University of the Pacific Rim

[randy_byers]

I'm doing statistics for the International Student Services office, and I'm always fascinated by where our international students come from. We have students from 112 different countries. The top countries are all Asian, except for Canada:

1. People's Republic of China (3324)
2. Republic of Korea (630)
3. Taiwan (ROC) (426)
4. India (354)
5. Hong Kong (209)
6. Indonesia (196)
7. Japan (154)
8. Canada (141)
9. Thailand (123)
10. Vietnam (88)
11. Malaysia (86)

Singapore comes in 13th at 59 students, but what's also interesting is that there are two Middle Eastern countries before we get to our first European country: Saudi Arabia (85) and Iran (55). Then we get to Germany (48) and the UK (46).

We don't seem to draw very strongly from Latin America, with Mexico being the top one at 21 students, and then Chile at 19 and Brazil at 18. Only 27 from Australia and 19 from New Zealand.

Countries that have only sent us one student: Albania, Botswana, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Iraq, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Mozambique, Rwanda, Syria, Trinidad & Tobago, and Yugoslavia.

Comments

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

Europeans are sometimes not very aware of the farther end of the United States. Too many think that if they've been to NYC, Boston, and DC, they've seen the US.

[kayxh.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Here at Imperial in London our top 10 nationalities are China, France, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany, Italy, Greece, India, Thailand, and Spain, with the USA coming in 16th with 133 students. And an amazing 126 nationalities.

Countries that have sent 1 student: Albania, Argentina, Angola, Bolivia, British Ocean Territory, Cambodia, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkand Islands, Fiji, Georgia, Jamaica, Macao, Montenegro, St Kitts and Nevis, San Marino and Somalia.

Lots of Singaporeans and Malaysians (400ish each) because the ties of empire are still strong in those countries, and they send them on sponsored schemes where they have to go back and work for the government for 4+ years afterwards.

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

What percentage of students are from Asia? Sometimes it feel like half or so, but I bet it's much smaller than that.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

ps I forgot to deliver the obvious piece of info: you dont get EU because a we have our own world class unis at UG and b at PG where you would be appealing, we have no money to send any but the most brilliant to the US - and your private schools by EU standards re mindbogglingly expensive. . Most PhD/Masters students in UK are guess what, Chinese, Indian, Arab, Nigerian etc etc.. we have essentally destroyed our own homegrown next gen of academics.(At least in my discipline, I suppose I should add. I'm not sure how many Chinese they get coming to do Eng Lit PhDs for example.)