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University College London

Higher education provider · England

Country
England
International students, 2024/25
26,610
Share of UK total
3.88%
Change since 2014/15
+109.7%
Undergraduate / postgraduate
13,035 / 13,575
Non-UK students26,6102024/25
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

14k28k2014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
14k28k2014/152016/172018/192020/212022/232024/25
Data table
2014/1512,690
2015/1614,975
2016/1715,735
2017/1817,990
2018/1919,580
2019/2020,460
2020/2123,360
2021/2224,145
2022/2328,120
2023/2426,020
2024/2526,610
Academic yearNon-UK students
2024/2526,610
2023/2426,020
2022/2328,120
2021/2224,145
2020/2123,360
2019/2020,460
2018/1919,580
2017/1817,990
2016/1715,735
2015/1614,975
2014/1512,690
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. China14,175
  2. Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)1,295
  3. United States1,105
  4. India905
  5. Singapore650
  6. Malaysia580
  7. France490
  8. Korea (South)355
  9. Indonesia340
  10. Thailand320
  11. Canada320
  12. Saudi Arabia305
By level
  1. Undergraduate13,035
  2. Postgraduate13,575
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 London has 26,610 students from outside the UK in 2024/25, ranking #1 of 197 providers in the UK and #1 of 168 in England; since 2014/15 its number has changed by +109.7%, against +55.0% across the UK.

Rank in the UK
1 of 197
Rank in England
1 of 168
Share of UK total
3.88%
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 London
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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