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Overseas students decreased
Published on: 2021-04-13
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Shanghai has seen a decrease in the number of overseas students from 60,000 to 38,800 including those enrolled in universities studying degrees and non-degrees such as short-term language learning programs, mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Huang Meixu, director of the Shanghai Institute of Higher Education for Foreign Students.
 

The decrease is "reasonable," Huang said, noting that for some overseas students, they probably would seek "a short-term program for language in China, however, they might give up on their plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic."
 

As a global financial hub, Shanghai has become one of the most popular studying destinations for overseas students. Despite the pandemic, the number of overseas students studying in Shanghai enrolled in degrees stood at 24,000, steadily accounting for around 60 percent of the total number of overseas students, Wu Yingjun, director of the international exchange office of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission.
 

One of the biggest challenges is that students can't go back to study, especially those students who will graduate, but they still need to take part in thesis practices to finish their study.
 

疫情冲击下,沪上来华留学生从6万多降到不足4万,但学历生仍在2.4万规模

“2020年来华留学的申请人数比2019年下降了30%多。”上海高校外国留学生教育研究会会长、华东师范大学国际教育中心主任黄美旭坦言。
 

但因时差问题,不论是“回不来”还是“出不去”的留学生,在线教育模式压力大、挑战多,网上网下的授课进度与效率存在差异,有的甚至不得不日夜颠倒上课。她透露,学校出于社会责任,接受计划留学美国7所高校的本土学生就读。
 

不过,黄美旭认为,国际教育起伏波折带有一定周期性,在当前环境和背景下,处于一个国际教育的沉淀期,高校应当也可以利用这一时机将国际教育做强做大。

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