More foreign students are likely to take offshore courses with Australian universities by 2010 than those studying on campus, according to new research.

Last year, 64,000 overseas stu- dents were enrolled with Australian universities in their home coun- tries, 100,000 fewer than those studying in Australia.

But the researchers believe the offshore total could be a consider- able under-estimate as not all enrolments are reported to the fed- eral education department.