Overseas Student Applications to UK Universities Rises, Says Admissions Service

The number of international students applying to UK universities has risen this year with a record high coming from non-EU countries, data published by the university admissions service says. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) revealed on Thursday that 115,730 people from overseas had applied for undergraduate courses at UK higher education institutions by the January deadline, an increase of 0.7 percent since January of last year. Of the total, 95,840 were international students from non-EU countries, representing a record high. Applicants from China accounted for 28,620, a rise of 3.3 percent. Turkey saw a 37 percent increase in applications to UK undergraduate courses. Some nationalities saw a decline, with applications from Nigeria falling to 1,590 (down 45.7 percent) and the number of Indian applicants dropping to 8,770 (down 3.9 percent)....