The latest statistics indicate 250,794 overseas students enrolled in Australian universities an overall increase of almost three per cent on 2005, Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Although overseas students are continuing to come to Australia in increasing numbers, growth in foreign enrolments has slowed from 18 per cent in 2002 to nine per cent in 2004 and now stands at just 4.7 per cent.
Almost half of the foreign students in Australia are doing postgraduate courses.
Despite the slower growth in foreign students, it was still far higher than growth in domestic student numbers, which rose by 2.2 per cent from 2005 to 2006.