Number of international students returns to pre-pandemic levels

French nationals Axel Mugnier, Angelina Guilaume, and Paul Jolain, at the CIT (now MTU) International Student Day orientation at CIT Bishopstown Campus in Februaru 2020. Picture: Darragh Kane

The number of international students in Ireland has returned to pre-pandemic levels, while courses in the business, administration, and law category remain the most popular among higher education students across the country, new data has shown.

New statistics from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) show that more than one in five students (20.6%) were on a course within the category of business, administration, and law in 2021/22.