International Facts & Statistics

Number of International Students: 1062

Number of International Faculty & Staff: 445

Number of Countries Represented: 93 (students); 62 (faculty and staff)

Number of Languages Taught: 14

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

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