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. 

Dashboard Sample Image

Visiting Student Researcher Demographic Data as of May 2025

Total Visiting Student Researchers Female Male Non-Binary USPR* International
548 225 (41.06%) 320 (58.39%) 3 (0.54%) 76 (13.87%) 472 (86.13%) 

* United States Citizen or Permanent Resident

Top 10 Citizenship Countries

Country # of Visiting Student Researchers
China 165 (30.11%)
USA 76 (13.87%)
Germany 48 (8.76%)
Norway 36 (6.57%)
France 32 (5.84%)
Italy 23 (4.20%)
South Korea 14 (2.55%)
India 12 (2.19%)
Spain 10 (1.82%)
United Kingdom 9 (1.64%)

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 42 (7.66%)
University Of Oslo 23 (4.20%)
Peking University 21 (3.83%)
ETH Zurich 14 (2.55%)
École Polytechnique 13 (2.37%)
Zhejiang University 10 (1.82%)
University Of Oxford 8 (1.46%)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 8 (1.46%)
KTH Royal Institute of Technology 7 (1.28%)
University Of Science And Technology Of China, University Of Cambridge, Stanford University, Norwegian University Of Science And Technology 6 (1.09%)