The number of foreign students coming to German universities to study remains is slowly rising again, though it has not yet reached pre-pandemic levels, the Federal Statistical Office said on Wednesday. Some 32,200 guest students attended courses at German universities in the 2023/24 winter semester, 9% more than in the 2022/2023 winter semester. However, this was 14% less than in the 2019/2020 winter semester, before the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus that lead to government-imposed lockdowns for safety reasons, bringing travel worldwide virtually to a standstill. “The current increase in…