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The University of Birmingham

Higher education provider · England

Country
England
International students, 2024/25
12,485
Share of UK total
1.82%
Change since 2014/15
+50.5%
Undergraduate / postgraduate
5,440 / 7,045
Non-UK students12,4852024/25
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

6,24312k2014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
6,24312k2014/152016/172018/192020/212022/232024/25
Data table
2014/158,295
2015/167,620
2016/178,210
2017/188,210
2018/199,125
2019/2010,025
2020/219,530
2021/229,555
2022/2310,760
2023/2410,010
2024/2512,485
Academic yearNon-UK students
2024/2512,485
2023/2410,010
2022/2310,760
2021/229,555
2020/219,530
2019/2010,025
2018/199,125
2017/188,210
2016/178,210
2015/167,620
2014/158,295
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. China6,950
  2. India1,170
  3. Saudi Arabia395
  4. Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)355
  5. Malaysia250
  6. Canada230
  7. Nigeria210
  8. United Arab Emirates200
  9. Indonesia185
  10. United States160
  11. Singapore145
  12. Turkey140
By level
  1. Undergraduate5,440
  2. Postgraduate7,045
Source: HESA, Table 28: Non-UK permanent address students by HE provider (CC BY 4.0)Data as at 2024/25

Among UK universities

The University of Birmingham has 12,485 students from outside the UK in 2024/25, ranking #10 of 197 providers in the UK and #8 of 168 in England; since 2014/15 its number has changed by +50.5%, against +55.0% across the UK.

Rank in the UK
10 of 197
Rank in England
8 of 168
Share of UK total
1.82%
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

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