Games in the Museum Harbour – photo: Maike Schneider

International Stats

The number of international students at the University of Greifswald was 8.1% in winter semester 2021/22.


There are currently 840 international students at the university. Most of our international students are from the Syrian Arab Republic and from Russia. The following spreadsheet shows the home countries of all our international students:


>100 Degree Courses on Offer

Our international students are enrolled in 40 different subjects and study at all of our five faculties. The pie chart displays how many students study at each of the faculties.


Top Five Fields of Study

Dentistry 133 Students
Medicine 118 Students
Business Administration 82 Students
Pharmacy 56 Students
Biology 52 Students

This spreadsheet displays the degree courses studied by our international students:

The three most popular types of degree are Staatsexamen (State Examination), master’s degree and doctoral degree.


Exchange Programmes

29 University partnerships
186 Erasmus partnerships:
600 Places in 39 countries

The University of Greifswald has signed agreements with universities all over the world; new partnerships are signed on a regular basis.