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Cardiff University

Higher education provider · Wales

Country
Wales
International students, 2024/25
5,040
Share of UK total
0.74%
Change since 2014/15
-27.9%
Undergraduate / postgraduate
2,605 / 2,435
Non-UK students5,0402024/25
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

4,3108,6202014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
4,3108,6202014/152016/172018/192020/212022/232024/25
Data table
2014/156,990
2015/167,115
2016/177,520
2017/187,975
2018/198,620
2019/208,475
2020/217,725
2021/227,530
2022/236,395
2023/246,480
2024/255,040
Academic yearNon-UK students
2024/255,040
2023/246,480
2022/236,395
2021/227,530
2020/217,725
2019/208,475
2018/198,620
2017/187,975
2016/177,520
2015/167,115
2014/156,990
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. China1,150
  2. India730
  3. Malaysia370
  4. Saudi Arabia285
  5. Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)250
  6. Kuwait220
  7. Pakistan170
  8. United States150
  9. United Arab Emirates120
  10. Oman85
  11. Kenya85
  12. Nigeria80
By level
  1. Undergraduate2,605
  2. Postgraduate2,435
Source: HESA, Table 28: Non-UK permanent address students by HE provider (CC BY 4.0)Data as at 2024/25

Among UK universities

Cardiff University has 5,040 students from outside the UK in 2024/25, ranking #44 of 197 providers in the UK and #1 of 9 in Wales; since 2014/15 its number has changed by -27.9%, against +55.0% across the UK.

Rank in the UK
44 of 197
Rank in Wales
1 of 9
Share of UK total
0.74%
UK change since 2014/15
+55.0%
Providers in Wales with the most non-UK students
  1. Cardiff University5,040
  2. University of South Wales4,565
  3. Swansea University2,680
  4. Bangor University2,135
  5. Cardiff Metropolitan University2,040
  6. Wrexham University1,960
  7. University of Wales Trinity Saint David1,335
  8. Aberystwyth University1,120
  9. Centre for Alternative Technology55
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.

  • Cardiff University
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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