France, Germany, and the United Kingdom are currently receiving a greater percentage of their foreign students from EU countries. France still receives a majority of its foreign students from Africa, but also receives a high percentage of students from Germany, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and Spain. The United Kingdom has tripled its number of foreign students from the EU in the past 5 years, reaching 93,000 in 1992. International Mobility Most of the EU countries are preparing their scientists and engineers for international work, supporting educational exchanges, working on equivalencies of degrees, and internationalizing their curricula. As a result, a high degree of international student and teacher mobility has occurred.
Funding is provided for foreign language training, accommodations, and orientation.
Course credits can be transferred back to the home university. An estimated 15,000 professors in higher education have contributed to the regular teaching program at a partner institution, or have jointly developed innovative curricula. These stable years came after a rapid increase in the number of engineering degrees in an earlier period. Accordingly, the foreign student count is not the actual flow of students into Germany. Science Program founded in 1957 to promote international mobility of scientists and engineers.