International Student Overall Data

Year over year data

International Student Overall Data

New International Student Enrollment

Fall 2018

Undergraduate Data

Professional Master’s Data

Academic Master’s Data

Academic Doctorate Data

Professional Doctorate Data

International Student Regional Summary 2018

Africa Asia Europe

East Africa East Asia ALBANIA 3

BURUNDI 1 CHINA 1933 AUSTRIA 3

KENYA 14 HONG KONG 34 BELARUS 1

RWANDA 5 JAPAN 59 BELGIUM 8

Central Africa MACAU 2 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 2

CAMEROON 2 SOUTH KOREA 246 BULGARIA 4

North Africa TAIWAN 95 CROATIA 2

EGYPT 3 South & Central Asia CYPRUS 2

MOROCCO 1 AFGHANISTAN 1 CZECH REPUBLIC 7

SUDAN 1 BANGLADESH 10 DENMARK 5

TUNISIA 2 INDIA 512 FRANCE 49

Southern Africa KAZAKHSTAN 10 GEORGIA 2

MAURITIUS 2 KYRGYZSTAN 1 GERMANY 27

MOZAMBIQUE 1 NEPAL 11 GREECE 26

SOUTH AFRICA 5 PAKISTAN 21 HUNGARY 1

ZIMBABWE 7 SRI LANKA 2 ICELAND 1

West Africa Southeast Asia IRELAND 11

GHANA 8 CAMBODIA 3 ITALY 35

NIGERIA 23 INDONESIA 27 LITHUANIA 1

SENEGAL 2 MALAYSIA 11 MACEDONIA 3

PHILIPPINES 11 MONTENEGRO 1

Latin America SINGAPORE 58 NETHERLANDS 16

Caribbean THAILAND 44 NORWAY 5

CUBA 1 VIETNAM 20 POLAND 7

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 4 Middle East PORTUGAL 6

JAMAICA 5 IRAN 36 ROMANIA 3

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 1 ISRAEL 14 RUSSIA 24

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 7 JORDAN 7 SERBIA 8

Mexico & Central America KUWAIT 2 SLOVAKIA 2

COSTA RICA 4 LEBANON 12 SLOVENIA 2

EL SALVADOR 4 SAUDI ARABIA 16 SPAIN 20

GUATEMALA 7 SYRIA 4 SWEDEN 5

MEXICO 45 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 SWITZERLAND 4

NICARAGUA 1 WEST BANK 1 TURKEY 100

PANAMA 1 YEMEN 1 UKRAINE 8

South America Oceania UNITED KINGDOM 66

ARGENTINA 17 AUSTRALIA 27 North America

BOLIVIA 3 NEW ZEALAND 12 CANADA 230

BRAZIL 102

CHILE 26

COLOMBIA 38 GUYANA 1 URUGUAY 2

ECUADOR 4 PERU 23 VENEZUELA 15

Country UGRD MS PhD Other Total

AFGHANISTAN 1 1

ALBANIA 1 2 3

ARGENTINA 10 7 17

AUSTRALIA 12 5 10 27

AUSTRIA 1 1 1 3

BANGLADESH 1 1 8 10

BELARUS 1 1

BELGIUM 3 2 3 8

BOLIVIA 2 1 3

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1 1 2

BRAZIL 25 62 14 1 102

BULGARIA 2 2 4

BURUNDI 1 1

CAMBODIA 2 1 3

CAMEROON 1 1 2

CANADA 64 73 47 46 230

CHILE 2 20 4 26

CHINA 223 1155 508 47 1933

COLOMBIA 4 14 20 38

COSTA RICA 2 2 4

CROATIA 1 1 2

CUBA 1 1

CYPRUS 1 1 2

CZECH REPUBLIC 5 2 7

DENMARK 1 4 5

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1 3 4

ECUADOR 1 3 4

EGYPT 1 1 1 3

EL SALVADOR 3 1 4

FRANCE 8 21 18 2 49

GEORGIA 2 2

GERMANY 7 8 12 27

GHANA 1 3 3 1 8

GREECE 12 5 8 1 26

GUATEMALA 3 2 1 1 7

GUYANA 1 1

HONG KONG 12 13 9 34

HUNGARY 1 1

ICELAND 1 1

INDIA 106 312 93 1 512

INDONESIA 14 6 7 27

International Student Country Listing 2018

Country UGRD MS PhD Other Total

IRAN 3 33 36

IRELAND 4 4 3 11

ISRAEL 1 7 6 14

ITALY 8 7 20 35

JAMAICA 4 1 5

JAPAN 6 11 41 1 59

JORDAN 6 1 7

KAZAKHSTAN 2 5 3 10

KENYA 10 3 1 14

KUWAIT 2 2

KYRGYZSTAN 1 1

LEBANON 3 5 3 1 12

LITHUANIA 1 1

MACAU 1 1 2

MACEDONIA 1 1 1 3

MALAYSIA 2 4 3 2 11

MAURITIUS 2 2

MEXICO 5 27 12 1 45

MONTENEGRO 1 1

MOROCCO 1 1

MOZAMBIQUE 1 1

NEPAL 3 4 4 11

NETHERLANDS 9 1 5 1 16

NEW ZEALAND 5 5 2 12

NICARAGUA 1 1

NIGERIA 4 15 2 2 23

NORWAY 3 2 5

PAKISTAN 11 5 5 21

PANAMA 1 1

PERU 4 12 7 23

PHILIPPINES 2 6 1 2 11

POLAND 1 1 5 7

PORTUGAL 1 2 3 6

REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) 91 60 79 16 246

ROMANIA 1 2 3

RUSSIA 5 19 24

RWANDA 5 5

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 1 1

SAUDI ARABIA 6 6 4 16

SENEGAL 2 2

SERBIA 4 4 8

International Student Country Listing 2018

Country UGRD MS PhD Other Total

SINGAPORE 31 19 6 2 58

SLOVAKIA 2 2

SLOVENIA 1 1 2

SOUTH AFRICA 1 4 5

SPAIN 5 10 5 20

SRI LANKA 2 2

SUDAN 1 1

SWEDEN 3 2 5

SWITZERLAND 1 3 4

SYRIA 2 1 1 4

TAIWAN 8 67 16 4 95

THAILAND 14 25 5 44

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2 2 2 1 7

TUNISIA 2 2

TURKEY 55 10 35 100

UKRAINE 2 3 3 8

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 1

UNITED KINGDOM 35 13 16 2 66

URUGUAY 1 1 2

VENEZUELA 4 8 3 15

VIETNAM 8 9 2 1 20

WEST BANK 1 1

YEMEN 1 1

ZIMBABWE 4 1 2 7

906 2115 1171 140 4332

International Student Country Listing 2018

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Northwestern University in Qatar NU‐Q Student Statistics Report: 2018‐19  

Basic Information 

Total student population for the AY 2018‐19: 331, compared to 291 for AY 2017‐18, an 

overall increase of 13.75% 

The female population is 72% and the male population is 28% for AY 2018‐19, compared to 

75% female & 25% male students for AY2017‐18 

46 countries are represented by NU‐Q student population for AY 2018‐19 compared to 39 

during AY2017‐18 

Student body includes students from Algeria, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bosnia & 

Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Germany, Honduras, 

India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Lebanon, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, 

Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, ROC (Taiwan), Russia, Rwanda, 

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, 

United States and Yemen. 

NU‐Q Students Regional Summary  

Region  % of Students   

Middle East  53%   

West Asia  9%   

South Asia  9%   

North America  8%   

North Africa  7%   

Africa  5%   

Europe  4%   

Asia  4%   

Far East  1%   

Other  1%   

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Middle East includes Bahrain, Oman and Qatar 

West Asia includes Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Yemen 

South Asia includes Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka 

North America includes Canada, Honduras, Mexico and United States. 

North Africa includes Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia 

Africa includes Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan and Tanzania 

Asia includes China, Korea, Russia and Taiwan (R.O.C) 

Europe includes Bosnia & Herzegovina, France, Germany, Moldova, Sweden, Ukraine & 

United Kingdom.  

Far East Asia includes Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore. 

Other includes Australia and Brazil. 

Top 5 countries represented by NU‐Q population are Qatar, United States, Jordan, Pakistan 

& Egypt. 

 

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NU‐Q New Student Enrollment Data for 2018‐19 

 

 

 

New Student body for AY 2018‐19: 105 Students 

Increase in new students in comparison to prior academic year: 8.42% 

Student body includes students from 30 countries: Bangladesh, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, 

Canada, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, 

Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Singapore, 

Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States and Yemen. 

 

 

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