Table 2: Country of birth for major groups of overseas-born undergraduate local students: engineering and science, 1995 |
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Country of birth |
Number |
% of overseas-born local students |
% who are pre-1986 arrivals |
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Engineering |
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Vietnam Hong Kong U.K. & Ireland Malaysia New Zealand Taiwan China India Philippines |
1,958 1,060 920 695 364 330 275 258 234 |
19.2 10.4 9.0 6.8 3.6 3.2 2.7 2.5 2.3 |
54.6 24.1 75.3 31.7 61.5 6.1 25.5 34.9 43.2 |
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Totala |
10,180 |
100.0 |
47.0 |
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Science |
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U.K. & Ireland Vietnam Hong Kong New Zealand Malaysia South Africa Philippines China Sri Lanka Poland |
2,507 2,179 1,154 854 767 476 448 382 354 325 |
16.2 14.1 7.4 5.5 4.9 3.1 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.1 |
76.0 58.2 32.4 61.7 41.7 57.8 50.2 26.2 27.7 57.8 |
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Totala |
15,508 |
100.0 |
55.8 |
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Total includes other overseas birthplaces. Source: DEET, unpublished, Centre for Population and Urban Research |
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