Template:HESA citation

"Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Students by HE provider: HE student enrolments by HE provider. Retrieved 27 January 2026.

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This is a group of templates that provide an easy method to link to student population statistics for UK universities and other UK higer education institutions. The templates should be updated annually as the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) releases new data, thus it should not be necessary to manually update the articles or their references. The next update is due in 2027 and is for the 2025/26 academic year. Universities are identified by an institution identifier as a parameter, which is published alongside each university by HESA. This institution identifier was called INSTID by HESA and is presently still called INSTID in the templates. HESA now uses the UKPRN instead, but the identifier parameter is still called INSTID here.

The templates are:

• {{HESA student population}} – gives the total student population
• {{HESA FTE student population}} – gives the total student population by Full-time equivalent figures
• {{HESA undergraduate population}} – gives the total undergraduate student population
• {{HESA postgraduate population}} – gives the total postgraduate student population
• {{HESA student population rank}} – where the university lies in a list ordered by total student population (highest first)
• {{HESA total}} – gives the current total number of universities
• {{HESA citation}} – gives a citation for the source of student data
• {{HESA year}} – gives the academic year to which the student data applies (not the year it was generated)
• {{HESA academic staff population}} – gives the academic staff population
• {{HESA non-academic staff population}} – gives the non-academic staff population
• {{HESA staff citation}} – gives a citation for the source of staff data
• {{HESA staff year}} – gives the academic year to which the staff data applies (not the year it was generated)

Usage

• {{HESA student population|INSTID=}}

One required parameter: the INSTID for the university

• {{HESA FTE student population|INSTID=}}

One required parameter: the INSTID for the university

• {{HESA undergraduate population|INSTID=}}

One required parameter: the INSTID for the university

• {{HESA postgraduate population|INSTID=}}

One required parameter: the INSTID for the university

• {{HESA student population rank|INSTID=}}

One required parameter: the INSTID for the university

• {{HESA total}}

No parameters

• {{HESA citation}}

No parameters

• {{HESA year}}

No parameters

• {{HESA academic staff population|INSTID=}}

One required parameter: the INSTID for the university

• {{HESA non-academic staff population|INSTID=}}

One required parameter: the INSTID for the university

• {{HESA staff citation}}

No parameters

• {{HESA staff year}}

No parameters

Examples

0204 is the INSTID for the University of Manchester.

• {{HESA student population|INSTID=0204}}

40,485

• {{HESA FTE student population|INSTID=0204}}

• {{HESA undergraduate population|INSTID=0204}}

26,630

• {{HESA postgraduate population|INSTID=0204}}

13,855

• {{HESA student population rank|INSTID=0204}}

3rd

• {{HESA total}}

169

• {{HESA citation}}

"Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Students by HE provider: HE student enrolments by HE provider. Retrieved 27 January 2026.

• {{HESA year}}

2024/25

Putting it all together

Infobox

The University of Manchester

Students	40,485 (2024/25)
Undergraduates	26,630 (2024/25)
Postgraduates	13,855 (2024/25)
Website	manchester.ac.uk

• These templates are typically used for {{Infobox university}}, but can also be used in prose (see below).

{{Infobox university

| name = The University of Manchester

| students = {{HESA student population|INSTID=0204}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation">{{HESA citation}}</ref>

| undergrad = {{HESA undergraduate population|INSTID=0204}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation"/>

| postgrad = {{HESA postgraduate population|INSTID=0204}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation"/>

| website = [http://www.manchester.ac.uk/ manchester.ac.uk]

}}

Prose

• The first example below is in edit mode below and the second is how it is displayed:

'''The University of Manchester''' ('''UoM''') is a [[public university|public]] [[Research universities|research university]] in the city of [[Manchester]], England. In {{HESA year}}, the university had {{HESA student population|INSTID=0204}} students and 10,400 staff, making it the [[List of universities in the United Kingdom by enrollment|{{HESA student population rank|INSTID=0204}} largest]] university in the UK (out of {{HESA total}} including the [[Open University]]).

The University of Manchester (UoM) is a public research university in the city of Manchester, England. In 2024/25, the university had 40,485 students and 10,400 staff, making it the 3rd largest university in the UK (out of 169 including the Open University).

References

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