Approximately 56% of all international higher education students in 2009 were undergraduates, with 44% being postgraduates. Postgraduate enrolments have increased at a faster rate than undergraduate enrolments over the past seven years, rising from a percentage share of only 33% of total international higher education enrolments in 2002. 6 In 2009 there were around 69,700 Masters Degree (Coursework) students, representing 124% growth since 2002. In research, there were 10,252 doctoral students – with figures more than doubling (up 144%) since 2002 – and 1,353 Masters Degree (Research) students. In terms of their representation of the higher degree by research (HDR) student body in Australia, international students accounted for 27% of all HDR completions in 2007, a level of participation which has been broadly constant in recent years. .
