Who are our visiting students?
Find out about our visiting students: the overall numbers, where they originate, and what they are studying.
The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences invites international undergraduate students to spend a semester or an academic year undertaking credits from a choice of hundreds of courses. The University of Edinburgh has European exchange agreements with around 180 universities in more than 20 countries and over 100 worldwide partners in around 18 countries.
Our numbers for 2022/23
In the 2022/23 academic year 1647 students studied with us in Edinburgh.
Our top 10 countries of origin were:
| Country of origin | Number of students |
|---|---|
| United States of America | 602 |
| France | 121 |
| Canada | 112 |
| Spain | 80 |
| Australia | 79 |
| China | 75 |
| Germany | 73 |
| Netherlands | 49 |
| Italy | 45 |
| Singapore | 37 |
Our students studied courses in a wide range of subject areas including:
| School/College | Number of enrolments |
|---|---|
| School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures | 1213 |
| School of Social and Political Science | 1171 |
| Business School | 809 |
| School of History, Classics and Archaeology | 447 |
| School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences | 469 |
| Edinburgh College of Art | 320 |
| School of Law | 291 |
| School of Economics | 217 |
| College of Science and Engineering | 183 |
| School of Health in Social Science | 138 |
| School of Divinity | 112 |
| Edinburgh Futures Institute | 85 |
| Centre for Open Learning | 69 |
| Moray House School of Education and Sport | 25 |
| Deanery of Biomedical Sciences | 10 |