Overseas Students (Hansard, 18 November 2004)

§ Lord Filkin

The available information is given in the table and covers overseas domiciles studying HE courses at UK HE institutions in 2002–03.

All HE enrolments by overseas domiciles to UK HE institutions 2002–03
Country of Domicile	Total
China (People's Republic of)	30,690
Greece	22,485
United States	13,645
Germany	13,145
France	12,490
Irish Republic	12,305
India	10,420
Malaysia	9,715
Hong Kong	9,355
Spain	7,390
Japan	5,730
Italy	5,640
Taiwan	4,455
Singapore	3,990
Nigeria	3,945
Sweden	3,675
Cyprus	3,570
Norway	3,550
Canada	3,365
Zimbabwe	2,850
Kenya	2,705
Thailand	2,650
Pakistan	2,640
South Korea	2,610
Netherlands	2,360
Portugal	2,325
Belgium	2,305
Finland	2,195
Sri Lanka	1,795
Ghana	1,755
Denmark	1,735
Oman	1,655
Mexico	1,600
Russia	1,600
Saudi Arabia	1,540
Mauritius	1,500
Turkey	1,410
Australia	1,375
Austria	1,345
Switzerland	1,325
Bangladesh	1,300
Israel	1,290
United Arab Emirates	1,250
South Africa	1,075

All HE enrolments by overseas domiciles to UK HE institutions 2002–03
Country of Domicile	Total
Libya	1,050
Brazil	960
Indonesia	900
Tanzania	865
Iran	860
Jordan	850
Poland	845
Jamaica	780
Luxembourg	775
Bahrain	715
Brunei	690
Uganda	680
Gibraltar	675
Egypt	655
Trinidad and Tobago	625
Botswana	600
Kuwait	585
Philippines	530
Bulgaria	475
Zambia	465
Hungary	450
New Zealand	445
Romania	445
Lebanon	440
Czech Republic	435
Ukraine	430
Algeria	385
Malta	380
Argentina	375
Barbados	350
Colombia	330
Yugoslavia	325
Vietnam	310
Qatar	295
Malawi	290
Nepal	275
Sudan	275
Syria	275
Gambia	270
Iceland	260
Chile	250
Venezuela	250
Kazakhstan	230
Cameroon	225
Slovenia	190
Sierra Leone	185
Slovakia	175
Ethiopia	170
Peru	170
Seychelles	170
Bermuda	150
Yemen	160
St Lucia	155
Angola	150
Bahamas	150
Burma	145
Uzbekistan	145
Croatia	140
Latvia	140
Morocco	140
Albania	135
North Korea	135
Lithuania	130
Estonia	105
Bosnia and Herzegovina	95
Maldives	95
West Indies (not otherwise specified)	90
Macao	85
Iraq	80
Guyana	75
Azerbaijan	70

All HE enrolments by overseas domiciles to UK HE institutions 2002–03
Country of Domicile	Total
Belarus	70
Ecuador	70
Ivory Coast	70
Mongolia	70
Mozambique	70
Bolivia	65
Macedonia	65
Antigua and Barbuda	60
Cayman Islands	60
Georgia	60
Moldova	60
Greenland	55
St Vincent and the Grenadines	55
Tunisia	55
Namibia	50
Rwanda	50
Swaziland	50
Afghanistan	45
Dominica	45
Somalia	45
Uruguay	45
Lesotho	40
Armenia	35
British Virgin Islands	35
Costa Rica	35
Falkland Islands	35
Grenada	35
Kyrgyzstan	35
Panama	35
Papua New Guinea	35
Belize	30
CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States)	30
Congo (People's Republic)	30
Dominican Republic	30
Dutch West Indies	30
E1 Salvador	30
Fiji	30
Monserrat	30
Senegal	30
Cambodia	25
Congo (Democratic Republic)	25
Gabon	25
Guatemala	25
Monaco	25
St Kitts & Nevis	25
Tajikistan	25
Turks & Caicos Islands	25
Burundi	20
Cuba	20
Liberia	20
Madagascar	20
St Helena Dependencies	20
Anguilla	15
Bhutan	15
Central African Republic	15
Eritrea	15
Liechtenstein	15
Mali	15
Nicaragua	15
Paraguay	15
Puerto Rico	15
Turkmenistan	15
British Antarctic Territory	10
British Indian Ocean Territory	10
French Possessions not elsewhere classified	10
Gilbert Islands	10
Guinea	10
Haiti	10
Honduras	10
Mauritania	10

All HE enrolments by overseas domiciles to UK HE institutions 2002–03
Country of Domicile	Total
Tonga	10
Andorra	5
Benin	5
Burkina	5
Chad	5
Djibouti	5
Equatorial Guinea	5
Laos	5
Mayotte	5
Niger	5
San Marino	5
Solomon Islands	5
Togo	5
US Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands	5
Vanuatu	5
Windward Islands (not elsewhere specified)	5
Cape Verde Islands	0
Comoros	0
Guinea-Bissau	0
Leeward Islands (not otherwise specified)	0
Marshall Islands	0
Micronesia	0
Nauru	0
Pitcairn Islands	0
Samoa	0
Sao Tome & Principe	0
South Georgia & the South
Sandwich Islands	0
Surinam	0
Tuvalu	0
OS-Determined By Free
Eligibility	870
Stateless	0
Total	255,235

Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

Snapshot as at 1 December

Figures rounded to the nearest 0 or 5.