Tehran, October 4, The Iran Project – The General Director of Foreign Students’ Affairs of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology says after Iran’s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), more foreign students apply to study in Iranian universities.

The General Director of Foreign Students’ Affairs of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Samad Haj Jabbari, said Iran’s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has increased the number of foreign students who are willing to study in Iranian universities.

About 21 thousand foreign students are now studying in the country’s universities, out of which   13,500 students have been accepted through the university entrance exams, and the rest are non-scholarship students, Haj Jabbari stated.

Following the policies of higher education internationalization, one of the goals of Ministry of science is to attract more non-scholarship students, he added.

He went on to say that although target countries are neighboring countries and Muslim nations with whom we have cultural and historical commonalities, we have African applicants and are now seeking to attract European students.

He said the students of Russia, Germany, Austria, and other countries are also willing to study in the country’s universities.