The Higher Education Statistics Agency Student Data covers information on students, staff, graduates, finances, estates, and other populations from all aspects of the UK higher eduation sector.

This file contains information on the number of higher education students in the UK, broken down by sex, level of education, mode of study, subject group and domicile.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency provides data on student numbers in the UK. Table 3 covers students by HE provider, level and mode of study as well as domicile. https://www.hesa.ac.uk/dox/pressOffice/sfr224/061046_student_sfr224_1415_table_3.xlsx

This Statistical First Release (SFR) has been jointly produced by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) statisticians. It provides provisional estimates of the numbers of student enrolments on higher education (HE) courses at higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK), for the academic year 1999/2000. For the first time the SFR includes estimates of numbers of HE enrolments in Further Education Colleges (FECs) in the UK, for the latest year available.

This bulletin provides details of staff employment at UK higher education (HE) providers on 1 December 2020. Detailed analysis of the HESA staff record will be available in the Higher Education Staff Data, 2020/21 open dataset released in February 2022.

From 2019/20, it is not mandatory for HE providers in England and Northern Ireland to return information about non-academic staff. Further details on coverage changes can be seen in the notes section of this release. We advise caution in interpreting this data.

Higher Education Statistics for the UK serves as a quick reference guide to high-level data on all aspects of higher education in the UK.

Higher Education Statistics for the UK includes data collected by HESA (published since 2015/16 as open data) with additional data from the OECD and SLC which is published under copyright. Prior to 2016/17, Higher Education Statistics for the UK was a National Statistics product.

This bulletin is the annual first release of HESA student data. For the first time it draws upon data from the revised student data collection (delivered by the Data Futures programme). A comprehensive quality assessment has been undertaken on the dataset and this is detailed in our accompanying 2022/23 student data quality report. A detailed list of findings is available in the data quality and insights resource, which is also accompanied by provider specific data notes.

The coverage of data is detailed in the notes section of this release. In summary, we cover data about higher education students and qualifiers from the following types of providers within the UK:

Higher education (HE) providers in England registered with the Office for Students (OfS) in the Approved (fee cap) or Approved categories; Publicly funded HE providers in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; and Further education (FE) colleges in Wales.

This bulletin also includes information from the HESA Aggregate Offshore record which can be seen in Figure 12. This separate record counts students studying wholly outside the UK who are either registered with the reporting HE provider or who are studying for an award of the reporting HE provider.

This Statistical First Release (SFR) has been produced by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in collaboration with statisticians from the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Welsh Government (WG), the Scottish Government (SG) and the Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DEL(NI)). It has been released according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. It provides details of student enrolments and qualifications obtained by higher education (HE) students at HE providers (HEPs) in the United Kingdom (UK) for the academic year 2013/14. From 2012/13 the HESA constituency includes all UK publicly funded higher education institutions (HEIs) and a number of alternative providers (APs), collectively referred to as higher education providers (HEPs). This SFR, as in previous years, contains information regarding only the HEI element of this constituency and the University of Buckingham and therefore uses the term ‘higher education providers (HEPs)’. This SFR also includes summary statistics about study at higher education level in further education colleges, and it therefore presents figures illustrating the totality of higher education provision in publicly-funded providers in the UK. This SFR also includes information from the HESA Aggregate offshore record. This record captures students studying wholly outside the UK who are either registered with the reporting HE provider or who are studying for an award of the reporting HE provider.

This bulletin provides details of staff employment at UK higher education (HE) providers on 1 December 2019. Detailed analysis of the HESA staff record will be available in the Higher Education Staff Data, 2019/20 open dataset due to be released on 25 February 2021. Note that data in this release does not reflect any impact on staff numbers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Further details can be seen in the notes section of this release.

From 2019/20, it is not mandatory for HE providers in England and Northern Ireland to return information about non-academic staff. Further details on coverage changes can be seen in the notes. We advise caution in interpreting this data.

This Statistical First Release (SFR) has been produced by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), in collaboration with Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) statisticians. It provides details of the first destinations of students obtaining higher education (HE) qualifications in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the whole of the United Kingdom (UK) during the academic year 1999/00. In addition, summary data for previous academic years from 1994/95 onwards are included for comparative purposes.

This bulletin provides details of staff employment at UK higher education (HE) providers on 1 December 2023. Detailed analysis of the HESA staff record is available in the Higher Education Staff Open Data. This bulletin has been produced by Jisc in collaboration with statisticians from the Department for Education, the Office for Students, the Welsh Government, the Scottish Government and the Department for the Economy Northern Ireland. It has been released according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Higher education student enrolments and qualifications obtained at higher education providers in the United Kingdom 2015/16

This Statistical First Release (SFR) provides details of student enrolments and qualifications obtained by higher education (HE) students at HE providers in the United Kingdom (UK) for the academic year 2015/16.

This SFR has been produced by HESA in collaboration with statisticians from the Department for Education, the Welsh Government, the Scottish Government and the Department for the Economy Northern Ireland. It has been released according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Presents the total number of students currently studying in HE, and the numbers of students obtaining HE qualifications. Source agency: Business, Innovation and Skills Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Higher Education Enrolments, and Qualifications Obtained, at Higher Education Institutions in the UK

Number of Higher education students in the United Kingdom at further education colleges or higher education providers by gender, level and mode of study, subject and domicile.

This Statistical First Release (SFR) has been produced by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in collaboration with Department for Education and Skills (DfES) statisticians. It provides details of student enrolments and qualifications obtained by higher education (HE) students at HE institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK) for the academic year 2005/06. Table 1 shows all student enrolments on HE courses by level of study, mode of study and domicile, 2001/02 to 2005/06. Table 2 shows first year student enrolments on HE courses by level of study, mode of study and domicile, 2001/02 to 2005/06. Table 3 shows student enrolments on HE courses by mode of study, level of study and subject area, 2002/03 to 2005/06. Table 4 shows the qualifications obtained by students on HE courses at HEIs in the UK by mode of study, domicile, gender and level of qualification obtained, 2001/02 to 2005/06. Table 5 shows the class of degree achieved by students obtaining first degree qualifications at HEIs in the UK by gender and mode of study, 2001/02 to 2005/06. Table 6 shows the qualifications obtained by students on HE courses at HEIs in the UK by level of qualification obtained, gender and subject area, 2002/03 to 2005/06.

United Kingdom Number of Students: CD: HE: Others data was reported at 105,130.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 107,040.000 Person for 2016. United Kingdom Number of Students: CD: HE: Others data is updated yearly, averaging 106,887.500 Person from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2017, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 107,895.000 Person in 2015 and a record low of 103,790.000 Person in 2013. United Kingdom Number of Students: CD: HE: Others data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Higher Education Statistics Agency. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.G066: Higher Education Student Enrolments: By Country of Domicile.

The information refers to NI domiciled students enrolled at higher education institutions in the UK. The dataset is collected annually and is based on enrolments in higher education institutions in the UK on 1st December each year. The dataset is collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency from higher education institutions throughout the UK and provided to the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland, for analysis. For 2013/14, NI Domiciled enrolments and qualifications at Open University are available. In previous years, these figures were included in NI students studying in England, as the administrative centre of the Open University is located in England. The specification of the HESA Standard Registration Population has changed for 2007/08 enrolments onwards. Writing up and sabbatical students are now excluded from this population where they were previously included in published enrolment data and therefore 2007/08 data onwards cannot be directly compared to previous years.