Foreign students who fled Ukraine continue studies in Serbia
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- 07 Feb 2023
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Thousands of foreigners were studying in Ukraine when Russia invaded. Now, 170 medical students from 10 countries are continuing their studies in Nis in southern Serbia.
At the end of February 2022, Shinga Chikura was close to despair. "I thought that was it; it's over; that's my life trying to become a doctor," the 26-year-old Briton told DW.
When he finished school, Chikura wanted to study medicine and spent a long time trying to get a place at university in the UK. When that didn't work out, he began investigating the possibility of studying elsewhere in Europe.
Six years ago, he finally began studying medicine — in English — in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Studying came easily to him and he quickly felt at home in the country and with the people. He had no plans to leave Ukraine before completing his degree. Then, on February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Read More…
