About our International Students
The quality of our university and the strength of our international community provide you with excellent reasons to recruit our international students.
Our international community currently numbers 5,089 students from 136 countries. Some of the largest groups of nationals are from China, Malaysia, India, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Taiwan, Cyprus, Greece, Singapore and Iran.
There is great demand around the world for our international students, many of whom have gone on to join an impressive range of organisations including: Accenture, the Bank of China, China National Petroleum Corporation, China Mobile, Infosys, KPMG, Malaysia Oxygen, Petronas, Proctor & Gamble and Tata Iron & Steel Company.
Key skills and experience
Our degree programmes ensure that international students develop professional and personal skills. Coupled with their global skills and experience these students can offer your organisation:
- maturity and independence - choosing to study overseas, in another culture and environment, demonstrates our students' confidence and ability to take on new challenges.
- cross-cultural awareness - our students mix with a wide range of people from all over the world.
- language skills - our students have excellent English language skills and most can offer bilingual or multi-lingual skills.
- technical and business skills - all our degree courses provide our students with the transferable skills that employers seek and allow for the development of critical thinking, interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to work under pressure and as part of a team, commercial awareness and good analytical and presentation skills.
- work experience in a global market - many of our students have already worked in professional and management positions before coming to the UK.