University of Edinburgh Business School

Student profile

Our undergraduate students come from a wide array of different backgrounds and countries. This diverse mix provides an excellent environment to stimulate debate and sharing of ideas and experiences both within and importantly outside the lecture theatre or seminar room.

“There are a lot of international students and that’s one of the great things here in Edinburgh.  You can go to a lecture and you can meet people from all over the world and you get an insight into cultural differences as well as languages and just meeting new people. It’s been great.”

Charlotte Ekholt, MA (Hons) International Business

Over the duration of your degree, this diversity is constantly added to by visiting exchange students and with the differing enrolments for each class. This means that each class brings different ideas, life experiences and cultural imperatives to the programme, ensuring that your time here will be dynamic, fascinating and insightful.

Our undergraduate degrees typically attract students from over 42 countries with the current student profile drawn from;

UK
70.5 %
Western / Eastern Europe
13.7 %
North America
5.2 %
South / Central America
0.7 %
Africa / Middle East
1.4 %
Asia / Australasia
8.5 %