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UNITED KINGDOM (2008) |
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With an international student enrollment of over 389,000 students in the 2007/2008 academic year, the United Kingdom is the second largest host of international students after the United States. The UK attracts large numbers of students from Asia, the United States, and other places of origin within Europe. For information about the United Kingdom as a place of origin for international students please click here.
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General Student Data
Total count of all higher education students, both domestic and international:
2,382,155 (2008)
Most recent total for international student enrollment:
389,330 (2008)
Types of institutions surveyed:
Public only
Percentage of institutions surveyed that enroll international students:
60%
Number of international students, by level of study:
Undergraduate: 198,240
Graduate/post-graduate: 191,090
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Top 10 Sending Places of Origin
Top 10 sending places of origin and percentage of total international student enrollment (in 2008):
1. China 12.6%
2. India 7.2%
3. United States 5.6%
4. Germany 4.5%
5. France 4.4%
6. Ireland 4.1%
7. Greece 3.6%
8. Nigeria 3.3%
9. Malaysia 3.2%
10. Hong Kong 2.6%
2003 data >>
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Top Fields of Study
1. Business and Management: 98,865
2. Engineering: 47,610
3. Social Sciences: 33,445
4. Health Professions: 30,745
5. Physical and Life Sciences: 29,870
6. Mathematics and Computer Sciences: 28,035
7. Fine and Applied Arts: 20,050
8. Education: 13,055
9. Humanities: 10,370
10. Agriculture: 2,545
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Methodolgy & Sources |
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The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) is the primary organization responsible for international student data collection. The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) sets governmental policies regarding data collection. HESA collects data from individual universities and colleges on an annual basis. For purposes of collection, students are defined by their country of domicile, i.e., "the student’s permanent or home address prior to entry to the programme of study." International students are those who are not UK-domiciled. Based on this current methodology, HESA data is available from 2002-2003 onward. Data are collected on: gender; field of study; academic level; name of host institution attended; degree/qualification/credential awarded; nationality and sources of student financial support (although not an obligatory field so gaps remain).
Note The total international student figure includes "Incoming Visiting and Exchange Students." In 2007-08, 24,950 overseas domiciled students were classed as "visiting or exchange students;" other sources (e.g., Universities UK) choose not to include these students in their figures in order to avoid "double-counting" students (as there are some cases where an overseas exchange student could be counted when the UK exchange student--with whom the overseas student is exchanging--has already been counted). HESA includes the visiting and exchange students in its totals to include all international students, whether they are in the UK for 1 semester or for several years, and whether they are exchanging with a UK student or visiting for a portion of their course.
For additional country data or other information on international students, please visit:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/eumd/statistics/ (This is a password protected site available only to paying members).
http://www.hesa.ac.uk
Hard copy (non-electronic) sources of publicly available data or other information on internationals students are not available.
Source: The British Council
* Outbound mobility data are based on UNESCO-UIS Global Education Digest 2008 Data (UNESCO, 2008) and reflect data for academic year ending 2006.
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