However, they face a number of problems in this process.
Representatives of foreign university enrollment services said that Russian applicants are still interested in pursuing higher education abroad despite the difficult international environment.
However, they face a number of challenges in the process. Some of them include long waits for appointments at visa centers, high fees for tuition remittances and the impossibility of short-term internships in some countries.
Irina Golotova, general director of Univibes, said that the Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania are not currently accepting Russian students for training.
However, she noted that the number of Russian students traveling abroad is still growing, and the company plans to send 600 students this year and is already working with 170 for 2024.
Smapse Education also noted an increase in demand for its overseas enrollment assistance services, and Education Index founder, Yana Drapkina-Uehara, said that the UK, US, Germany, France, Netherlands and Canada continue to be popular destinations for Russian students.
Darya Milyaeva, Head of the International Cooperation Department at Moscow State Pedagogical University, noted that Russian students have more actively started to consider studying in Asian countries such as Latin America, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and China.
She also pointed out the maintenance of contacts with Hungary, Italy and Spain. Vyacheslav Lychagin, General Director of Global Dialog, also confirmed the increase in the number of applications for enrollment abroad and highlighted the problems students face due to anti-Russian sanctions - difficulties in paying tuition bills, accommodation and transferring money abroad, due to the blocking of Russian cards.
They try to help students by using friendly jurisdictions for bank payments.