Monthly Summary of International Student Data
January – May 2016	

              More than
      80%
of Australia’s international 
students come from Asia

440,949
international students in Australia so far in 2016

This is 11% more international students than up to May 2015.

	

12.5%
increase in 2016 commencements 

There have been 202,160 commencements so far in 2016.

Commencements are new enrolments (a subset of all enrolments).

State Commencements Growth 
January - May

NEW SOUTH WALES
12%

VICTORIA
15%

QUEENSLAND
10%

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
13%

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
11%

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
11%

TASMANIA
-1%

NORTHERN TERRITORY
6%

	

500,189
international enrolments so far in 2016

Enrolments show what courses international students are studying in the Higher education, VET, Schools, English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) and Non-award sectors.

There are more enrolments than students as many students study more than one course during a calendar year.

	

Top Three Nationalities Enrolments by Sector

January - May

Non-Award

CHINA
9,409

USA
3,386

BRAZIL
1,269

Higher Education

CHINA
89,914

INDIA
32,999

MALAYSIA
12,848

Full international student data tables are at: https://internationaleducation.gov.au/research/pages/data-and-research.aspx

INDIA
19,461

VET

THAILAND
10,624

SOUTH KOREA
10,777

SOUTH KOREA
1,141

Schools

CHINA
9,764

VIETNAM
1,731

ELICOS

CHINA
22,971

BRAZIL
8,635

THAILAND
6,875