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Royal College of Art

Higher education provider · England

Country
England
International students, 2024/25
1,820
Share of UK total
0.27%
Change since 2014/15
+120.6%
Undergraduate / postgraduate
100 / 1,720
Non-UK students1,8202024/25
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

1,0782,1552014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
1,0782,1552014/152016/172018/192020/212022/232024/25
Data table
2014/15825
2015/16910
2016/171,105
2017/181,415
2018/191,700
2019/201,980
2020/212,155
2021/221,880
2022/232,140
2023/242,105
2024/251,820
Academic yearNon-UK students
2024/251,820
2023/242,105
2022/232,140
2021/221,880
2020/212,155
2019/201,980
2018/191,700
2017/181,415
2016/171,105
2015/16910
2014/15825
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. China985
  2. India150
  3. United States140
  4. Korea (South)125
  5. Taiwan45
  6. Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)30
  7. Japan20
  8. Singapore20
  9. Germany20
  10. Canada20
  11. Turkey15
  12. Thailand15
By level
  1. Undergraduate100
  2. Postgraduate1,720
Source: HESA, Table 28: Non-UK permanent address students by HE provider (CC BY 4.0)Data as at 2024/25

Among UK universities

Royal College of Art has 1,820 students from outside the UK in 2024/25, ranking #106 of 197 providers in the UK and #86 of 168 in England; since 2014/15 its number has changed by +120.6%, against +55.0% across the UK.

Rank in the UK
106 of 197
Rank in England
86 of 168
Share of UK total
0.27%
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.

  • Royal College of Art
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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