Study in China
2018 Study in China Statistical Report
Introduction
According to the data, there were 492,185 international students from 196 countries and areas of the world came to study in 1004 colleges and universities distributes over 31 provinces (including autonomous regions and municipalities) in China. The number has increased by 3,013, an increment of 0.62% compared with 2017. (Not include Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). 
I. Statistics by Continents of where the students come from:
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Asia: | 295,043 (59.95%) |
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Africa: | 81,562 (16.57%) |
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Europe: | 73,618 (14.96%) |
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America: | 35,733 (7.26%) |
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Oceania: | 6,229 (1.27%) |
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II. Top 15 Countries of where the students come from:
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Korea: | 50,600 |
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Thailand: | 28,608 |
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Pakistan: | 28,023 |
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India: | 23,198 |
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USA: | 20,996 |
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Russia: | 19,239 |
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Indonesia: | 15,050 |
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Laos: | 14,645 |
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Japan: | 14,230 |
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Kazakhstan: | 11,784 |
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Vietnam: | 11,299 |
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Bangladesh: | 10,735 |
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France: | 10,695 |
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Mongolia: | 10,158 |
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Malaysia: | 9,479 |
III. Top 10 Provinces and Cities in China that Most Foreign Students Chose:
| Beijing: | 80,786 |
| Shanghai: | 61,400 |
| Jiangsu: | 45,778 |
| Zhejiang: | 38,190 |
| Liaoning: | 27,879 |
| Tianjin: | 23,691 |
| Guangdong: | 22,034 |
| Hubei: | 21,371 |
| Yunan: | 19,311 |
| Shandong: | 19,078 |
Other places got more than 10,000 international students:
| Guangxi: | 15,217 |
| Sichuan: | 13,990 |
| Heilongjiang: | 13,429 |
| Shaanxi: | 12,919 |
| Fujian: | 10,340 |
IV: Statistics by Category of Students:
| Degree Students: | 258,122 (52.44％) |
16,579 students more than 2017, 6.86% increased over the same period of last year
| Postgraduate Students: | 85,062 |
12.28% increased over the same period of 2017
| Non-degree Students: | 234,063 |
V: Statistics by Sponsor Methods
| Chinese Government Scholarship Students: | 63,041 (12.81％) |
| Self-financed Students: | 429,144 (87.19%) |
Data obtained from: 2018年来华留学统计
