Outbound Mobility – Past Years
Archived Data
Higher Education Sector | Inbound Mobility | Outbound Mobility
2015
Number of out-bound Chinese students leaving China to study abroad in 2015 : 523,700*
Total number of students studying abroad in 2012/13: 712,157**
*Source: Ministry of Education of China, 2016
**Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2016
2014
Number of students departing China to study abroad in 2014: approximately 459,800*
Total number of students studying abroad in 2012/13: 712,157**
*Source: Ministry of Education of China, 2015
**Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2016
2010/11
Number of students departing China to study abroad in 2014: 339,700
Source: Ministry of Education of China
2008/09
Number of students from China studying abroad:820,000
Top 10 destinations of students from China studying abroad:
| Rank | Destination |
|---|---|
| 1 | United States |
| 2 | Australia |
| 3 | United Kingdom |
| 4 | South Korea |
| 5 | Japan |
| 6 | Canada |
| 7 | Singapore |
| 8 | New Zealand |
| 9 | France |
| 10 | Russia |
2007/08
Number of Chinese students who started to study outside of China in 2008:144,000
Source: China Scholarship Council (CSC)
2006/07
Number of students from China studying abroad: 421,148
Top 5 destinations and number of students from China studying abroad
| Rank | Destination | Number of Students |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 98,958 |
| 2 | Japan | 80,231 |
| 3 | Australia | 50,418 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 49,594 |
| 5 | Germany | 23,791 |
2005/06
Number of students from China studying abroad: 417,351
Top 10 destinations and number of students from China studying abroad
| Rank | Destination | Number of Students |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 93,672 |
| 2 | Japan | 86,378 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 50,753 |
| 4 | Australia | 40,316 (2005) |
| 5 | Germany | 24,221 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 23,260 (2005) |
| 7 | Canada | 17,913 (2005) |
| 8 | France | 17,132 |
| 9 | South Korea | 15,288 |
| 10 | Macao (China) | 11,469 |