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Birkbeck College

Higher education provider · England

Country
England
International students, 2024/25
930
Share of UK total
0.14%
Change since 2014/15
-35.2%
Undergraduate / postgraduate
425 / 505
Non-UK students9302024/25
Year by year
Data as at 2024/25
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Students from outside the UK, year by year

Students whose permanent address is outside the UK (HESA, rounded to the nearest 5).

Non-UK students by academic year

8581,7152014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
8581,7152014/152016/172018/192020/212022/232024/25
Data table
2014/151,435
2015/161,270
2016/171,355
2017/181,360
2018/191,375
2019/201,425
2020/211,555
2021/221,410
2022/231,715
2023/241,275
2024/25930
Academic yearNon-UK students
2024/25930
2023/241,275
2022/231,715
2021/221,410
2020/211,555
2019/201,425
2018/191,375
2017/181,360
2016/171,355
2015/161,270
2014/151,435
Source: HESA, Table 28: Non-UK permanent address students by HE provider (CC BY 4.0)Data as at 2024/25

Where they come from

Country of permanent address, 2024/25.

Students by country
  1. United States100
  2. China90
  3. India80
  4. Spain45
  5. Italy40
  6. Saudi Arabia30
  7. Pakistan25
  8. Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)25
  9. Germany25
  10. Russia20
  11. Turkey20
  12. Bangladesh20
By level
  1. Undergraduate425
  2. Postgraduate505
Source: HESA, Table 28: Non-UK permanent address students by HE provider (CC BY 4.0)Data as at 2024/25

Among UK universities

Birkbeck College has 930 students from outside the UK in 2024/25, ranking #125 of 197 providers in the UK and #101 of 168 in England; since 2014/15 its number has changed by -35.2%, against +55.0% across the UK.

Rank in the UK
125 of 197
Rank in England
101 of 168
Share of UK total
0.14%
UK change since 2014/15
+55.0%
Providers in England with the most non-UK students
  1. University College London26,610
  2. BPP University21,865
  3. University of Hertfordshire19,310
  4. The University of Manchester18,515
  5. King's College London15,690
  6. Coventry University13,300
  7. The University of East London13,230
  8. The University of Birmingham12,485
  9. University of the Arts, London12,385
  10. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine11,905
Source: HESA, Table 28: Non-UK permanent address students by HE provider (CC BY 4.0)Data as at 2024/25

Student sponsor licence

Entry on the Home Office register of licensed student sponsors.

  • Birkbeck College
Source: Home Office, Register of licensed sponsors: workers and students (26 Oct 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0Data as at 26 Oct 2026

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