Teesside University has come top in a survey of the UK’s international students. The International Student Barometer (ISB) is a twice-yearly survey of international students from the UK’s higher education institutions (HEIs). The autumn 2008 survey explored the views of students from 81 HEIs, with 350 of Teesside’s international and European Union students taking part.

The survey is divided into four categories: Support, Learning, Arrival and Living, the University of Teesside attained the top Overall Average satisfaction score for the four categories with 87.8%.

In addition, the University was rated the top HEI for 21 attributes within these four categories. These include top Students’ Union in the UK, language support, library, internet access, technology and learning support.

Keith Brown, Director of the University’s Centre for International Development, said: 'The University has performed outstandingly well in this latest survey. Teesside now has an international student population of over 800. In February another 150 arrived to study here from a range of countries, including India, Nigeria, Libya and Malaysia. This is a tenfold increase on our enrolments in February 2008 and shows that international students are making positive choices to come to Teesside.'

Tom Cawkwell, Students’ Union President, added: 'We’re delighted to see how satisfied international students are with the quality of experience provided by the University and I’d like to think their strong partnership with the Students’ Union has played an important role in achieving this excellent feedback. It’s clear the overall package is working well and we’re thrilled that such an important sector of the student population is so happy with what is being provided.'

For more information on the wide range of courses offered at Teesside visit www.tees.ac.uk/international

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