Compared to the 2015/2016 academic year, this figure increased by 443.4 thousand people, or 2.7 times.

Number of full-time students in higher education institutions by year:

· at the beginning of the 2015/2016 academic year - 263.9 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2016/2017 academic year - 267.9 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2017/2018 academic year - 287.5 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2018/2019 academic year - 313 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2019/2020 academic year - 360.1 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2020/2021 academic year - 441.8 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2021/2022 academic year - 553.9 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2022/2023 academic year - 622.6 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2023/2024 academic year - 661.8 thousand people;

· at the beginning of the 2024/2025 academic year - 707.3 thousand people.