Two in five overseas students at the UK’s top-ranking universities last year came from China, according to new data that underlines concern about the financial risks of relying so heavily on a single recruitment market.
There were almost 105,000 Chinese students at Russell Group universities in 2024-25, representing 42.5 per cent of their international student population, according to FT analysis of official data published on Tuesday.
This is a record-high proportion and almost five times the figure for the rest of the university sector, where Chinese students accounted for just 8.7 per cent of overseas students.
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