For the first time, the vast majority of China’s high schoolers will be able to apply to dozens of UK higher education institutions, significantly diversifying their admissions, according to the creators of a university entrance exam.
While China is a top sending country of undergraduate students to the UK, for decades, British universities have been inaccessible to the majority of Chinese pupils.
Currently, Chinese high schoolers taking the international curriculum make up a disproportionate number of applicants from the country seeking to study in the UK. In 2021, they comprised roughly 42 per cent of the 157,000 Chinese students at British universities, according to researcher estimates. But in China, pupils at international schools represent a tiny fraction of all high schoolers.
