The UK’s international doctoral student numbers have shown “little growth”, and the likes of Germany and Canada are slowly catching up, new research has shown.
Inbound numbers for doctoral students in the UK are just 2.7% higher than they were in 2013, whereas Germany and Canada have had 62.5% and 22.9% growth respectively since the same year, the UUKi Global demand for UK postgraduate research degrees report has detailed.
“International students make a significant contribution to UK research, and they bring valuable connections which strengthen the university-to-university international research collaborations,” Janet Ilieva, founder and director of Education Insight and co-author of the report alongside UUKi, told The PIE News.
