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The university of Graz said 42 percent of its first-year medicine students are now German (Photo: European Commission)

Austria introduces cap on EU students

Austria will cap the number of foreign students at its universities at 20 percent in a bid to restrict German access to its medical faculties, despite a recent EU court ruling which declared earlier restrictions illegal.

Austrian education minister Elisabeth Gehrer on Monday (13 February) announced the quota system, reserving 75 percent of places in the country's faculties for medicine and dentistry for Austrian students, according to Austrian press reports.

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The university of Graz said 42 percent of its first-year medicine students are now German (Photo: European Commission)

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