Overseas Students

Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 15 September 2011.

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Photo of Gareth Thomas Gareth Thomas Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills), Party Chair, Co-operative Party

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.

Photo of David Willetts David Willetts Minister of State (Universities and Science)

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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