Some 85,829 international students and scholars came to study in China in 2002, up 38.7 percent over the number who came in 2001, according to the statistics of the China Scholarship Council. These students were distributed among 395 higher education institutions in the mainland. Some 7.08 percent (6,074) enjoyed Chinese governmental scholarships. Among the total, 16,309 were undergraduates, 2,858 master candidates and 1,389 doctorate candidates. Students from the Republic of Korea numbered 36,093, followed by Japan(16,084) and the United States (7,359). The Beijing Language and CultureUniversity remains in the leading position in hosting international students (9,112), followed by PekingUniversity (4,189) and FudanUniversity (3,324).
