Portuguese academic staff and students in UK’s engineering higher education

Before the EU referendum in June 2016, the proportion of European nationals in engineering and technology in UK’s higher education was 19% for academic staff, 6% and 15% for students (undergraduate and postgraduate, respectively). This paper presents an overview of the number of Portuguese academic staff and students working and studying in the UK, from 2007/08 to 2015/16. For students, a breakdown by level of study, university type (member or not member of Russell Group), engineering discipline and gender are provided, as well as data of the first cohort of students starting their Engineering programs following the 2016 Brexit referendum.