35,533 students were enrolled in post-secondary and tertiary levels of education during the academic year 2024-25, this was an increase of 8.7% on the preceding academic year, the National Statistics Office said today.

Foreign students accounted for 42.7% of the total students enrolled at tertiary levels, or 10,513. 26.7% were non-EU nationals and 16.0% were other EU nationals. This resulted in an increase of 27.4% of foreign students over the previous academic year, the NSO said.

The NSO noted that the majority of students enrolled in post-secondary and tertiary levels education comprised of female students (52.4%).

Slightly more than half of all students in post-secondary levels were enrolled in courses or programmes of vocational study orientation (55.4%).

The largest share of tertiary enrolments was composed of students aged between 20 and 24 years (38.9%).

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