| | 1995/ 1996 | 2000/ 2001 | 2001/ 2002 | 2002/ 2003 | 2003/ 2004 |
|---|
| Number of foreign students-total | 3162 | 1982 | 1864 | 1984 | 2521 |
| including: |
| Belarus | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Georgia | 1489 | 247 | 120 | 90 | 109 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| Kirgizia | - | - | 19 | 34 | 5 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Moldova | 11 | - | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Russia | 137 | 386 | 150 | 305 | 506 |
| Turkmenistan | 3 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 33 |
| Ukraine | 13 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 8 |
| Germany | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Angola | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| United Arab Emirates | 81 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Bolivia | 39 | - | - | - | - |
| Chinese People's Republic | - | - | - | 39 | 66 |
| Algeria | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Afghanistan | 40 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 6 |
| Palestina | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ethiopia | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| India | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Jordan | 17 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Iran | 203 | 78 | 87 | 102 | 150 |
| Israel | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Cambodia | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Canada | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Lebanon | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Madagascar | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Egypt | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Mozambique | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Nigeria | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| Sudan | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Syria | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Turkey | 994 | 1177 | 1376 | 1293 | 1541 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Yemen | 57 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Japan | - | - | - | 1 | - |
