It has been reported on Thursday that there has been a 5% Increase in the International Applications received by the UK Universities. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), the UK’s centralized university application system revealed that in 2018, 4,690 Indian Applications were received by Universities in Britain, as compared to the last year year’s number of 4470 Indian applications.
Though these numbers do not reflect how many students will actually make up to the universities, but this shows Indians incllination towards UK Universities.
Last month, the UK’s Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) had revealed that 28 per cent more Indian students enrolled on courses in the UK in the academic year 2017-18 than in 2016-17. “It is fantastic news for the UK that the number of Indian students coming to our country appears to be on the rise. We hope to see these numbers continue to grow over coming years,” said Vivienne Stern, Director, Universities UK International.
“Indian students are a vital part of the international university communities that we are so proud of in the UK. Indian students bring diverse perspectives to our campuses, new ideas to our classrooms and essential skills to our workforce,” she said.
The UCAS report revels that over 561,420 students applied for a UK university course this year, almost 2,500 more than last year, marking the first increase in over three years.
The number of Indian applicants from the EU increased by 1 per cent, to 43,890. “In this time of uncertainty, it’s welcome news to see more EU and international students wanting to come and study in the UK,” said UCAS’ Chief Executive Clare Marchant.
India with 4,690 applications, the US with 4,050 and Singapore with 3,060 constitutes of the top five non-EU countries list of student applications for the UK this year. The last date for applying to undergraduate courses is January 15 deadline.
It has also been reported that UK Universities, the body responsible for leading UK Universities, asserts that it will carry on campaigns for attracting student’s attention for studying in the UK, It has also welcomed some of the UK government’s recent post-Brexit visa proposals for making it easier for students from outside the UK to remain in the country and look for work after they graduate. With this, the students will get an additional six months to look for work relating to their respective disciplines they studied in. They will also have three months before graduating during which they can find work and change from a study visa to a work visa. PhD students will be able to stay in the UK for a year to find work after graduating.