The number of international students applying for UK undergraduate courses via UCAS has increased by 3% after a slump during the pandemic, driven by countries including Nigeria, India and the US.
Applications from China dropped by -4.2% compared to last year but still beat pre-pandemic levels (27,710 in 2023 vs 21,250 in 2020) and were more than double those from five years ago.
Additionally, 5,680 applications came from students in Hong Kong, down from 6,010 last year.
The dip is thought to be in part due to travel restrictions that had only just been lifted in China when applications closed in January 2023.
