Universities with the most international students

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Data as at 26 Oct 2026

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Top 25

Non-UK students

Source: HESA, Table 28: Non-UK permanent address students by HE provider (CC BY 4.0)Data as at 2024/25

Top 100

#	Provider	Non-UK students	Country
1	University College London	26,610	England
2	BPP University	21,865	England
3	University of Hertfordshire	19,310	England
4	The University of Manchester	18,515	England
5	The University of Edinburgh	16,235	Scotland
6	King's College London	15,690	England
7	The University of Glasgow	13,880	Scotland
8	Coventry University	13,300	England
9	The University of East London	13,230	England
10	The University of Birmingham	12,485	England
11	University of the Arts, London	12,385	England
12	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	11,905	England
13	The University of Bristol	10,900	England
14	The University of Leeds	10,890	England
15	Ulster University	10,710	Northern Ireland
16	The University of Greenwich	10,165	England
17	The University of Oxford	9,755	England
18	The University of Warwick	9,475	England
19	The University of Southampton	9,060	England
20	University of the West of England, Bristol	9,030	England
21	London School of Economics and Political Science	8,225	England
22	The University of Sheffield	7,935	England
23	Queen Mary University of London	7,900	England
24	University of Nottingham	7,700	England
25	The University of Liverpool	7,495	England
26	The University of Sunderland	7,405	England
27	The University of Exeter	7,365	England
28	De Montfort University	7,355	England
29	University of Northumbria at Newcastle	7,285	England
30	The University of Cambridge	7,265	England
31	Anglia Ruskin University	7,165	England
32	University of Durham	6,895	England
33	City St George's, University of London	6,790	England
34	The University of Westminster	6,350	England
35	Teesside University	6,140	England
36	Newcastle University	6,025	England
37	The University of Portsmouth	5,880	England
38	The University of the West of Scotland	5,780	Scotland
39	The Nottingham Trent University	5,675	England
40	Roehampton University	5,560	England
41	Queen's University Belfast	5,480	Northern Ireland
42	The University of St. Andrews	5,370	Scotland
43	Birmingham City University	5,055	England
44	Glasgow Caledonian University	5,040	Scotland
45	Cardiff University	5,040	Wales
46	The University of Salford	4,975	England
47	University of Lancashire	4,895	England
48	The University of Bath	4,880	England
49	The University of West London	4,795	England
50	The University of Essex	4,725	England
51	The University of Law	4,680	England
52	University of South Wales	4,565	Wales
53	York St John University	4,510	England
54	Middlesex University	4,445	England
55	Brunel University London	4,400	England
56	The University of Hull	4,400	England
57	Sheffield Hallam University	4,385	England
58	The University of Sussex	4,380	England
59	Aston University	4,325	England
60	Leeds Beckett University	4,250	England
61	The University of Strathclyde	4,175	Scotland
62	The University of Lancaster	4,165	England
63	The University of York	4,150	England
64	Kingston University	4,125	England
65	The University of Lincoln	4,015	England
66	University of Chester	3,875	England
67	The University of Reading	3,850	England
68	The University of Wolverhampton	3,810	England
69	Edinburgh Napier University	3,800	Scotland
70	The University of Leicester	3,660	England
71	The Manchester Metropolitan University	3,645	England
72	Loughborough University	3,495	England
73	The University of Surrey	3,315	England
74	University of Greater Manchester	3,195	England
75	Goldsmiths College	3,190	England
76	University College Birmingham	3,180	England
77	London Metropolitan University	3,115	England
78	Heriot-Watt University	3,075	Scotland
79	The University of Huddersfield	2,985	England
80	Oxford Brookes University	2,945	England
81	Bournemouth University	2,760	England
82	University of Derby	2,710	England
83	University of Bedfordshire	2,705	England
84	The University of Bradford	2,700	England
85	Swansea University	2,680	Wales
86	Ravensbourne University London	2,630	England
87	The University of Aberdeen	2,620	Scotland
88	The University of Kent	2,565	England
89	The University of Brighton	2,485	England
90	London South Bank University	2,455	England
91	The University of East Anglia	2,430	England
92	The University of Dundee	2,390	Scotland
93	The University of Northampton	2,220	England
94	University for the Creative Arts	2,210	England
95	Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	2,190	England
96	The University of Stirling	2,165	Scotland
97	Bangor University	2,135	Wales
98	Robert Gordon University	2,130	Scotland
99	University of Plymouth	2,130	England
100	Liverpool John Moores University	2,125	England

Source: HESA, Table 28: Non-UK permanent address students by HE provider (CC BY 4.0)Data as at 2024/25

How this is counted

Higher education providers ranked by students whose permanent address is outside the UK, 2024/25 (HESA, rounded).

Source: HESA, Table 28: Non-UK permanent address students by HE provider (CC BY 4.0)Data as at 2024/25

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