The latest available information is shown in the following table for 2004/05. Figures for 2005/06 will be available in January 2007.
Number of students Percentage of students India 13,555 5.1 Pakistan 5,965 2.2 China 45,740 17.0 Japan 5,610 2.1 United States 11,065 4.1 Europe2 90,140 33.6 Other 96,220 35.9 Total overseas 268,300 100.0 1 Figures cover postgraduate and undergraduate students on full-time and part-time courses. They cover overseas students who study for the whole of their course in England. They exclude overseas students who study part of their course (e.g. one term) in England as part of an exchange scheme. In 2004/05 there were a total of 26,000 of these students. 2 Includes students from the EU. Notes: 1. Figures are based on the HESA Standard Registration Population. 2. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5, so components may not sum to totals. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
The latest available information is shown in the following table for 2000/01 to 2004/05. Figures for 2005/06 will be available in January 2007.
Academic year Number of students in north-east GO region 2000/01 82,040 2001/02 87,175 2002/03 94,400 2003/04 98,575 2004/05 100,085 1 Figures cover postgraduate and undergraduate students from the UK and overseas on full-time and part-time courses. Note: Figures are on a HESA Standard Registration Population basis. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student record data.