Reason for international migration, international students update: February 2026

Summary

International student migration to the UK, 2019 to 2025. These are official statistics in development.

Publications

• Reason for international migration, international students update: February 2026

  International student migration to the UK, 2019 to 2025. These are official statistics in development.

Data

• Characteristics of international higher education students studying in the UK

  Additional insights on international higher education students in the academic year 2023 to 2024. Based on analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) data, supplied by Jisc.

• Long-term international student migration, provisional estimates

  Long-term international student migration to the UK, including status of migration and visa, age, sex and nationality. These are official statistics in development.

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Changes to this release date

1. Previous date

   27 November 2025 9:30am

   Reason for change

   This article has been postponed to allow further time to complete data analysis and undertake additional quality checks. It is now scheduled to be published on 27 February 2026.