Reference figures on international student mobility, worldwide and in France — aggregated, dated and sourced from the field's authoritative studies (OECD, UNESCO, Campus France). A working tool for journalists, researchers and our students — freely reusable with attribution.
Last review: 13 August 2026 · reusable data (CC BY 4.0)Sources: OECD, Education at a Glance 2025 · Migration Policy Institute (2025) · ICEF Monitor
Source: Campus France — Key Figures 2025 · press release, Sept. 2025 (PDF)
A single entry point to the observatories and datasets that matter in international education.
| Source | What you'll find | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Campus France — Key Figures | The reference on student mobility to/from France: numbers, origins, fields | annual (spring) |
| OECD — Education at a Glance | Tertiary education & mobility indicators across 38 countries | annual (September) |
| UNESCO Institute for Statistics | Global flows of internationally mobile students, by origin and destination | continuous |
| ICEF Monitor | Market intelligence for international student recruitment | daily |
| IIE Open Doors | International students in the United States | annual (November) |
| Erasmus+ | European mobility programmes: participation, budgets, destinations | annual report |
| Migration Policy Institute | Policy analyses of student migration trends | studies |
| Migration Data Portal | Cross-source compilation of international student data | continuous |
No figure is published without a source. Every data point is dated and linked to its original publication; derived indicators computed by the Observatory are flagged with their formula. The page is reviewed after each major source release (OECD EAG in September, Campus France in spring, Open Doors in November).
Reuse: our aggregated data is available as open data (JSON, CC BY 4.0) — attribution: “LIBS Observatory — lyon-business-school.fr”. Figures from cited sources remain subject to their own terms.
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