Accurate, relevant and up to date market information is becoming increasingly important to UK institutions aiming to develop their marketing strategies. We hold data concerning international students studying in the different sectors of education in the UK:

			Higher education
			Further education
			Independent schools and colleges
			Trans-national education

Please note that access to some of our student data is exclusive to Education UK Partnership members.

If you have any queries or require any historical or competitor information not included here, please contact the Education Market Intelligence team.

Higher education student data
Student data early reporting
This newly developed and specially designed international student enrolment data early reporting system enables all UK HE institutions to share their international student numbers, to eliminate the waiting time currently experienced for access to such data.

HESA statistics
Our interactive on-line system enables Partnership members to customise queries of higher education student data and run searches tailored to your specific needs.

Access the HE student data query system

Currently, the system contains statistics provided by HESA for the academic years 2002 / 2003 to 2007 / 2008.

Further education student data
Partnership members can access information collated from the devolved administrations of the UK that details where international students in UK FE come from, where they choose to study and what area of learning they choose to pursue:

Further education international student numbers, 2002 / 2003 to 2007 / 2008 (138KB, last updated 27 July 2009)

Independent schools and colleges student data
Partnership members can access information from the Independent Schools Council showing where students have come from over the last ten years to study at independent schools and colleges in the UK:

Independent schools and colleges international student numbers, 1995 to 2009 (61KB, last updated 18 June 2009)

Trans-national education
From 2007 / 2008, HESA have collected data on students studying a UK qualification entirely outside of the UK.

HESA collect data in the following fields:

			institution
			country of activity
			level of provision
			type of activity.

We have summarised the data to show the level of provision by country of activity and type of activity by country of activity.

Trans-national education international student numbers, 2007 / 2008 (58KB, last updated 3 June 2009)