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University College Birmingham

Higher education provider · England

Country
England
International students, 2024/25
3,180
Share of UK total
0.46%
Change since 2014/15
+170.6%
Undergraduate / postgraduate
2,285 / 895
Non-UK students3,1802024/25
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

1,5903,1802014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
1,5903,1802014/152016/172018/192020/212022/232024/25
Data table
2014/151,175
2015/161,235
2016/171,355
2017/181,525
2018/191,600
2019/201,575
2020/211,470
2021/221,215
2022/232,325
2023/242,955
2024/253,180
Academic yearNon-UK students
2024/253,180
2023/242,955
2022/232,325
2021/221,215
2020/211,470
2019/201,575
2018/191,600
2017/181,525
2016/171,355
2015/161,235
2014/151,175
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. Nepal1,555
  2. India785
  3. China365
  4. Bangladesh120
  5. Pakistan105
  6. Nigeria35
  7. Thailand30
  8. Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)20
  9. Sri Lanka15
  10. Malaysia10
  11. Kenya10
  12. Ireland10
By level
  1. Undergraduate2,285
  2. Postgraduate895
Source: HESA, Table 28: Non-UK permanent address students by HE provider (CC BY 4.0)Data as at 2024/25

Among UK universities

University College Birmingham has 3,180 students from outside the UK in 2024/25, ranking #76 of 197 providers in the UK and #65 of 168 in England; since 2014/15 its number has changed by +170.6%, against +55.0% across the UK.

Rank in the UK
76 of 197
Rank in England
65 of 168
Share of UK total
0.46%
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.

  • University College Birmingham
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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