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The University of Essex

Higher education provider · England

Country
England
International students, 2024/25
4,725
Share of UK total
0.69%
Change since 2014/15
+0.7%
Undergraduate / postgraduate
2,365 / 2,360
Non-UK students4,7252024/25
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

3,6307,2602014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
3,6307,2602014/152016/172018/192020/212022/232024/25
Data table
2014/154,690
2015/164,460
2016/174,410
2017/184,345
2018/194,720
2019/205,055
2020/215,975
2021/225,905
2022/237,260
2023/245,860
2024/254,725
Academic yearNon-UK students
2024/254,725
2023/245,860
2022/237,260
2021/225,905
2020/215,975
2019/205,055
2018/194,720
2017/184,345
2016/174,410
2015/164,460
2014/154,690
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. India1,000
  2. China555
  3. Pakistan290
  4. France270
  5. Nigeria210
  6. Malaysia140
  7. Saudi Arabia130
  8. United States125
  9. Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)120
  10. Turkey115
  11. Cyprus (European Union)105
  12. Thailand95
By level
  1. Undergraduate2,365
  2. Postgraduate2,360
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 Essex has 4,725 students from outside the UK in 2024/25, ranking #50 of 197 providers in the UK and #42 of 168 in England; since 2014/15 its number has changed by +0.7%, against +55.0% across the UK.

Rank in the UK
50 of 197
Rank in England
42 of 168
Share of UK total
0.69%
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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