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The University of Surrey

Higher education provider · England

Country
England
International students, 2024/25
3,315
Share of UK total
0.48%
Change since 2014/15
-18.6%
Undergraduate / postgraduate
1,500 / 1,815
Non-UK students3,3152024/25
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

2,4684,9352014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
2,4684,9352014/152016/172018/192020/212022/232024/25
Data table
2014/154,070
2015/164,350
2016/174,480
2017/184,935
2018/194,890
2019/204,835
2020/214,255
2021/223,910
2022/234,030
2023/243,915
2024/253,315
Academic yearNon-UK students
2024/253,315
2023/243,915
2022/234,030
2021/223,910
2020/214,255
2019/204,835
2018/194,890
2017/184,935
2016/174,480
2015/164,350
2014/154,070
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. India830
  2. China275
  3. Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)180
  4. Saudi Arabia170
  5. United Arab Emirates105
  6. Nigeria100
  7. Pakistan90
  8. Turkey90
  9. Greece75
  10. Thailand75
  11. Iran65
  12. Malaysia50
By level
  1. Undergraduate1,500
  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 Surrey has 3,315 students from outside the UK in 2024/25, ranking #73 of 197 providers in the UK and #62 of 168 in England; since 2014/15 its number has changed by -18.6%, against +55.0% across the UK.

Rank in the UK
73 of 197
Rank in England
62 of 168
Share of UK total
0.48%
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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