First-time enrolment of international graduate students in the United States rose 8% for 2011–12 across all academic fields, matching the previous year's increase, according to the latest survey by the US Council of Graduate Schools in Washington DC. Gains in the sciences alone were more modest, with life sciences up 1% and physical sciences 4%. Business and engineering led all fields with gains of 15% and 12% respectively. China continues to send increasing numbers of graduate students to the US; enrolments were up 22% from the previous year, the seventh consecutive year of growth.