LONDON: A record number of Indians have applied for places on undergraduate courses commencing at UK universities in September.
As of the recent January deadline, applications from India through UCAS, the UK’s shared admissions service for higher education, to start undergraduate courses in the UK this September grew by 11% year-on-year to 8,660 applicants (compared to 7,830 in 2021) and have almost doubled since 2019 when there were 4,690 applicants. India remains the second-biggest non-EU market for UK higher education, after China which saw 28,930 applications.
For most higher education courses, an application needed to be submitted to UCAS by January 26 to guarantee it will receive equal consideration by universities for 2022 entry. Whilst applications can be submitted after this date, these are subject to availability of places.
“This a record figure for Indian undergraduate applications and a good indicator of how countries are viewing the UK as a higher education destination,” said UCAS International MD Des Cutchey.
“The number of applications from India for nursing studies is considerably higher than previous years. We have seen the same trend in UK applications — showing the importance of the profession after the pandemic. Our forecast is that applications from India will continue to increase,” he said.
He said if UK universities open up campuses in India and Indian universities open up in Britain, as reported by TOI, he did not foresee any impact on this forecast as there is already a precedent of this in other countries and it has not impacted student numbers coming here from those countries. “The appeal of having an experience in a country outside your own is still strong,” he said. “This just offers an alternative which may be more attractive to some students than others.”
UCAS has launched a new international postgraduate application one-stop platform called Myriad by UCAS. Available in-browser and as an app, it offers information on courses, scholarships and funding for each course, allows students to search for part-time and graduate jobs in any university area, and provides details on student accommodation to help them make an informed choice.
As of the recent January deadline, applications from India through UCAS, the UK’s shared admissions service for higher education, to start undergraduate courses in the UK this September grew by 11% year-on-year to 8,660 applicants (compared to 7,830 in 2021) and have almost doubled since 2019 when there were 4,690 applicants. India remains the second-biggest non-EU market for UK higher education, after China which saw 28,930 applications.
For most higher education courses, an application needed to be submitted to UCAS by January 26 to guarantee it will receive equal consideration by universities for 2022 entry. Whilst applications can be submitted after this date, these are subject to availability of places.
“This a record figure for Indian undergraduate applications and a good indicator of how countries are viewing the UK as a higher education destination,” said UCAS International MD Des Cutchey.
“The number of applications from India for nursing studies is considerably higher than previous years. We have seen the same trend in UK applications — showing the importance of the profession after the pandemic. Our forecast is that applications from India will continue to increase,” he said.
He said if UK universities open up campuses in India and Indian universities open up in Britain, as reported by TOI, he did not foresee any impact on this forecast as there is already a precedent of this in other countries and it has not impacted student numbers coming here from those countries. “The appeal of having an experience in a country outside your own is still strong,” he said. “This just offers an alternative which may be more attractive to some students than others.”
UCAS has launched a new international postgraduate application one-stop platform called Myriad by UCAS. Available in-browser and as an app, it offers information on courses, scholarships and funding for each course, allows students to search for part-time and graduate jobs in any university area, and provides details on student accommodation to help them make an informed choice.
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