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Nationality (NATION)

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Key Value
Name Nationality
Short name NATION
Part of Student (Student)
Description This field records the legal nationality of the Student
Applicable to England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Coverage Compulsory for all Students at providers in England, Wales and Scotland.
Optional for all Students at providers in Northern Ireland.
Notes


This data must be updated throughout a Student's Engagement where applicable.



This entity records the legal nationality of the student.


For students entering through UCAS this information will be available from UCAS via the *J transaction. The details of the coding that will be provided by UCAS can be found in the *J specification.




Quality Rules Quality rules to follow
Optional? Yes
Reason required To enable the UK contribution to the higher education of nationals of other countries to be determined; used by Statutory Customers and others with a legitimate interest to analyse this contribution, to meet EC and OECD requests for information.
Field Length 2
References
Valid Values
Code Label
AA Stateless
AD Andorra
AE United Arab Emirates
AF Afghanistan
AG Antigua and Barbuda
AI Anguilla
AL Albania
AM Armenia
AO Angola
AR Argentina
AS American Samoa
AT Austria
AU Australia
AZ Azerbaijan
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina
BB Barbados
BD Bangladesh
BE Belgium
BF Burkina Faso
BG Bulgaria
BH Bahrain
BI Burundi
BJ Benin
BM Bermuda
BN Brunei [Brunei Darussalam]
BO Bolivia [Bolivia, Plurinational State of]
BR Brazil
BS Bahamas, The
BT Bhutan
BW Botswana
BY Belarus
BZ Belize
CA Canada
CD Congo (Democratic Republic) [Congo (The Democratic Republic of the)] {formerly Zaire}
CF Central African Republic
CG Congo
CH Switzerland
CI Ivory Coast [Côte D'ivoire]
CL Chile
CM Cameroon
CN China
CO Colombia
CR Costa Rica
CU Cuba
CV Cape Verde
CZ Czech Republic
DE Germany
DJ Djibouti
DK Denmark
DM Dominica
DO Dominican Republic
DZ Algeria
EC Ecuador
EE Estonia
EG Egypt
EH Western Sahara
ER Eritrea
ES Spain {includes Ceuta, Melilla}
ET Ethiopia
FI Finland
FJ Fiji
FK Falkland Islands [Falkland Islands (Malvinas)]
FM Micronesia [Micronesia, Federated States of]
FO Faroe Islands
FR France {includes Corsica}
GA Gabon
GB United Kingdom
GD Grenada
GE Georgia
GG Guernsey
GH Ghana
GI Gibraltar
GL Greenland
GM Gambia, The
GN Guinea
GQ Equatorial Guinea
GR Greece
GS South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands
GT Guatemala
GU Guam
GW Guinea-Bissau
GY Guyana
HK Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) [Hong Kong]
HN Honduras
HR Croatia
HT Haiti
HU Hungary
ID Indonesia
IE Ireland
IL Israel
IM Isle of Man
IN India
IO British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT)
IQ Iraq
IR Iran [Iran, Islamic Republic of]
IS Iceland
IT Italy {Includes Sardinia, Sicily}
JE Jersey
JM Jamaica
JO Jordan
JP Japan
KE Kenya
KG Kyrgyzstan
KH Cambodia
KI Kiribati
KM Comoros
KN St Kitts and Nevis
KP Korea (North) [Korea, Democratic People's Republic of]
KR Korea (South) [Korea, Republic of]
KW Kuwait
KY Cayman Islands
KZ Kazakhstan
LA Laos [Lao People's Democratic Republic]
LB Lebanon
LC St Lucia
LI Liechtenstein
LK Sri Lanka
LR Liberia
LS Lesotho
LT Lithuania
LU Luxembourg
LV Latvia
LY Libya
MA Morocco
MC Monaco
MD Moldova [Moldova, Republic of]
ME Montenegro
MG Madagascar
MH Marshall Islands
MK North Macedonia
ML Mali
MM Myanmar (Burma) [The Republic of the Union of Myanmar]
MN Mongolia
MO Macao (Special Administrative Region of China) [Macao]
MP Northern Mariana Islands
MR Mauritania
MS Montserrat
MT Malta
MU Mauritius
MV Maldives
MW Malawi
MX Mexico
MY Malaysia
MZ Mozambique
NA Namibia
NE Niger
NG Nigeria
NI Nicaragua
NL Netherlands
NO Norway
NP Nepal
NR Nauru
NZ New Zealand
OM Oman
PA Panama
PE Peru
PG Papua New Guinea
PH Philippines
PK Pakistan
PL Poland
PN Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands [Pitcairn]
PS Occupied Palestinian Territories [Palestine, State of] {formerly West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and Gaza Strip}
PT Portugal {includes Madeira, Azores}
PW Palau
PY Paraguay
QA Qatar
QO Kosovo
RO Romania
RS Serbia
RU Russia [Russian Federation]
RW Rwanda
SA Saudi Arabia
SB Solomon Islands
SC Seychelles
SD Sudan
SE Sweden
SG Singapore
SH St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
SI Slovenia
SK Slovakia
SL Sierra Leone
SM San Marino
SN Senegal
SO Somalia
SR Suriname
SS South Sudan
ST Sao Tome and Principe
SV El Salvador
SY Syria [Syrian Arab Republic]
SZ Eswatini
TC Turks and Caicos Islands
TD Chad
TG Togo
TH Thailand
TJ Tajikistan
TL East Timor [Timor Leste]
TM Turkmenistan
TN Tunisia
TO Tonga
TR Turkey
TT Trinidad and Tobago
TV Tuvalu
TW Taiwan [Taiwan, Province of China]
TZ Tanzania [Tanzania, United Republic of]
UA Ukraine
UG Uganda
US United States
UY Uruguay
UZ Uzbekistan
VA Vatican City [Holy See (Vatican City State)]
VC St Vincent and The Grenadines
VE Venezuela [Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of]
VG British Virgin Islands [Virgin Islands, British]
VN Vietnam [Viet Nam]
VU Vanuatu
WS Samoa
XA Cyprus (European Union)
XB Cyprus (Non-European Union)
XC Cyprus not otherwise specified
XL Channel Islands not otherwise specified
XM Czechoslovakia not otherwise specified
XN Union of Soviet Socialist Republics not otherwise specified
XO Yugoslavia not otherwise specified
XP Europe not otherwise specified
YE Yemen
ZA South Africa
ZM Zambia
ZW Zimbabwe
ZZ Not known

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