THE STUDY ABROAD MARKET IN MONGOLIA

CONTENT•Population, Education background statistics.•Study Abroad Market. •The most preferred degree programs.•Future potentials and expectation on Study Abroad.•The decision making on choosing the study abroad destination and University among the students and parents.

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Population, Education

background statistics

Population, Education background statistics

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In 2018, The total population in Mongolia reached to 3,238,479,having a rise level of 60,580 and 1.91% from the previous year,respectively with newborn of 78,444 in the country.

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63.77% of the total population arebetween ages of 0-35. Moreover,1,002,052 which is 30.94% of thepopulation are Post-Millenials of 0-14ages. 2,020,696 which is 62.4% ofthe population among the ages of 15-59, and 6.66% are above 60 yearsold.

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TOTAL STUDENTS PURSUING UNIVERSITY LEVEL DEGREES IN THE COUNTRY

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Every year about 157,000 students are enrolled in the University level, and in2018-2019 academic year the total enrollment have rose by 0.32% from theprevious year. The rise is mostly slowing down to more students arechoosing to study abroad every year.

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STUDENT ENROLLMENT

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In 2016, There were 41,200 newstudents graduated from HighSchool, and about 66% enrolledinto Mongolian University. In 2018,there were 44,100 new studentsgraduated from High School, andrespectively 71,6% of the totalgraduates were enrolled intoUniversity in Mongolia.We can conclude that about 30% ofthe total graduates of High Schooldo not study in University level inMongolia, and willing to studyabroad for the better program.

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The University level graduates were 35,900 in 2015-2016 Academic year, and relatively 29,200 in 2017-2018 .

Tendencies are transferring to foreign Universities.

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TOTAL GRADUATES MALE FEMALE

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Study Abroad Market

STUDY ABROAD MARKET

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In 2018, Total of 13,512 students were newly studied abroad in Language studies, University Level Degree programs.

STUDY ABROAD MARKET

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CHINASOUTH KOREA

AUSTRALIAJAPAN

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TURKEYKAZAKHSTAN

GERMANYHUNGARY

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Fund breakdown

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31%

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Self-funded Mongolian government fundCompany sponsorship Scholarship

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The most preferred degree programs

The most preferred degree programs

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33%Business relatedEducation relatedMedical ScienceIT, and engineeringLAW and legal studiesOthers

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Future potentials and expectation on Study Abroad

The biggest change in study abroad destination was seen in the USA and Australia .

In 2018, There were over 2200 students received student visa from Australia, which mostly accounted for the Language Training, also about 2500 dependent visas were issued from Australia to Mongolian students.

In 2018, there were 2316 students received a visa including exchange students from the USA, compared to 1480 in 2017.

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Future potentials and expectation on Study

Abroad

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1. In 2020, Undergraduate level study market is going to be around 100,000 students, in which 30% will at least consider the opportunities to study abroad.

2. In Macro level, there are already more than 35,000 students currently studying abroad, and this number will be increasing significantly in the future, due to population rise, and student preference to study abroad.

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The decision making on choosing the study abroad destination and University among the students and

parents.

The factors considered when choosing the study

destination

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• Scholarship.• Work permit during the studies.• Family visa.• Opportunities for job placement

after the studies.• Weather.

The factors considered when choosing the

University

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• University ranking• University location• Tuition and fees• Scholarship opportunities• Community environment

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