The top ten included Hellas among the countries they have chosen Americans to study. This is no small achievement considering that we are ahead of a country with a strong tradition of higher education, but also with significant progress in the field of innovation. On the other hand, we cannot ignore the wonderful weather that our country offers for activities – and especially short ones – combined with the tireless efforts made by Fulbright Foundation in Greece to organize scientific research between Greece and the United States. There has been an increase in the number of Greeks studying in the US.

In particular, according to the data provided by the Institute of International Education (IIE) on the mobility of mainly students, as well as universities and researchers from the United States to other countries in the 2021-2022 academic year, Greece is in 9th place. 418 American students came. The first three places were taken by Italy with 2193 students, Spain with 2089 students and the UK with 1612 students. They are followed by France with 1,025 students, South Korea with 977, Denmark with 622, Costa Rica with 565, Israel with 539 and Germany with 412 students.

The pandemic has severely impacted travel and as such the number has now declined. It is significant that until 2018-2019. Greece was in 12th place, attracting about 6,000 American students. In 2017-2018, 5,223 Americans arrived in Greece. It is now estimated that following a successful initiative by the Hellenic Ministry of Education in collaboration with the IIE to recruit representatives from 30 American universities to seek cooperation with Greek universities – it is believed that “the groundwork has been laid” over 100 agreements – will increase the number of American students who will study at our country, as well as the Greeks.

“Promotion of Greece and investment in education find a common denominator in the Fulbright program,” Artemis Zenetou, managing director of the institution in our country, tells K.

Greeks in the USA

In terms of Greek students in the US, the 2021-2022 academic year sees a 6% increase from the previous year. 2,407 Greeks studied at American universities, mostly in science, economics, and law. Our country is in 8th place in Europe and it is impressive that countries with a much larger population than ours are ahead of us – Great Britain, Germany, Turkey, Spain, France, Italy, Russia.

Such as said K. Fulbright Managing Director in our country, Artemis Zenetou, “Greek promotion in the US and investment in education find a common denominator in the Fulbright program, which for many decades has enabled American students, researchers and scholars to visit, study and love Greece, while the same is happening with Greeks studying or doing research in the USA. Beginning in 1948, throughout these decades, the Fulbright program has built an imaginary bridge between Greece and the United States and has made a significant contribution to strengthening scientific cooperation between American and Greek educational institutions. For many, the Fulbright experience has been a catalyst for long-term partnerships—building strong bridges with solid foundations that will last and bear fruit.”

Of course, Greece’s academic and cultural relations with the US have been building for over 100 years. Research and educational organizations with more than a century of history in our country, such as the American School of Classical Studies, the American Farm School, the College of Anatolia, the American College of Greece – Deri, have played and continue to play an important role in this. , academic year in Athens. In addition to the teaching they provide in Greece, their programs attract undergraduate and graduate students as well as professors from a large number of US universities.

In total, according to the IIE report, 948,519 international students from more than 200 countries studied in the United States in 2021-2022. China holds the reins, but its numbers are declining, while India is on the rise.