SHARES OF THE WORLD’S INTERNATIONALLY MOBILE STUDENTS, 2012 THE UK IS THE SECOND MOST POPULAR DESTINATION IN THE WORLD FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Source: OECD (2014) Education at a Glance 1

International Higher Education in

Facts and Figures OCTOBER 2015

1

1 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TRENDS 3

3 TNE & OUTWARD MOBILITY 13

2 WHAT INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WANT 8

4 THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & COLLABORATION 19

5 THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION 22

CONTENTS

1INTERNATIONAL

STUDENT TRENDS

4Source: OECD (2014) Education at a Glance, tertiary-level students

COUNTRY 2000 2012 CHANGE

United States 22.8% 16.4% -6.4%

United Kingdom 10.7% 12.6% 1.9%

Germany 9.0% 6.3% -2.6%

France 6.6% 6.0% -0.6%

Australia 5.1% 5.5% 0.4%

Canada 4.5% 4.9% 0.4%

Russian Federation 2.0% 3.9% 1.9%

Japan 3.2% 3.3% 0.1%

Spain 2.0% 2.2% 0.2%

China 1.7% 2.0% 0.2%

Other OECD and non-OECD countries

32.6% 37.0% 4.4%

United States

16.4%

United Kingdom

12.6%

Germany

6.3%

France

6.0%

Australia

5.5%

Canada

4.9%

Other OECD and non-OECD countries 48.4%

SHARES OF THE WORLD’S INTERNATIONALLY MOBILE STUDENTS, 2012 The UK is the second most popular destination in the world for international students

5Source: OECD (2014) Education at a Glance, tertiary-level students

YEAR 2000 2012

UK 222,936 568,816

Europe (excl. UK) 712,943 1,592,058

North America 569,640 961,967

Asia 334,562 806,281

Oceania 118,646 330,886

Africa 100,031 196,568

Latin America & the Caribbean

28,945 71,468

2000

NUM

BER

OF F

OREI

GN S

TUDE

NTS

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012

5M

4.5M

4M

3.5M

3M

2.5M

2M

1.5M

1M

0.5M

0K

Latin America & the CaribbeanOceania Africa

AsiaNorth AmericaEurope (excl. UK)UK

OVERSEAS STUDENTS BY REGION OF DESTINATIONThe number of international students globally has more than doubled since 2000 to 4.5 Million

6Source: HESA (2015) Students

NUM

BER

OF N

ON-E

U ST

UDEN

TS E

NROL

LED

IN T

HE U

K

0K2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

50K

100K

150K

200K

250K

300K

350K

98,310

80,010

24,810

99,210

82,990

24,855

102,900

91,610

26,065

104,445

97,835

27,365

112,215

111,245

27,855

123,940

128,165

28,655

134,220

134,660

29,230

142,440

129,740

30,500

146,945

121,845

31,180

152,355

124,960

32,880

Undergraduate Postgraduate Taught Postgraduate Research

TRENDS IN NON-EU STUDENT ENROLMENTThe number of international students in the UK has risen by more than a third since 2004, but growth has slowed

7Source: HESA (2015) Students

China

United States

Ireland

Saudi Arabia

Romania

Nigeria

Germany

Cyprus (EU)

Pakistan

Canada

India

Hong Kong, China

Greece

Singapore

Bulgaria

Malaysia

France

Italy

Spain

Thailand

87,895

16,485

11,490

9,060

6,515

18,020

14,060

10,295

6,665

6,350

19,750

14,725

10,670

6,790

6,355

16,635

11,500

9,550

6,585

6,340

TOP 20 COUNTRIES OF STUDENT ORIGIN, 2013-14More than one in five international students in the UK came from China in 2013-14

2WHAT INTERNATIONAL

STUDENTS WANT

9Source: Above: International Student Barometer, I-graduate (2015) Below: HSBC

Overall satisfaction

91%Recommend

85%Arrival

90%Learning

88%Living

87%Support

90%

Australia United States

United Kingdom

IndonesiaMalaysiaCanada FranceSingapore Hong Kong,China

Brazil Mexico IndiaChina

45K40K35K30K25K20K15K10K5K

US $

42,09339,229

36,564 35,04532,140

29,947

16,77712,941 12,905 12,627

10,729 9,4605,642

Annual cost of living Annual fees Annual total

STUDENT SATISFACTION AND THE COST OF STUDY IN THE UK Of the top four English speaking international student destinations, a UK undergraduate education is the most affordable

10Source: Integration of international students: A UK perspective, British Council, 2014

1 Quality of education

2 Internationally recognised qualification

3 Career prospects

4 University reputation

5 Opportunity for employment while studying

6 Safety

7 Multicultural society

8 Opportunity to learn a new language

9 Country Reputation as being desirable

10 Low tuition fees

11 Low cost of living

12 Want to move overseas

13 Qualification recogised in my home country

14 Ease of obtaining a visa

15 Course duration

16 Friends/relatives there

17 Information available

18 Simplicity of course application

19 Other

20 Expectation of parents

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

PERC

ENTA

GE O

F RE

SPON

DENT

S

— Quality of education

— Internationally recognised qualification

— Career prospects

— University reputation

— Opportunity for employment while studying

— Safety

— Multicultural society

— Opportunity to learn a new language

RANK IN 2014 FACTOR

IMPORTANT FACTORS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTSInternational students choose the UK for the quality of its education

11Source: HESA (2015) Students

105,575 24,635 39%39,580 / 12,410 33%

26,985 / 13,025 19%

12,435 / 6,320 20%

13,170 / 8,210 8%

13,445 / 7,395 18%

16,035 / 10,350 16%16,180 / 6,110 25%

11,315 / 10,055 10%

8,605 / 5,465 15%

7,010 / 3,405 6%

8,410 / 3,585 24%

7,830 / 2,750 16%6,955 / 3,875 22%

5,645 / 3,485 10%6,505 / 2,315 21%

2,020 / 945 5%1,545 / 780 13%950 / 190 19%

EU Non-EU

% of all students in subject area

EU & INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS BY CHOICE OF SUBJECT AREA IN 2013-14The wide range of subjects international students study demonstrates the strength and diversity of the UK HE sector: from Business to Engineering, the Creative Arts and Social Sciences

12Source: HESA (2015) Students

NUM

BER

OF S

TUDE

NTS

ENRO

LLED

120,000

100,000

80,000

60,000

40,000

20,000

0STEM ClinicalSocial

StudiesBusiness Arts and

Humanities

China

STEM (excl. clinical)

Social Studies

Clinical

Business

Arts & HumanitiesIndia Nigeria US Malaysia Other non-EU

China India

Nigeria United States

Malaysia

NON-EU STUDENTS BY SUBJECT CHOICE & NATIONALITYUK universities appeal to diverse interests: Nigerian and Malyasian students prefer STEM subjects; Business is popular with Chinese and Indian students; and US students have a flair for the Arts, Humanities and Socal Sciences

3TNE & OUTWARD

MOBILITY

14Source: HESA (2015) Aggregate Offshore Record * Students registered at Oxford Brookes University accounted for over 40% of the total population of the Aggregate Offshore Record in 2013-14. The majority of these students were registered with an overseas partner on Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) programmes.

North America31,970

South America2,235

Other Europe18,910

Oceania3,390

Asia308,905

Total number of TNE students in 2013-14 = 638,850

EU75,170

Middle East56,640

Africa141,630

100K 200K 300K 400K 500K 600K

NON EU

EU

478,775

52,930

84,905

22,240PostgraduateUndergraduate incl. FE

Number of students Number of students

TOP 20 COUNTRIES OF ACTIVITY

LOCATION OF TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, 2013-14Hundreds of thousands of students study for UK qualifications outside the UK

TRENDS IN TNE NUMBERS

NUMBER OF STUDENTS

15Source: HESA (2015) Aggregate Offshore Record

100K 200K 300K 400K

REGISTERED WITH UK UNIVERSITY/BRANCH CAMPUS

REGISTERED WITH UK UNIVERSITY/OTHER ARRANGEMENTS

REGISTERED WITH UK UNIVERSITY/DISTANCE/FLEXIBLE/BLENDED

OTHER

REGISTERED WITH OVERSEAS PARTNER

NUMBER OF STUDENTS

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

100K

300K

500K

700K

Other UG and FE First degree PGT PGR

374,490

119,755

116,035

19,615

8,955

First degree | 514,475 | 81%

PGT | 102,005 | 16%

Other UG and FE | 17,235 | 3%

PGR | 5,140 | 1%

TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION STUDENTS BY NUMBER, TYPE AND LEVEL OF PROVISIONUK TNE student numbers have grown by 65% since 2008: the vast majority are studying for their first degree

16Source: European Commission, Erasmus Statistics (2013), British Council, Erasmus statistics (2014) *Please note 2013/14 data is not yet available on inward mobility to the UK.

12K

10K

8K

6K

4K

2K

FranceSpain

Germany Italy

NetherlandsSweden

BelgiumDenmark

PolandFinland

Austria

Czech RepublicTurkey

Ireland

Switzerland

PortugalNorway

GreeceHungary

Others

30K25K20K15K10K5K

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

TRENDS IN ERASMUS MOBILITY TO AND FROM THE UK

Incoming to the UK

Incoming to the UK

Outgoing from the UK

Outgoing from the UK

6,8264,458

4,1783,435 4,428

2,112

2,2961,001 1,621

637 913361

630358

656283

650244

80782

643228

497 284

582 186

617 95

454 194

297 228

338 142

256 143

272 58

221 43

16,508

7,235

19,120

10,278

20,850

10,826

22,650

11,723

24,474

12,833

25,760

13,662

27,182

14,572 15,566

ERASMUS MOBILITY TO AND FROM THE UK*The number of UK students studying and working abroad under Erasmus have doubled since 2006

17Source: European Commission, Erasmus Statistics (2013)

Study placement

Work placements

300K

250K

200K

150K

100K

50K

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13

NUM

BER

OF S

TUDE

NTS

20,002

162,695

182,697

35,561

177,705

213,266

30,330

168,193

198,523

40,913

190,495

231,408

48,083

204,744

252,827

55,621

212,522

268,143

MOST POPULAR HOST COUNTRIES IN 2012-13

SPAIN 40,202 GERMANY 30,368 FRANCE 29,293 UK 27,182 ITALY 19,964

TOTAL ERASMUS PARTICIPATION

ERASMUS MOBILITY ACROSS ALL MEMBER STATESThe number of students taking Erasmus work placements has almost tripled since 2007

18Source: HESA (2015) Staff

European UnionEU Non-EU UK Non-European Union

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT FUNCTION

% WITH NON-UK NATIONALITY

Teaching and research 23%

Research 42%

Teaching 19%

Neither teaching nor research 9%

Grand Total 26%

ALL ACADEMIC STAFF

137,650

29,225

22,140

Teaching & research

Research

Teaching

Neither teaching nor

research

0K 4K 8K 12K2K

9,360 12,740

8,310 10,665

4,145

95 (EU)55 (Non-EU)

5,725

6K

Number of academic staff

10K 14K

ACADEMIC STAFF BY FUNCTION

Unknown domiciles have been excluded.

NUMBERS OF NON-UK ACADEMIC STAFFThe UK attracts top academics from across the globe: one in four academic staff in the UK comes from overseas

4THE IMPACT OF

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & COLLABORATION

20Source: Elsevier and BIS (2013), International Comparative Performance of the UK Research Base – 2008 to 2012

United States

89,579

Canada

21,860Germany

45,250

Switzerland

16,589

China

22,813

Netherlands

24,147France

33,454

Spain

23,258

Italy

27,789 Australia

24,403

1

23

45

7

8

9

10

6

THE UK’S TOP 10 COLLABORATION PARTNERS, BY NUMBER OF CO-AUTHORED PAPERS The UK’s top collaborative partner country is the US and 13 out of the UK’s top 20 collaboration partners are EU member states

21Source: Scopus data in Elsevier, report for BIS, “International Comparative Performance of the UK Research Base

CITATION IMPACT FOR UK INTERNATIONALLY CO-AUTHORED ARTICLES WITH ITS TOP 20 COLLABORATION PARTNERS, 2008-12

UK international co-authorship is associated with 61% greater field-weighted citation impact compared to UK institutional co-authorship.

47.6% of UK authored published articles were co-authored with at least one non-UK researcher in 2012

Bubble size is proportional to the number of co-authored publications with this partner.

Bubble colour represents the field weighted citation impact (adjusted citation per paper) of these

collaborations, with dark shades representing the highest field weighted citation impact.

1United States

89,579

2.75

2Germany

45,250

2.75

3France

33,454

2.88

4 Italy

27,789

2.77

5Australia

24,403

2.73

6Nether-lands

24,147

3.16

7Spain

23,258

2.70

8China

22,813

2.00

9Canada

21,860

3.25

10Switzer-

land

16,589

3.34

11Sweden

14,131

3.14

12Japan

12,657

2.51

13Belgium

11,840

3.34

14Denmark

9,313

3.46

15Ireland

8,608

2.28

16Greece

7,714

2.33

17Austria

7,092

3.28

18Norway

7,026

3.01

19Finland

6,919

3.09

20Poland

6,610

3.04

Rank

Country

Collaborative

publications

FWCI

22Source: Elsevier and BIS (2013), International Comparative Performance of the UK Research Base – 2013

Global population

Researchers Global citations

R&D expenditure

Research articles

World’s most highly-cited

articles

0.9% 6.4%3.2% 11.2%4.1% 15.9%

QUALITY & IMPACT OF UK RESEARCH INTERNATIONALLYThe UK has more articles per pound and per researcher than our major competitors

23Source: World Economic Forum (2014)

RANK

ING

10

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Israel

United States

Belgium

Netherlands

Japan

Germany

Australia

Finland

Canada

Denmark

Sweden

Qatar

QUALITY OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS OVER TIMEThe UK’s scientific research institutions are now ranked second in the world for quality

THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF INTERNATIONAL

HIGHER EDUCATION

5

25Source: The Global Innovation Index (2015), by Cornell University, INSEAD Business School & the World International Property Organisation (WIPO)

RANKING 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

1 Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland

2 Sweden Sweden Sweden United Kingdom United Kingdom

3 Singapore Singapore United Kingdom Sweden Sweden

4 Hong Kong, China Finland Netherlands Finland Netherlands

5 Finland United Kingdom United States Netherlands United States

6 Denmark Netherlands Finland United States Finland

7 United States Denmark Hong Kong, China Singapore Singapore

8 Canada Hong Kong, China Singapore Denmark Ireland

9 Netherlands Ireland Denmark Luxembourg Luxembourg

10 United Kingdom United States Ireland Hong Kong, China Denmark

TOP 10 COUNTRIES ON THE GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX (GII)The UK is second in the world on the GII, which measures innovation capabilities

26Source: European Commission (2013)

¤2,000 ¤4,000 ¤6,000 ¤8,000

Germany

United Kingdom

France

Italy

Netherlands

Spain

FUNDING IN ¤ MILLION

Other organisations HEIs

¤2,690 ¤4,446 ¤7,136

¤6,940

¤5,143

¤3,590

¤3,330

¤3,256

¤4,903 ¤2,037

¤722 ¤4,421

¤1,227 ¤2,363

¤1,777 ¤1,553

¤779 ¤2,477

LEVELS OF EU FUNDING UNDER FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME 7 UK universities are by far the most succesful in winning EU research funding, receiving 45% more funding than any other country

27Source: HESA (2015) Finance

Non-EU charities Non-EU otherNon-EU industry EU government bodies EU charities

EU industry EU other

200K

400K

600K

800K

1,000K

1,200K

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

INCO

ME

£'00

0

PERCENTAGE OF ALL RESEARCH GRANTS/CONTRACTS INCOME FROM INTERNATIONAL SOURCES

2009-10

17.1%2010-11

18.1%2011-12

20.5%2012-13

22.4%2013-14

23.0%

741,435804,114

923,269

1,067,6001,167,495

RESEARCH INCOME FROM INTERNATIONAL SOURCESUK universities have grown the research income leveraged from international sources by 44% since 2009: almost a quarter of UK universities’ research income is now earned from overseas

28

London £2,500M

£1,300M£1,200M

South East £1,256M

£707M£549M

South West £558M

£288M£270M

North East £457M

£244M£213M

Scotland £837M

£577M£260M

Wales £576M

£273M£303M

Ulster University £62M

£34M£27M

Queen’s University Belfast £61M

£14M£48M

North West £848M

£461M£387M

Yorkshire & Humberside £802M

£422M£380M

West Midlands £802M

£394M£408M

East Midlands £638M

£345M£293M

East of England £836M

£467M£369M

International revenues

Student expenditure off-campus

Sources: Universities UK (2014) The impact of universities on the UK economy; Universities Scotland (2013) Grow, export, attract, support; Universities Wales (2015) The economic impact of higher education in Wales. Universities UK (2015) The economic impact of Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University on the Northern Ireland economy

ECONOMIC IMPACT OF NON-UK STUDENTSNon-UK students generate nearly 11 billion for the UK economy, and all UK regions benefit

Based on HESA data on England and Scotland from 2011-12, data on Northern Ireland from 2012-13, and data on Wales from 2013-14.

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