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Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 18 March 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 March 2019 (named day). It was answered by Chris Skidmore (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 March 2019 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Overseas Students

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of overseas students who were studying at further and higher education facilities in the UK in 2018.

Answer

Information on the nationality of learners is not held for government funded further education courses via the Individualised Learner Record.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes statistics on enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Latest statistics refer to the academic year 2017-18.

In total, there are 458,490 higher education (HE) students enrolled at UK HEIs from non-UK countries in 2017-18[1]. This can be found at:

https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from.

The table below shows the top 10 countries that have HE students entering UK HEIs in 2017-18 ranked by how many entrants they have at UK HEIs.

Country of domicile

Number

China

76,425

India

12,465

United States

11,625

Germany

7,135

France

6,910

Hong Kong

6,790

Italy

6,160

Malaysia

5,935

Greece

5,080

Nigeria

4,805

Source: Figures 10 and 11

https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from.

[1] Source: Figure 8

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
233485
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Overseas students
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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