Statistics and Research

UKCISA does not collect international student statistics. However, the following links provide summary information from other sources which answers some of the most frequently asked questions about international students in the UK. If you are looking for more detailed information, please contact the relevant body as listed on the pages linked below:

• UK Higher Education
• UK Further Education
• Statistics on global mobility can be found in the Atlas of Student Mobility, on the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website, and via the OECD.
• Statistics for English speaking competitor countries are published by Australian Education International; the Institute of International Education (for the USA); Education New Zealand; and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
• Council for Education in the Commonwealth produces periodic updates of international student flows within the Commonwealth

Research by UKCISA

We conduct occasional pieces of research such as surveys of international students’ experiences and of institutional support services, many of which result in published reports

Other research on international education

The following is a selection of useful links:

• The Database for Research into International Education - a searchable database hosted by IDP, Australia's main international education body, containing details of over 7500 books, articles, conference papers and reports on various aspects of international education from publishers in Australia and abroad from 1990 onwards.
• The impact of international students on domestic students and host institutions - a useful literature review by Colleen Ward of Victoria University of Wellington, 2001
• The Journal of Studies in International Education (JSIE) is the official journal of the Association for Studies in International Education (ASIE). The ASIE is an inter-organizational body whose mission is to encourage serious research dealing with international education and academic mobility, to stimulate interest in such work (both in the international education community and in academic circles in general), and to develop and promote ways to disseminate this work in an effective format. Through the Journal of Studies in International Education, readers are challenged to consider how international education, cooperation, and exchange will influence and be influenced by an increasingly transnational world. Individuals in the UK can subscribe cheaply to the JSIE through the British Council.