Chinese Student Enrollment Statistics in 2015/16 to 2023/24

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Dear University of Manchester,

I am writing to kindly request a detailed breakdown of enrollment statistics , with a particular focus on the annual enrollment of Chinese students.

1.Enrollment data for Chinese students from the academic years 2015/2016 to 2023/2024, broken down by level of study (including undergraduate, postgraduate taught, and postgraduate research programs) and gender, for each academic year individually.

2.Enrollment data for Chinese students enrolled in postgraduate taught programs for the academic year 2023/24, categorized by the universities where they obtained their previous degrees.

3.Enrollment data for Chinese students enrolled in postgraduate taught programs for the academic year 2023/24, categorized by their hometowns, referring to the cities where they are originally from or where they previously resided.

Additionally, it is important to clarify that by "Chinese," we are referring to individuals holding Chinese nationality, excluding those from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Furthermore, for request 1, I kindly request the breakdown of Chinese student enrollment numbers for each academic year, delineated by gender and level of study, including undergraduate, postgraduate taught, and postgraduate research programs.

Regarding requests 2 and 3, in the event that the resulting tables are extensive, it is acceptable to organize the data in descending order based on enrollment numbers and present only the top 100 universities or hometowns.

Your cooperation in providing this detailed information is greatly appreciated.

Yours faithfully,

CapeBreton

Dear CapeBreton,

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Dear MTRS FOIA,

In accordance with Section 8 (1) (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I hereby confirm that my full name is Wei Rui. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

CapeBreton

Dear Wei,

Thank you for providing your full name. I am now writing to acknowledge your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 received by The University of Manchester on 22 March 2024, our reference as per the subject line.

The University will respond to your request within 20 working days.

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Dear Wei,

Thank you for your request for information received by The University of
Manchester on 22^nd March 2024, which was as follows:

I am writing to kindly request a detailed breakdown of enrolment
statistics , with a particular focus on the annual enrolment of Chinese
students.

1.Enrollment data for Chinese students from the academic years 2015/2016
to 2023/2024, broken down by level of study (including undergraduate,
postgraduate taught, and postgraduate research programs) and gender, for
each academic year individually.

2.Enrollment data for Chinese students enrolled in postgraduate taught
programs for the academic year 2023/24, categorized by the universities
where they obtained their previous degrees.

3.Enrollment data for Chinese students enrolled in postgraduate taught
programs for the academic year 2023/24, categorized by their hometowns,
referring to the cities where they are originally from or where they
previously resided.

Additionally, it is important to clarify that by "Chinese," we are
referring to individuals holding Chinese nationality, excluding those from
Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Furthermore, for request 1, I kindly request the breakdown of Chinese
student enrolment numbers for each academic year, delineated by gender and
level of study, including undergraduate, postgraduate taught, and
postgraduate research programs.

Regarding requests 2 and 3, in the event that the resulting tables are
extensive, it is acceptable to organize the data in descending order based
on enrolment numbers and present only the top 100 universities or
hometowns.

Please see below our response:

1. The data is as below for all categories with more than 5 students:

2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
F 2711 3077 3152 3596 4228 5424 5493 5419 5367

UGRD 977 1125 1249 1329 1570 1913 2076 2260 2190

PGDT 1620 1819 1736 2069 2427 3255 3124 2826 2857

PGDR 114 133 167 198 231 256 293 333 320
M 1714 1843 1926 2124 2561 3220 3847 3722 3807

UGRD 736 783 870 975 1272 1631 1986 2136 2101

PGDT 762 840 804 864 944 1259 1476 1225 1317

PGDR 216 220 252 285 345 330 385 361 389

2. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide this information. This is
because the data is not held in an easily reportable form so we would need
to check every record individually, which would take us over the 18-hour
limit to collate.

Therefore, we feel that in order to complete this task would take in
excess of the 18 hour ‘Appropriate Limit’ (as defined in the Freedom of
Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations
2004). As a result, Section 12 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
applies and regrettably this task cannot be undertaken at this stage. This
email serves to act as a refusal notice for this request, as per Section
17 (5) of the Act.

3. This has been based on the ‘Home City’ field in our records:

Manchester 273
Beijing 256
Shanghai 217
Shenzhen 96
Chengdu 94
Hangzhou 89
Guangzhou 80
Wuhan 71
Nanjing 71
Jinan 66
Taiyuan 53
Qingdao 52
Suzhou 51
Tianjin 51
Ningbo 50
Zhengzhou 49
Changsha 49
Xi An 49
Hefei 48
Shijiazhuang 42
Chongqing 37
Wuxi 36
Wenzhou 35
Taizhou 35
Shenyang 34
Foshan 34
Harbin 32
Nanchang 32
Zhuhai 30
Dalian 30
Nantong 27
Fuzhou 26
Dongying 25
Weifang 23
Dongguan 23
Zibo 22
Changzhou 22
Huzhou 22
Luoyang 21
Yangzhou 20
Kunming 20
Jining 20
Jiaxing 19
Tangshan 19
Yantai 18
Yichang 17
Changchun 17
Daqing 17
Baotou 16
Shaoxing 16
Lanzhou 16
Baoding 16
Salford 16
Nanning 15
Huaian 15
Jinhua 15
Guiyang 15
Hohhot 14
Langfang 13
Zhenjiang 13
Huizhou 13
Xiamen 13
Yancheng 13
Mianyang 13
Datong 11
Tai An 11
Rizhao 11
Haikou 11
Handan 10
Linyi 10
Xinyang 9
Yueyang 9
Zhangjiakou 9
Heze 9
Luzhou 9
Urumqi 8
Dezhou 8
Lishui 8
Leshan 8
Jiujiang 8
Zhumadian 8
Xiangtan 8
Pingdingshan 8
Luan 8
Quanzhou 8
Yinchuan 8
Liaocheng 8
Jilin 8
Mudanjiang 8
Zunyi 8
Yuncheng 7
Xuzhou 7
Hebi 7
Nanyang 7
Jiangmen 7
Jincheng 7
Changzhi 7
Ganzhou 7
Xiangyang 7
Shangrao 7

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Dear MTRS FOIA,

Thank you for the detailed enrollment data for Chinese students. I understand the breakdown by study level, gender, and academic year.

I acknowledge the constraints on the second request due to the data format and appreciate your explanation.

I have a small additional request. For the third request, I would like to confirm whether the data provided for the ‘Home City’ field only includes Chinese students enrolled in postgraduate taught programs for the academic year 2023/24. If possible, could you please clarify this point?

Once again, thank you for your cooperation and assistance in providing this valuable information.

Yours sincerely,

Wei rui

Dear Wei,

I am writing to acknowledge your new additional request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 received by The University of Manchester on 23 April 2024, our new reference as per the subject line.

The University will respond to your request within 20 working days.

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Dear Wei,

Thank you for your request for information received by The University of
Manchester on 23 April 2024, which was linked with your previous request
FOI 024-150.

Please see below your question and our response:

For the third request, I would like to confirm whether the data provided
for the ‘Home City’ field only includes Chinese students enrolled in
postgraduate taught programs for the academic year 2023/24. If possible,
could you please clarify this point?

We can confirm that we responded with/provided data only for Chinese
students enrolled in postgraduate taught programs for the academic year
2023/24 only.

We hope you find the information provided of use.

Kind Regards,

Erika

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