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Introduction
Recently, international students in the UK have increased gradually (BBC NEWS, 2008). Almost 7,000 overseas students studied in London Metropolitan University and they came from over 150 countries (The independent, 2007). Department of student services in London Metropolitan University has offered wide range of services for helping student life such as financial advice and immigration advice. The subjects are thought to be frequent or serious problems which overseas students tend to have. It is important to know their real problems and prepare the supports on demand.

However, very little research of such problems has been done between male and female. The purpose of the research is to find out if there is any difference between the sorts of problems female students have compared to male students.

Methods
The Sample
The sample size was 27. These respondents were of different ages and genders, and from different countries. They were all pre-sessional English course students of London Metropolitan University in 2008.

Data collection
This was carried out through the use of questionnaire. This was comprised of 8 questions about students problem. They had to classify one of the questions in order of importance.

Findings
Female students have two important problems; accommodation and finance. Exactly half of the students answers that accommodation is their most or quite important problem. Approximately 60 per cent of them think that finance is their important problem as well.

In contrast, the majority of male students think that they do not have important problems. More than 35 per cent of them answer that there is no problem about accommodation. Over 50 per cent of them answer that they do not have a problem about finance. Nobody has a problem about childcare. In addition, transportation and food are not their problems for nearly 60 per cent of the students.

Although male students do not think that they have serious problems, over a quarter of the students feel dissatisfaction with their life in London. On the other hand, none of the female students are dissatisfied with their life in London, though they think that they have important problems.