
“Record number” recruited in the last academic year, says Scottish Funding Council
The number of international students recruited by universities in Scotland jumped by almost 40 per cent from 2020-21 to 2021-22, according to data published by the Scottish Funding Council.
Scottish institutions recruited “a record number” of more than 40,510 international (non-EU) students in 2021-22, a 39.8 per cent increase on 2020-21. But the overall participation of Scottish-domiciled students fell by almost 1 per cent to 226,565.