Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 15 September 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will list the 30 universities or higher education institutions with the highest (a) proportion and (b) number of students from overseas; and if he will make a statement.
The 30 English higher education institutions with the highest proportion and number of enrolments from overseas (covers students domiciled in European Union countries other than the United Kingdom and countries outside the European Union) are shown in tables 1 and 2 respectively. Figures are taken from the Higher Education Statistics Agency Student Record and are provided for the 2009/10 academic year. Information for the 2010/11 academic year will become available from January 2012.
Table 1: English higher education institutions with the highest proportion of enrolments (1) from overseas. Academic year 2009/10 | |
Institution | Percentage of enrolments from overseast (2) |
London Business School | 73.8 |
London School of Economics and Political Science. | 65.5 |
University of Buckingham | 57.0 |
Cranfield University | 49.8 |
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | 48.5 |
Royal College of Music | 43.1 |
School of Oriental and African Studies | 42.8 |
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine | 40.4 |
Royal College of Art | 40.1 |
Royal Academy of Music | 39.3 |
University of the Arts, London | 38.7 |
University of London (Institutes and activities) | 36.1 |
University College London | 35.7 |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama | 32.9 |
City University London | 31.0 |
Aston University | 30.4 |
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College | 30.3 |
University of Surrey | 30.2 |
University of Bedfordshire | 29.4 |
Courtauld Institute of Art | 29.4 |
University of Cambridge | 27.9 |
University of Bath | 27.9 |
University of Essex | 27.8 |
University of Warwick | 27.7 |
Brunei University | 27.2 |
University College Birmingham | 25.6 |
London Metropolitan University | 25.5 |
University of Oxford | 25.4 |
Queen Mary and Westfield College | 25.1 |
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance | 24.9 |
(1) Covers full-time and part-time postgraduate and undergraduate enrolments in all years of study. (2) Covers students domiciled in European Union (EU) countries other than the United Kingdom and non-EU countries. Note: Percentages in the table are based on a HESA standard registration population and are given to one decimal place. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record |
Table 2: English higher education institutions with t he highest number of enrolments (1) from overseas. Academic year 2009/10 | |
Institution | Enrolment s from overseas (2) |
University of Manchester | 9,915 |
University College London | 8,290 |
University of Nottingham | 8,270 |
University of Warwick | 7,995 |
University of Greenwich | 6,555 |
University of Leeds | 6,415 |
University of the Arts, London | 6,350 |
London School of Economics and Political Science | 6,255 |
University of Oxford | 6,220 |
London Metropolitan University | 6,215 |
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine | 6,010 |
University of Birmingham | 6,000 |
University of Sheffield | 5,875 |
Kings College London | 5,810 |
University of Cambridge | 5,795 |
University of Bedfordshire | 5,650 |
University of Westminster | 5,640 |
Middlesex University | 5,600 |
University of East London | 5,470 |
City University London | 5,345 |
University of Hertfordshire | 5,245 |
University of Southampton | 5,230 |
University of Northumbria at Newcastle | 4,860 |
Kingston University | 4,830 |
Coventry University | 4,765 |
University of Surrey | 4,655 |
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 4,480 |
Brunei University | 4,455 |
Sheffield Hallam University | 4,370 |
University of Sunderland | 4,350 |
(1) Covers full-time and part-time postgraduate and undergraduate enrolments in all years of study. (2) Covers students domiciled in European Union (EU) countries other than the United Kingdom and non-EU countries. Note: Figures in the table are based on a HESA standard registration population and are rounded up or down to the nearest five. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record |
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