20,000 Students from China expected to study in Malaysia next year

Afterschool

September 6, 2012

The number of Chinese students enrolling in the US has grown tremendously. This coincides with the growing dependence on China's economy.
In Malaysia, students from China totalled 10,214 last year which accounts for over 6% of the 158,000 Chinese students who studied abroad last year. In 2013, the number is expected to double, reaching 20,000.
China's growing affluence is causing Chinese families wanting to seek a better education for their children.
In 2002, India was the leading source of International students enrolling 67,000 students, followed by China with 63,000 students.
In 2004, India remained the leading source of international students. This was also the period when Japanese enrolment dropped by 40% from 47,000 to 28,000.
It was only in 2008 when Chinese enrolment grew rapidly by nearly 20% with an additional 13,000 for the first time. Korea showed signs of growth whereas Japan continued to decline.
In 2010, enrolment of China students toppled India’s while Korea remained stagnant.
By 2011, number of Indian students grew by 55% to 104,000 and Chinese students grew by 150% to 158,000 students. This was also the period when Japanese enrollment dropped by 40% from 47,000 to 28,000.
Nearly 750,000 students from China apply to study abroad every year.