New data has been released from Campus France that gives a breakdown of the most popular countries of origin for students in France. The third biggest group of foreign students are Chinese - 30,072 students came to France from China in the academic year 2017/18. France, or more specifically Paris, has long been seen as an attractive destination for American students, particularly with the American University of Paris which teaches in English, but in fact American students are only the 11th most common in France, with 6,264 making the trip last year. The highly popular Erasmus programme for European students continues to attract big numbers, but France has been steadily slipping in the rankings of places that Erasmus students want to come to. As to what people come to France to study, science is the most popular topic among most of the foreign students.

Source: The Local October 09, 2019 09:00 UTC