The study, entitled "Students from the East on the Polish Labour Market," reveals that 60,000 students from Ukraine and Belarus are currently enrolled in Polish universities, medical schools and technical colleges.
Economics is the most popular field of study, followed by linguistics, law and international relations.
The report, compiled by the University of Warsaw and the EWL Foundation, says that over half of Eastern European graduates secure employment as highly skilled specialists or managers.
Alex Kartsel from the EWL Foundation for Supporting Migrants on the Labour Market has told public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency that many of these graduates hold a competitive edge in the job market thanks to their strong language skills.
In addition to their native language, they typically have a high level of proficiency in Russian, Polish and English, Kartsel said.
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