In the 2020/21 academic year, the 600,000 international students enrolled in UK higher education institutions made up 22% of all HE students, and tuition fees from non-EU students represented 17% of UK universities’ total income.
The findings have been reiterated in the Student Migration to the UK briefing, published by The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford.
The document confirmed that the all-time high student migration to the UK hit in 2021 was following the rebound after the “substantial reduction” in international student numbers as a result of the pandemic.
