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 September 2024

Total Visiting Student Researchers Female Male Non-Binary USPR* International
497 197 (39.64%) 298 (59.96%) 2 7.44% (37) 92.56% (460)

* United States Citizen or Permanent Resident

Top 10 Citizenship Countries

Country # of Visiting Student Researchers
China 193 (38.83%)
Germany 55 (11.07%)
United States of America 37 (7.44%)
France 22 (4.43%)
Italy 21 (4.23%)
Spain 17 (3.42%)
South Korea 15 (3.02%)
Brazil 13 (2.62%)
Sweden 12 (2.41%)
Switzerland 11 (2.21%)

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 48 (9.66%)
Peking University 23 (4.64%)
ETH Zurich 17 (3.42%)
Zhejiang University 12 (2.41%)
Ludwig-Maximilians University 10 (2.01%)
University of Science and Technology of China 9 (1.81%)
University of Cambridge 9 (1.81%)
Technical University of Munich 8 (1.61%)
Lund University 7 (1.41%)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 6 (1.21%)