Students from America have been literally fleeing to universities in the United Kingdom since Donald Trump became president: since January 2025, applicants have submitted 12% more applications to universities in the United Kingdom than in 2024. Foreign applicants who planned to study or had already studied in the United States abruptly changed their educational vector and began to look for alternative options due to the tightening of migration policy. For example, among Asian applicants, the level of interest in American higher education has fallen sharply.
But British universities against the backdrop of American problems caught their wave of popularity! Foreign applicants are attracted to almost everything in the UK: only 3 years of undergraduate study, favorable prices, almost guaranteed employment after graduation.
