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Edinburgh Napier University

Higher education provider · Scotland

Country
Scotland
International students, 2024/25
3,800
Share of UK total
0.55%
Change since 2014/15
+37.2%
Undergraduate / postgraduate
1,500 / 2,300
Non-UK students3,8002024/25
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

2,1184,2352014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
2,1184,2352014/152016/172018/192020/212022/232024/25
Data table
2014/152,770
2015/162,575
2016/172,460
2017/182,575
2018/192,850
2019/203,180
2020/213,365
2021/223,635
2022/234,235
2023/243,785
2024/253,800
Academic yearNon-UK students
2024/253,800
2023/243,785
2022/234,235
2021/223,635
2020/213,365
2019/203,180
2018/192,850
2017/182,575
2016/172,460
2015/162,575
2014/152,770
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. India1,175
  2. Pakistan550
  3. Nigeria500
  4. United States200
  5. Germany160
  6. Nepal130
  7. Ireland90
  8. Myanmar (Burma)85
  9. Ukraine55
  10. China55
  11. France55
  12. Poland40
By level
  1. Undergraduate1,500
  2. Postgraduate2,300
Source: HESA, Table 28: Non-UK permanent address students by HE provider (CC BY 4.0)Data as at 2024/25

Among UK universities

Edinburgh Napier University has 3,800 students from outside the UK in 2024/25, ranking #69 of 197 providers in the UK and #7 of 17 in Scotland; since 2014/15 its number has changed by +37.2%, against +55.0% across the UK.

Rank in the UK
69 of 197
Rank in Scotland
7 of 17
Share of UK total
0.55%
UK change since 2014/15
+55.0%
Providers in Scotland with the most non-UK students
  1. The University of Edinburgh16,235
  2. The University of Glasgow13,880
  3. The University of the West of Scotland5,780
  4. The University of St. Andrews5,370
  5. Glasgow Caledonian University5,040
  6. The University of Strathclyde4,175
  7. Edinburgh Napier University3,800
  8. Heriot-Watt University3,075
  9. The University of Aberdeen2,620
  10. The University of Dundee2,390
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.

  • Edinburgh Napier 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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