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The University of Reading

Higher education provider · England

Country
England
International students, 2024/25
3,850
Share of UK total
0.56%
Change since 2014/15
+0.0%
Undergraduate / postgraduate
2,040 / 1,815
Non-UK students3,8502024/25
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

2,2384,4752014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
2,2384,4752014/152016/172018/192020/212022/232024/25
Data table
2014/153,850
2015/163,985
2016/174,115
2017/184,365
2018/194,285
2019/204,475
2020/214,175
2021/223,925
2022/234,040
2023/243,825
2024/253,850
Academic yearNon-UK students
2024/253,850
2023/243,825
2022/234,040
2021/223,925
2020/214,175
2019/204,475
2018/194,285
2017/184,365
2016/174,115
2015/163,985
2014/153,850
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. China1,000
  2. India265
  3. Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)205
  4. Nigeria160
  5. Malaysia150
  6. Saudi Arabia120
  7. Cyprus (European Union)110
  8. Kuwait110
  9. Thailand95
  10. United Arab Emirates95
  11. United States80
  12. Bahrain60
By level
  1. Undergraduate2,040
  2. Postgraduate1,815
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 Reading has 3,850 students from outside the UK in 2024/25, ranking #67 of 197 providers in the UK and #57 of 168 in England; since 2014/15 its number has changed by +0.0%, against +55.0% across the UK.

Rank in the UK
67 of 197
Rank in England
57 of 168
Share of UK total
0.56%
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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