Snapshot of Current Visiting Student Researchers
The following is snapshot data on visiting student researchers at UC Berkeley. Here you will find a breakdown of various data points on where our visiting student researchers come from and where they choose to conduct their research at UC Berkeley.
Interactive data for VSR data (linked here) is now available! Click on the link for an interactive look of Visiting Student Researcher demographic data. Tabular data is published below for those who prefer it or are unable to use the website.
Visiting Student Researcher Demographic Data as of May 2026
| Total Visiting Student Researchers | USPR* | International |
| 479 | 75 (15.66%) | 404 (84.34%) |
* United States Citizen or Permanent Resident
| Female | Male | Non-Binary | Decline to State |
| 194 (40.50%) | 278 (58.04%) | 2 (0.42%) | 5 (1.04%) |
Top 10 Citizenship Countries
| Country | # of Visiting Student Researchers |
| China | 144 (30.06%) |
| USA | 75 (15.66%) |
| Germany | 43 (8.98%) |
| Norway | 31 (6.47%) |
| France | 26 (5.43%) |
| Italy | 17 (3.55%) |
| South Korea | 11 (2.30%) |
| United Kingdom | 10 (2.09%) |
| Spain | 10 (2.09%) |
| Taiwan | 9 (1.88%) |
Visiting Student Researchers by Department & Research Unit
We collated the total number of visiting student researchers in each department and research unit on campus.
Ph.D. Programs (Top 10)
| University | # by University |
| Tsinghua University | 28 (5.85%) |
| University of Oslo | 27 (5.64%) |
| Peking University | 13 (2.71%) |
| University of Science and Technology of China |
12 (2.51%) |
| Zhejiang University | 9 (1.88%) |
| Massachusetts Institute Of Technology | 8 (1.67%) |
| University Of Oxford | 7 (1.46%) |
| Technical University of Munich | 6 (1.25%) |
| Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 6 (1.25%) |
| National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University | 6 (1.25%) |
| KTH Royal Institute of Technology | 6 (1.25%) |
| Havard University | 6 (1.25%) |