Fast growing, diverse: mapping the business of international education

This chapter provides a comprehensive discussion of the global cross-border education market shares of the most prominent education exporter nations; that is, student ‘host’ countries. The major drivers of student mobility are discussed, and the special case of the doctoral education market segment is covered, given that much or most of this is not provided on a commercial basis. In order to provide the context for the analysis of Australia and New Zealand in the chapters to follow, several ‘competitor’ countries are discussed in this chapter, including the US, Canada and the UK, and the Asia Pacific region is also given special attention.