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King's College London

Higher education provider · England

Country
England
International students, 2024/25
15,690
Share of UK total
2.29%
Change since 2014/15
+87.6%
Undergraduate / postgraduate
8,195 / 7,495
Non-UK students15,6902024/25
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

8,57817k2014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
8,57817k2014/152016/172018/192020/212022/232024/25
Data table
2014/158,365
2015/168,905
2016/179,990
2017/1811,175
2018/1912,385
2019/2013,475
2020/2115,550
2021/2217,155
2022/2315,995
2023/2414,970
2024/2515,690
Academic yearNon-UK students
2024/2515,690
2023/2414,970
2022/2315,995
2021/2217,155
2020/2115,550
2019/2013,475
2018/1912,385
2017/1811,175
2016/179,990
2015/168,905
2014/158,365
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. China5,740
  2. India1,115
  3. United States595
  4. Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)580
  5. Singapore505
  6. France490
  7. Saudi Arabia410
  8. Germany330
  9. Turkey320
  10. Italy310
  11. Malaysia310
  12. United Arab Emirates310
By level
  1. Undergraduate8,195
  2. Postgraduate7,495
Source: HESA, Table 28: Non-UK permanent address students by HE provider (CC BY 4.0)Data as at 2024/25

Among UK universities

King's College London has 15,690 students from outside the UK in 2024/25, ranking #6 of 197 providers in the UK and #5 of 168 in England; since 2014/15 its number has changed by +87.6%, against +55.0% across the UK.

Rank in the UK
6 of 197
Rank in England
5 of 168
Share of UK total
2.29%
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.

  • King's College London
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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