EU member states (intra-EU mobility), not only third-country nationals; the claim's wording 'students from other countries' matches this definition but should not be read as referring only to non-EU students.
• Eurostat data covers all tertiary education (ISCED levels 5–8), which is slightly broader than 'universities' alone (it includes short-cycle tertiary and other tertiary institutions).

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat — Learning mobility statistics (Statistics Explained)1.83 million students from abroad (from other EU countries or from non-EU countries) were undertaking tertiary level studies across the EU in 2024.
• PrimaryEurostat — '8.4% of tertiary students in the EU came from abroad' (Eurostat news)In 2023, there were 1.76 million students from abroad undertaking tertiary level studies across the EU, amounting to 8.4% of all students.
• PrimaryEurostat — Tertiary education statistics (Statistics Explained)In the EU, there were 19.1 million tertiary education students in 2024, of which 59% were studying for bachelor's degrees.