page_title: International student
hierarchical_section_title: International student
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context_page_description: International students, or foreign students, are students who chose to undertake all or part of their tertiary education in a country other than their own and move to that country for the purpose of studying. In 2017, there were over 5.3 million international students, up from 2 million in 2000. By 2017, the U.S, U.K., Canada and Australia received 40% of international students. The U.S. counted 1.2 million in 2018. Australia had nearly 1.3 million in 2017. There were 642,480 in Canada in 2019 and there were 458,520 during the 2017/18 academic year in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: International students, or foreign students, are students who chose to undertake all or part of their tertiary education in a country other than their own and move to that country for the purpose of studying. In 2017, there were over 5.3 million international students, up from 2 million in 2000. By 2017, the U.S, U.K., Canada and Australia received 40% of international students. The U.S. counted 1.2 million in 2018. Australia had nearly 1.3 million in 2017. There were 642,480 in Canada in 2019 and there were 458,520 during the 2017/18 academic year in the United Kingdom.
caption: Students of different ethnicities at a U.S. university.
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