The number of international undergraduate applications to UCAS has gone up by a 0.7% – but the figures are “partial” and the UK could even see a drop in the full year’s numbers, warn stakeholders.
Figure released today by UCAS show that 115,730 international students applied to UG places by the January deadline.
While applications from China were up 3% (+910 applications), Turkey up 37% (+710) and Canada up 14% (+340), figures from Nigeria and India decreased, by -46% and -4%, respectively.
Jo Johnson, the former universities minister, said that despite some commentators saying numbers shouldn’t still be rising, the UK should remember the position it has in the sector globally.
