International Facts & Statistics

• Number of International Students: over 1268
• Number of International Faculty & Staff: 406 
• Number of Countries Represented (students): 97
• Number of Countries Represented (faculty/staff):  65
• Number of Languages Taught: 14

 

Number of Students Studying Abroad

• 2009/10: 613
• Maymester 2010: 114
• Summer 2010: 104
• VISAGE 2010: 11
• Maymester 2011: 160
• Summer 2011: 78
• VISAGE 2011: 37
• Number of Vanderbilt Study Abroad Programs: Over 100
• Number of countries where alumni currently work or live: 142 countries (with 13 countries home to over 100 VU alumni)
• First International Student Graduate: Albert F. Stimmel of Germany, 1877, School of Medicine

 

New Programs for 2009/10:

In response to student and faculty needs new programs have been approved or are currently in development in the undergraduate schools including:

• American University of Cairo
• Amsterdam Conservatory
• Budapest University of Science and Technology
• City U. Hong Kong
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• National University of Singapore
• Politecnico di Torino
• University of Melbourne
• University of Utrecht
• University of Warwick

 

Interesting Facts

• From Fall 2007 to Fall 2008, there was an 18% increase in Vanderbilt undergraduate students studying abroad
• Vanderbilt's Global Education Office added 12 new Study Abroad programs in 07-08
• Nashville’s foreign-born population more than tripled in size between 1990 and 2000, increasing from 12,662 to roughly 40,000
• Nashville is home to the largest Kurdish population in the US, with about 11,000 residents

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