INTERNATIONAL POPULATION

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UNIVERSITY of WISCONSIN – MILWAUKEE

FALL 2005

International Students:

• There is a total of 730 degree-seeking international students at UWM. In addition, 91 international students are enrolled in ESL (English as a Second Language).

• UWM’s International population represents nearly 90 countries.

• There are 162 undergraduate and 568 graduate students.

• There are 35 exchange students

• The following is a breakdown of UWM’s International students by region:

• 38% come from East Asia
• 26.6% come from the South and Southeast Asia region
• 16% come from Europe and the Central Asia region
• 7% come from Middle East and the North Africa region
• 5% come from Latin America
• 4% come from North America
• 3% come from the Sub-Saharan Africa region
• 0.4% come from the Australia / New Zealand region

• UWM’s College of Letters & Science enrolls more that one third of international students followed closely by the College of Engineering & Applied and the School of Business Administration

• International Clubs on Campus include the following:

• Global Student Alliance
• Bangladesh Student Association
• Campus Organization of Israel
• Chinese Club
• Chinese Student Association
• Ah Bon
• Hmong Student Association
• Indonesian Student Organization
• International Relations Society
• Japanese Student Association
• Korean Student Association
• Lao Student Organization
• Muslim Student Association
• Student Association of the People’s Republic of China

• United Society of Africans
• Asian American Alliance
• African Student Association
• Greek Council
• Latino Student Union
• Serbian Student Organization
• Thai Student Association
• Pakistan Student Association
• Students of India
• Vietnamese Student Association

Each Organization has its own activities and offers social, educational, personal and cultural supports to

each member.  To find out more information, click here.

International Scholars and Employees:

• There are 69 visiting scholars and 69 international employees on campus representing 32 countries:(Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China PR, Czech Republic, Germany,  Greece, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Malawi, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom).

UWM International Population 2004