Efforts to increase the number of international students at the University of Illinois Springfield paid off in a big way this fall, with their numbers increasing to 827.
That’s more than 15 percent of the student body, and it is by design.
“We’ve been working very, very hard for the past three years to open our doors more effectively to international students,” UIS Chancellor Susan Koch said.
Many of the students came to UIS from India and China, with computer science and management information systems the most common majors chosen by international students.
The number of UIS international students increased 115 percent this fall over fall 2013.
“We’ve developed partnerships with higher education institutions in China, and our India connection is related to computer science,” she said. “Several years ago, students came over from India and did very well here. Through word of mouth, that connection has really spread.”
The increase was reported by The State Journal-Register on October 25, 2014.
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