Warwick flies flag at British International Education Fair

Last week the University of Warwick sent representatives to the British Education Fair in Nicosia, Cyprus to contact potential new students and academics.

Warwick will be represented at the Great Universities 2013 fair from 25 – 26 November in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

These efforts to promote Warwick overseas are carried out regularly by the International Office. This Autumn term, delegates have been sent to education fairs in Oman, Malaysia, Vietnam, Germany, Mexico, Japan, Brazil, Taiwan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Thailand, China, Turkey, Greece, Norway, Colombia and Spain, with upcoming fairs in Ghana and Nigeria in the new year.

Warwick lays proud claim to being a “globally connected university” with over 4,348 international students from over 100 countries.

The Complete University Guide ranked Warwick as 6th in UK for the number of non-EU students that study here and 20th for the number of EU students.

The University focuses on internationalism with the aim: ‘To make Warwick an international beacon by embedding internationalism into every area of the University’s mission.’

One important way to achieve this is through ensuring diversity in the student population by drawing in applicants from all over the world. Word about Warwick is actively spread by the admissions department but many international students discover the University through a chance search online.

When asked how they found out about Warwick, international students said that the University’s online reputation and webpage were decisive factors.

Sara Wong Li Wen, a first-year MORSE student from Malaysia said: “I was randomly googling mathematics and statistics courses and stumbled upon this uni’s MORSE course.”

Arthur Krochin, a first-year Discrete Mathematics student from Lithuania also commented. He said his choice was quite “random” and based on internet searches and threads from The Student Room, a popular student-orientated website.

Mr Krochin stated that his choice was made largely “because of its popularity in The Student Room”.