Universities: Student Numbers
(asked on 1st November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) EU and (b) non-EU students in UK universities in each of the next five years; and if she will make a statement.
In autumn 2015, as part of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement, the following estimates were published, based on forecasts by English universities. These forecasts only include English higher education institutions, and do not separate out Home and EU students.
English Higher Education Institutions
Forecasts of student numbers
Academic Year 2015/16 – 2019/20
| 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | Total growth |
Home and EU students (FTE) | 1,300,000 | 1,340,000 | 1,370,000 | 1,400,000 | 1,440,000 | 130,000 |
Non-EU students (FTE) | 260,000 | 280,000 | 300,000 | 310,000 | 320,000 | 55,000 |
Source: English universities’ forecasts, Higher Education Funding Council of England (HEFCE). Figures may not sum due to rounding.