FOI_25-210 International fee paying students and remote study
Date of response: 25 July 2025
We have now considered your request of 11 July 2025 for the following information:
Question 1. The amount collected in student fees from international students in the academic years 2023/24 and 2024/25
Our response:
| 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| £59.8 million | £46.0 million |
Question 2. The number of overseas/ international students who were delayed, or failed, to make a tuition fee instalment for the academic years 2023/2024.
Our response:
394 international students had failed to make a tuition fee instalment in 2023/4. An additional 408 students who were initially delayed in paying but eventually cleared their tuition instalment balance.
Question 3. The number of overseas students on 'remote study' options at your university for the academic years 2023/24 and 2024/25, broken down by faculty
Our response:
| Faculty | No. of remote students 2023-24 | No. of remote students 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|
| Faculty of Arts and Humanities | 0 | 0 |
| Faculty of Science | 0 | 0 |
| Faculty of Social Sciences | 0 | 0 |
| Faculty of Medicine and Health | 80 | 45 |
Question 4. Postgraduate overseas students broken down faculty
Our response:
| Faculty | No. of PGT students 2023-24 | No. of PGT students 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|
| Faculty of Arts and Humanities | 215 | 149 |
| Faculty of Science | 300 | 226 |
| Faculty of Social Sciences | 1663 | 672 |
| Faculty of Medicine and Health | 232 | 169 |
Please note, for questions 3 and 4, we have taken ‘remote study’ to mean that the student is not physically present on campus and completes their learning from distance (as supposed to certain timetabled sessions being online).