The two tables illustrate the number of European universities students who exchange to Australia and vice versa from 2007 to 2009.
Overall, the number of European students studying in Australia increased between 2007 and 2009, while the number of Australian students going to Europe remained unchanged. Germany and France were the leading destinations for exchange in each direction respectively.
Looking specifically at the number of students exchanged to Australia, both France and the Netherlands remained unchanged at around 60 and 36 students respectively from 2007 to 2009. While there was a 35-student increase in Germany from 27 to 62 students in the two years, the United Kingdom witnessed a slight decrease from 31 students in 2007 to 26 students in 2009. Additionally, Sweden students rose moderately from 34 to 42 students between 2007 and 2009, and the total number of exchange students showed a similar trend to 226 in 2009.
Regarding the number of Australian students who moved to European universities, there was a downward trend in Sweden, the UK and the Netherlands as they started equally around 32 students in the beginning, then declined slightly to less than 27 students in 2009. In contrast, France started with 37 students then climbed significantly to 58 students in 2 years and Germany almost doubled from 18 to 26 students in 2009. Overall, the total number of students remained unchanged at 152.
