Statistics of Indonesian Students in the UK

The Indonesian Students Association in the United Kingdom (hereafter PPI UK) conducted a census in November 2020 – February 2021 using online portal to collect up to date information regarding Indonesian students’ demographics in the UK. The census has successfully received 1160 respondents. (Up until April 2021, there are total 1212 Indonesian students listed on our database).

Branch

PPI UK has 32 branch organisations across the UK with the three biggest branches being London, Leeds, and Manchester. There are two respondents who did not specified area of residence, thus categorised as “general” in this chart.

Education Degree

Based on the census, Indonesian students come to the UK to pursue different type of education. The proportion of students who pursue master and doctoral degree constitute slightly more than 60% of the whole respondent population.

Field of study

The top two field of study of Indonesian students in the UK are Economics and Business (35.17%) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) (23.80%). The field of social science (including i) Social, Art, and Humanities, ii) Political Science and Law, and iii) Education) constitute of 23.4% of the total respondents. The rest of the respondents are studying health (9.54%), build environment and infrastructure (6.39%), and energy (1.66%).

Funding type

Almost 60% of Indonesian students studying in the UK are self-funded with the other 40% are funded by government scholarship (both from Indonesia and the UK), company scholarship, and other grants (such as tuition fee waiver by the university).

Gender

The gender demographic of Indonesian students in the UK is roughly equal between male (50.43%) and female (49.57%).