New Dwelling Workplace information launched on February 13 confirmed {that a} whole of 28,700 sponsored examine visa functions have been made in January 2025 – 12.5% greater than in January 2024, when 25,500 functions have been made.
In the meantime, dependant visa functions decreased by 32.4%, with 2,300 submitted in January 2025 – down from 3,400 in January 2024.
This follows the rule adjustments that got here into impact in January 2024 which stop college students from bringing dependants, aside from these finding out postgraduate analysis programs or programs with government-funded scholarships.
Regardless of the constructive alerts from essential candidates, Dwelling Workplace information exhibits a broader downward development over the previous 12 months, with functions from essential candidates within the 12 months ending January 2025 (411,100) falling 13% when in comparison with the earlier 12 months.
In the meantime, there have been 21,500 functions from dependants of scholars within the 12 months ending January 2025, 84% fewer than the 12 months ending January 2024.
On the identical day because the Dwelling Workplace information was printed, UCAS launched its undergraduate January Equal Consideration applicant information for 2025, which confirmed the full variety of worldwide candidates to UCAS elevated by 2.7% in comparison with final 12 months’s figures, with the most important will increase in candidates from China, Eire and the US.
It’s notably welcome information to see that world confidence within the UK’s larger training sector stays robust
Jo Saxton, UCAS
The figures come from the UCAS Equal Consideration Deadline day on January 20, which usually accounts for roughly 80% of candidates in any given cycle.
“It’s notably welcome information to see that world confidence within the UK’s larger training sector stays robust, with a rise in worldwide undergraduate candidates through UCAS to UK universities and schools in 2025,” stated Jo Saxton, chief government, UCAS.
