Education of foreigners

The number of foreigners studying in schools in the Czech Republic has been increasing. Until the 2021/2022 school year, higher education was the area of education in which usually most of the foreigners studied. However, in the last three school years, the number of foreigners studying at lower levels of education has risen significantly, mainly as a result of the inflow of war refugees from Ukraine. In the 2024/2025 school year, there were 20,371 foreign children in nursery schools, 74,355 foreigners in basic schools (an increase of 43,812 compared to 2021/2022), and 21,227 foreigners in secondary schools. In 2024, 55,996 foreigners studied at universities, accounting for 18% of all students at public and private higher education institutions.