International students in the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom is among the world's most popular destinations for international students, regularly placing within the top four countries for hosting international students alongside the United States, Canada and Australia. Data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency indicates that students from the three countries of India, China, and Pakistan together account for just under half of all international students enrolled at higher education institutions in the UK.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were 685,565 international students studying at UK higher education institutions, equivalent to 23.9% of all higher education students in the UK – ranging from 14.6% in Wales to 25.7% in Scotland. This represented a 6.1% decrease in international students from the previous year (2023/24: 729,850, 2022/23: 758,855 and 2021/22: 679,790).

The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) estimates that the number of international students will continue to increase with international applications to study at British universities expected to increase by 60%, from around 150,000 in 2022 to 240,000 in 2030. As of 2023, 58 current world leaders have been educated at a higher education institution in the United Kingdom, second in the world only to the United States' 65.

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