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 March 2026
| Total Visiting Student Researchers | Female | Male | Non-Binary | USPR* | International |
| 370 | 168 (42.21%) | 228 (57.29%) | 2 (0.50%) | 39 (9.80%) | 359 (90.20%) |
* United States Citizen or Permanent Resident
Top 10 Citizenship Countries
| Country | # of Visiting Student Researchers |
| China | 119 (29.90%) |
| Germany | 43 (10.80%) |
| USA | 39 (9.80%) |
| Norway | 31 (7.79%) |
| Italy | 22 (5.53%) |
| France | 21 (5.28%) |
| Spain | 13 (3.27%) |
| United Kingdom | 9 (2.26%) |
| South Korea | 8 (2.01%) |
| Iran | 6 (1.51%) |
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 | 27 (6.78%) |
| University of Oslo | 27 (6.78%) |
| University of Science and Technology of China | 9 (2.26%) |
| ETH Zurich | 9 (2.26%) |
| Zhejiang University | 8 (2.01%) |
| Ecole Polytechnique | 8 (2.01%) |
| Peking University | 7 (1.76%) |
| University of Cologne | 6 (1.51%) |
| University Of Oxford |
5 (1.26%) |
| Technical University of Munich | 5 (1.26%) |
| KTH Royal Institute of Technology | 5 (1.26%) |
| Havard University | 5 (1.26%) |