UKCISA Briefing on international students UKCISA Briefing on international students. November 2016.
How many international students are there in the UK? International students make up 18% of all students in UK higher education (19% in England, 10% in Northern Ireland, 22% in Scotland and 18% in Wales), 69% of full-time taught postgraduates and 48% of full-time research degree students. In 2014-15 there was a total of 437,000 international students in UK higher education, of which 125,000 were from EU countries and 312,000 from non-EU countries.
Figures for HE (the figures for FE are not centrally collected) show that the top 10 sending countries in 2014-15 (source: HESA) were as follows: China
89,540 18,320
India
17,920
Nigeria
17,060
Malaysia
16,865
USA
16,215
Hong Kong
13,675
Germany
France 10,905 Ireland 11,955
10,525
0
Italy 20
40
60
80
100
’000s international students