Current Visiting Student Researchers

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. 

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Visiting Student Researcher Demographic Data as of April 2025

Total Visiting Student Researchers Female Male Non-Binary USPR* International
503 199 (39.56%) 302 (60.04%) 2 (0.4%) 43 (8.55%) 460 (91.45%) 

* United States Citizen or Permanent Resident

Top 10 Citizenship Countries

Country # of Visiting Student Researchers
China 169 (33.60%)
Germany 51 (10.14%)
USA 43 (8.55%)
Norway 35 (6.96%)
France 35 (6.96%)
Italy 21 (4.17%)
Spain 13 (2.58%)
South Korea 12 (2.39%)
India 8 (1.59%)
Tie (Switzerland, Iran, Brazil) 7 (1.39%)

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 52 (10.34%)
University Of Oslo 21 (4.17%)
Peking University 17 (3.38%)
Eth Zurich 12 (2.39%)
Ecole Polytechnique 10 (1.99%)
Zhejiang University 8 (1.59%)
University Of Oxford 7 (1.39%)
Technical University Of Munich 7 (1.39%)
University Of Science And Technology Of China 7 (1.39%)
Norwegian University Of Science And Technology 6 (1.19%)