Non EEA Students - Some Key Statistics
Students represent an important component of Ireland’s immigration, accounting for
about 25% of the total non-EEA resident population at any time.
As part of the review process, a snapshot was taken of this non-EEA full time student
population in March 2009. At that time some 34,557 students were registered with
the immigration authorities. The sectoral division is set out in the table below
Registered non-EEA Students by Sector
(March 09)
Number of
Sector
Students
% of total
English Language
10374
30.02%
Further Education
8989
26.01%
Higher Education
13415
38.82%
Other
1774
5.13%
Grand Total
34557
100.00%
Non-EEA Higher Education Students by
Nationality (March 2009)
Chinese
4259
31.75%
American
2166
16.15%
Indian
1578
11.76%
Malaysian
1177
8.77%
Canadian
521
3.88%
Pakistani
488
3.64%
Nigerian
301
2.24%
Kuwaiti
246
1.83%
Bangladeshi
212
1.58%
Russian
154
1.15%
Rest of the world
2313
17.24%
100.00%
Total
13415
Non-EEA Further Education Students by
Nationality (March 09)
Mauritian
2507
27.89%
Chinese
1650
18.36%
Pakistani
1557
17.32%
Indian
1062
11.81%
Brazilian
482
5.36%
Bangladeshi
481
5.35%
South African
296
3.29%
Mongolian
93
1.03%
Malaysian
85
0.95%
American
66
0.73%
Rest of world
710
7.90%
100.00%
Total
8989
English Language Students by Nationality
Brazilian
Chinese
Mauritian
Korean
Mongolian
Malaysian
Mexican
Japanese
Argentinean
Venezuelan
Rest of the world
Total
4152
2770
1026
751
456
370
108
93
82
50
521
10379
40.00%
26.69%
9.89%
7.24%
4.39%
3.56%
1.04%
0.90%
0.79%
0.48%
5.02%
100.00%