FOI_24-332 Student demographics

Date of response: 09 December 2024

We have now considered your Freedom of Information request of 22 November 2024 for the following information:

Question 1. We are looking to gain some demographic information of your students to help with our future recruitment targets. We would be asking for information such as:

• Number of students

• Gender

• Ethnicity

Our response:

The total number of students enrolled and registered with the University, at the time of your request, is 13,295. Of the total student population, 5,844 have stated their gender as Male, 7,352 are Female, and 99 have not chosen to disclose their gender (recorded as Invalid, Not known or Not given).

The ethnicity breakdown is as follows:

EthnicityNumber of students
Arab146
Asian - Bangladeshi130
Asian - Chinese 747
Asian - Indian590
Asian - Other679
Asian - Pakistani216
Black - African834
Black - Caribbean63
Black - Other31
INVALID/Not Given/Not Known301
Other (including Gypsy and Traveller)193
Other Mixed248
White8,564
White and Asian331
White/Black African106
White/Black Caribbean115
FOI_24-332 Student demographics