Visa statistics of students from India coming to UK:

Period	Number of visas issued	Percentage increase on previous year	Percentage of visa applications rejected
October 1998 To September 1999	3829	10.05%	12.3%
October 1999 To September 2000	4649	21.4%	13.3%
October 2000 To September 2001	6817	46.0%	15.0%
October 2000 To September 2001	11707	72.0%	30.0%

Figures from the Visa Office of the British High Commission

Top 15 Subjects of study by International students in Higher Education:

International students in HE 2000/01 by subject of study	No of international students	%age in subject who are international
Business & administrative studies	47,410	19%
Engineering & technology	32,640	25%
Social, economic & political studies	20,445	13%
Combined	16,910	5%
Computer science	16,235	14%
Languages	15,765	16%
Subjects allied to medicine	14,435	6%
Creative arts & design	12,515	11%
Education	11,030	7%
Law	10,695	17%
Biological sciences	9,145	10%
Physical sciences	7,475	11%
Architecture, building & planning	6,560	15%
Medicine & dentistry	6,190	13%

Top 10 Institutions sought by International students in Higher Education:

Top 10 largest recruiters of international students, 2001/02	Non-UK student nos	% Students at institution who are international
Middlesex University	5,395	22%
The University of Cambridge	5,125	21%
The University of Birmingham	4,815	16%
The University of Oxford	4,735	21%
London School of Economics and Political Science	4,640	60%
The University of Warwick	4,635	17%
The University of Nottingham	4,565	16%
The University of Leeds	4,425	14%
The University of Westminster	4,225	17%
University College London	4,040	23%