The Most Popular Subjects and Universities for International Students

Business Studies

Other EU

Non-EU

Middlesex

288

771

Coventry

343

626

Aston

281

667

Westminster

507

339

Northumbria

149

662

Manchester

212

579

Anglia Ruskin

441

333

London Metropolitan

411

342

Cardiff Metropolitan

109

574

Sunderland

90

590

Bedfordshire

161

516

Hertfordshire

212

420

Brunel

57

556

Heriot-Watt

110

494

Hull

203

390

Royal Holloway

232

344

Lancaster

295

251

Portsmouth

242

297

Warwick

235

286

Greenwich

101

416

Oxford Brookes

172

339

Edinburgh Napier

271

235

Sheffield Hallam

40

449

King's College London

142

317

Southampton Solent

195

262

Accounting & Finance

Other EU

Non-EU

Manchester

93

532

City

106

426

Exeter

16

486

Essex

103

383

Sheffield Hallam

15

466

Lancaster

111

364

Bangor

4

407

Warwick

74

310

Hull

63

274

Kent

29

264

De Montfort

30

258

East Anglia

22

235

Durham

18

231

Greenwich

14

231

London Metropolitan

81

159

London School of Economics

24

210

Nottingham

49

184

Southampton

39

193

Edinburgh Napier

28

203

London South Bank

24

205

Birmingham City

22

187

Manchester Metropolitan

51

157

Sheffield

38

169

Plymouth

10

194

Leeds

19

177

Law

Other EU

Non-EU

King's College London

260

269

Leicester

195

285

Kent

114

285

Manchester

88

251

Warwick

52

258

Essex

229

77

Northumbria

15

281

Buckingham

27

238

London School of Economics

32

224

Queen Mary

109

133

University College London

82

152

Nottingham

33

188

Cardiff

18

192

Bristol

18

189

London Metropolitan

82

123

Leeds

27

165

Exeter

68

119

Southampton

74

111

Hertfordshire

14

164

Oxford

45

114

Sheffield

59

100

Hull

48

109

Aberdeen

109

45

Aberystwyth

65

88

Cambridge

58

94

Computer Science

Other EU

Non-EU

East London

28

631

Greenwich

38

380

Middlesex

66

294

Coventry

165

160

Teesside

64

238

Imperial College London

150

97

Manchester

118

109

Portsmouth

104

120

Bedfordshire

47

167

Edinburgh

166

43

Edinburgh Napier

154

42

Trinity Saint David

0

179

London Metropolitan

41

132

Southampton Solent

89

65

Sheffield Hallam

34

119

Hertfordshire

20

129

Salford

83

47

Nottingham

22

106

Southampton

58

69

Bradford

75

50

Kingston

58

64

Sheffield

45

75

Surrey

54

66

Liverpool

18

102

Newcastle

57

58

Economics

Other EU

Non-EU

University College London

101

521

Warwick

105

429

London School of Economics

59

415

Manchester

63

324

Essex

127

174

Royal Holloway

76

208

Exeter

60

218

York

77

184

Leicester

28

231

St Andrews

56

169

Nottingham

67

137

Edinburgh

36

166

Bradford

40

140

Cambridge

56

124

Bath

39

135

Bristol

19

147

Aberdeen

107

45

Glasgow

89

53

Sheffield

12

125

East Anglia

13

121

City

36

95

Southampton

33

96

Durham

37

91

SOAS

45

75

Greenwich

12

105

Art & Design

Other EU

Non-EU

University of the Arts, London

820

2053

Glasgow School of Art

75

181

Middlesex

165

69

Kingston

57

149

Northumbria

31

167

Nottingham Trent

51

147

University for the Creative Arts

150

46

Birmingham City

92

92

Coventry

83

93

London Metropolitan

100

59

Goldsmiths College

48

106

Edinburgh

83

70

Hertfordshire

44

99

Southampton

19

118

Brighton

56

67

Ravensbourne

27

71

Salford

65

27

Manchester Metropolitan

43

49

West of England, Bristol

43

49

Edinburgh Napier

65

23

De Montfort

46

40

Falmouth

45

36

East London

57

22

Arts University College at Bournemouth

32

46

Southampton Solent

46

24

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Other EU

Non-EU

Imperial College London

87

321

Manchester

36

243

Birmingham

16

235

Northumbria

18

223

Liverpool

9

232

Sheffield

29

211

Birmingham City

42

186

Strathclyde

25

188

Coventry

22

172

Southampton

36

121

Queen Mary

9

144

Surrey

37

114

Hertfordshire

3

138

Bristol

27

109

University College London

22

113

Nottingham

15

120

Portsmouth

32

99

Bath

23

104

Central Lancashire

7

117

Greenwich

12

112

Liverpool John Moores

18

106

Leeds

16

95

East London

7

103

Edinburgh

50

59

Loughborough

28

76

Mechanical Engineering

Other EU

Non-EU

Imperial College London

103

215

Coventry

48

205

Nottingham

32

193

Sheffield

17

176

Birmingham

6

163

Bath

73

95

Manchester

20

133

Hertfordshire

26

120

Southampton

48

98

University College London

31

112

Loughborough

43

92

Bradford

48

72

Greenwich

18

100

Edinburgh

60

49

Newcastle

48

59

Bristol

4

100

Liverpool

15

88

Liverpool John Moores

17

85

Queen Mary

13

88

Portsmouth

23

76

Leeds

17

82

Cardiff

17

78

Brighton

47

38

Warwick

23

63

Sussex

27

55

Politics

Other EU

Non-EU

St Andrews

76

334

Kent

240

50

Aberdeen

175

37

Edinburgh

38

165

London School of Economics

56

141

Warwick

67

119

Essex

105

61

University College London

90

59

Aberystwyth

107

35

Royal Holloway

90

50

Sussex

90

46

London Metropolitan

82

52

York

87

34

Birmingham

98

16

Bath

91

21

Manchester

49

54

Westminster

72

29

Exeter

50

49

Glasgow

82

15

Nottingham

67

28

Queen Mary

58

32

Bradford

41

46

Kingston

42

43

Oxford Brookes

25

60

SOAS

54

30

Mathematics

Other EU

Non-EU

Imperial College London

68

322

University College London

68

305

Warwick

74

263

Manchester

67

221

Liverpool

9

239

London School of Economics

23

223

Cambridge

104

135

Oxford

47

162

Leicester

27

111

Southampton

16

119

Heriot-Watt

22

107

Bath

37

88

Edinburgh

60

63

Loughborough

11

90

Bristol

18

79

King's College London

24

66

Royal Holloway

12

70

York

14

65

Lancaster

22

56

Queen Mary

20

55

St Andrews

23

50

Leeds

18

45

Surrey

44

18

Sheffield

8

50

Kent

11

42

Biological Sciences

Other EU

Non-EU

Edinburgh

200

134

Imperial College London

74

159

University College London

60

120

Manchester

80

85

Aberdeen

123

19

Cambridge

60

68

St Andrews

44

75

Oxford

48

63

Liverpool

12

87

Sheffield

43

48

Queen Mary

35

51

Glasgow

65

20

Edinburgh Napier

71

12

Surrey

49

28

Bristol

30

48

Warwick

28

48

Kingston

41

35

Sussex

33

41

Nottingham

27

44

Royal Holloway

36

33

Essex

45

24

Anglia Ruskin

44

23

Leeds

25

40

Dundee

49

14

Leicester

35

27

Hospitality, Leisure, Recreation & Tourism

Other EU

Non-EU

West London

135

304

University College Birmingham

197

229

Surrey

72

175

University of the Arts, London

51

196

Brighton

173

34

Bournemouth

85

119

London Metropolitan

116

54

Edinburgh Napier

60

85

Oxford Brookes

88

50

Sheffield Hallam

16

114

Leeds Metropolitan

75

44

Middlesex

92

23

Derby

55

51

Liverpool John Moores

4

102

Queen Margaret

34

69

Manchester Metropolitan

60

42

Huddersfield

28

63

Southampton Solent

63

27

Canterbury Christ Church

78

7

Greenwich

50

35

Plymouth

29

44

Bedfordshire

48

25

Salford

47

26

Central Lancashire

41

29

Coventry

50

13

Civil Engineering

Other EU

Non-EU

Edinburgh Napier

217

31

Nottingham

44

159

Coventry

69

113

Imperial College London

67

113

Cardiff

53

117

East London

46

119

Brighton

81

79

Bradford

114

44

University College London

44

113

Birmingham

17

114

Salford

65

59

Leeds

37

83

Sheffield

33

86

Manchester

35

76

Kingston

47

63

Surrey

72

37

Swansea

29

77

Edinburgh

79

26

Heriot-Watt

69

34

Portsmouth

34

64

Liverpool

29

64

Bristol

25

65

Queen's, Belfast

27

62

London South Bank

32

48

Greenwich

27

51

Communication and Media Studies

Other EU

Non-EU

University of the Arts, London

147

184

Liverpool John Moores

12

198

Goldsmiths College

60

141

Middlesex

129

55

Westminster

115

61

London Metropolitan

115

57

Bedfordshire

45

83

Southampton Solent

108

10

Coventry

74

38

Central Lancashire

34

74

Sussex

31

61

Bournemouth

51

39

Leicester

11

79

Kingston

48

41

Anglia Ruskin

71

13

Oxford Brookes

44

30

Canterbury Christ Church

67

5

Edinburgh Napier

56

10

City

32

34

Stirling

47

16

Sunderland

35

22

East London

33

22

Leeds

31

22

West London

39

13

Loughborough

25

27

Medicine

Other EU

Non-EU

Manchester

45

247

King's College London

83

167

Imperial College London

64

174

Nottingham

38

199

Glasgow

55

125

University College London

57

119

Leicester

28

147

Edinburgh

25

149

Cambridge

50

121

Birmingham

19

137

Queen Mary

39

107

Southampton

22

121

Newcastle

26

108

Liverpool

16

113

Aberdeen

41

88

St Andrews

16

113

Cardiff

18

106

Queen's, Belfast

53

71

Leeds

6

113

Bristol

19

97

St George's Hospital Medical School

28

83

Sheffield

15

90

East Anglia

47

51

Dundee

32

61

Warwick

27

52

Psychology

Other EU

Non-EU

Aberdeen

160

34

Glasgow

149

14

University College London

52

100

York

28

112

St Andrews

53

69

Middlesex

65

42

Essex

48

45

Nottingham

32

62

East London

56

30

Edinburgh

34

46

Royal Holloway

59

21

Ulster

76

0

London Metropolitan

47

23

Bangor

45

21

Warwick

17

49

Exeter

15

47

Kingston

33

28

Southampton

25

35

City

36

23

Westminster

46

13

Goldsmiths College

34

24

Edinburgh Napier

52

5

Bath

33

22

Bedfordshire

39

14

Stirling

44

9

Other Subjects Allied to Medicine

Other EU

Non-EU

Bournemouth

181

170

Queen Margaret

131

118

Imperial College London

54

137

Greenwich

93

60

Cambridge

62

70

Cardiff

25

91

Bedfordshire

68

46

Hertfordshire

60

45

Sheffield

20

84

Robert Gordon

102

0

Salford

69

32

London Metropolitan

18

81

Ulster

89

7

Middlesex

53

41

East London

51

42

Aston

3

84

Glasgow Caledonian

48

38

Manchester Metropolitan

42

29

Newcastle

23

45

City

35

27

Bradford

27

34

Glamorgan

42

16

Coventry

26

30

West of England, Bristol

27

22

Westminster

32

17

Architecture

Other EU

Non-EU

Nottingham

66

266

Manchester Metropolitan

87

85

Portsmouth

99

43

Westminster

92

49

Edinburgh

56

79

London Metropolitan

84

48

East London

86

41

Plymouth

98

14

Dundee

76

31

Brighton

83

23

Glasgow School of Art

43

63

Oxford Brookes

49

57

University of the Arts, London

45

61

University College London

11

92

Bath

41

61

Kingston

39

56

Liverpool

23

69

Greenwich

66

24

Cardiff

41

48

Kent

60

29

Robert Gordon

66

22

Strathclyde

31

55

De Montfort

65

20

Sheffield

37

45

Newcastle

36

35

Drama, Dance and Cinematics

Other EU

Non-EU

University of the Arts, London

198

283

Conservatoire for Dance and Drama

94

52

Arts University College at Bournemouth

57

85

Middlesex

98

20

Kingston

58

52

Aberystwyth

78

21

University for the Creative Arts

78

15

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

63

29

Rose Bruford College

45

42

Hertfordshire

33

48

Royal Holloway

43

37

Central School of Speech and Drama

31

36

Canterbury Christ Church

60

6

Essex

38

22

London Metropolitan

47

12

The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

15

41

Surrey

26

30

Westminster

43

13

Falmouth

29

24

University of Wales, Newport

41

12

London South Bank

38

11

East London

41

7

Kent

34

15

Glasgow School of Art

33

15

Roehampton

31

17

Nursing

Other EU

Non-EU

Glyndwr

0

314

West London

64

226

Hertfordshire

30

255

Northampton

3

218

Liverpool John Moores

20

165

Glasgow Caledonian

25

158

Edinburgh Napier

104

78

Anglia Ruskin

29

135

Winchester

0

135

Glamorgan

13

100

Ulster

106

0

Buckinghamshire New

11

64

Bedfordshire

7

63

West of England, Bristol

10

55

Canterbury Christ Church

59

0

Queen's, Belfast

35

4

Edge Hill

11

28

Robert Gordon

31

1

City

12

18

Middlesex

29

1

Abertay Dundee

29

1

Dundee

18

12

Nottingham

12

17

Northumbria

7

21

East Anglia

12

16

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Other EU

Non-EU

Sunderland

115

252

Nottingham

15

262

Brighton

151

91

Robert Gordon

187

6

Liverpool John Moores

20

172

Manchester

23

140

Bath

23

139

Strathclyde

11

130

Kingston

46

67

School of Pharmacy

17

96

Hertfordshire

20

81

King's College London

23

61

Bradford

42

41

Portsmouth

21

57

East Anglia

26

52

Cardiff

5

70

Aston

13

57

Greenwich

17

48

University College London

15

47

Reading

18

23

Keele

10

30

De Montfort

8

25

Aberdeen

24

6

London Metropolitan

7

20

Kent

17

10

English

Other EU

Non-EU

Portsmouth

115

399

Central Lancashire

79

261

St Andrews

15

103

Edinburgh

31

88

Canterbury Christ Church

45

51

Anglia Ruskin

41

36

Glasgow

66

9

Salford

44

26

Kent

40

24

Aberdeen

49

13

King's College London

8

45

Nottingham

8

41

Buckingham

8

38

York

9

31

Cambridge

21

18

Essex

22

14

Oxford

15

21

Westminster

26

9

Warwick

9

26

Bedfordshire

29

5

Lancaster

25

7

Royal Holloway

19

13

Brunel

6

26

Kingston

22

9

Durham

8

23

Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering

Other EU

Non-EU

Coventry

275

96

Glyndwr

119

51

Glamorgan

16

149

Imperial College London

39

113

Kingston

35

100

Sheffield

24

107

Liverpool

15

85

Southampton

44

50

Hertfordshire

8

84

Bath

31

53

Nottingham

4

68

Leeds

21

46

Bristol

14

51

Queen Mary

7

57

Loughborough

16

45

City

15

44

Salford

16

43

Surrey

19

36

Sheffield Hallam

1

51

Brunel

10

41

Manchester

13

37

Glasgow

26

21

Brighton

8

29

Bradford

8

22

Staffordshire

11

17

Highlands & Islands

0

28

Sussex

1

27

Chemical Engineering

Other EU

Non-EU

Imperial College London

33

229

Manchester

28

230

University College London

34

163

Leeds

7

170

Birmingham

10

137

Sheffield

9

121

Cambridge

20

74

Nottingham

8

71

Surrey

20

48

Newcastle

4

61

London South Bank

6

57

Loughborough

12

44

Bath

11

41

Aberdeen

5

46

Edinburgh

14

30

Teesside

0

39

Swansea

2

34

Heriot-Watt

7

26

Aston

5

28

Strathclyde

5

26

Queen's, Belfast

1

28

West of Scotland

16

5

Portsmouth

0

11

Bradford

0

4

Lancaster

1

1

Music

Other EU

Non-EU

Royal College of Music

77

69

Royal Academy of Music

49

78

The University of West London

89

31

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

91

24

Middlesex University

72

27

Royal Northern College of Music

40

53

The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

10

65

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

29

25

Birmingham City University

17

36

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

28

23

Canterbury Christ Church University

32

10

The University of East London

31

10

Kingston University

27

11

Goldsmiths College

13

21

University of Hertfordshire

16

15

The University of Westminster

17

11

Buckinghamshire New University

25

3

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College

12

12

University of the Arts, London

19

4

The University of Salford

16

6

The University of Surrey

16

7

University of Ulster

20

0

Leeds College of Music

13

7

University of Glamorgan

7

13

The University of Hull

16

3