UK, Australia may score over Canada for Indian students, shows data

Friendly post-study work visa rules, borders opening up may shift preferences for Fall 2022 intake season

If 2021 saw Canada post a manifold growth in intake of international students, especially from India, the upcoming Fall 2022 season may find the scales tipped in favour of the UK and Australia, along with the US, as top destinations.

The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) figures recorded a jump of over 300 per cent in new study permits issued to Indian students (over 120,000) for the January to November 2021 period, as against some 30,000 Indian students in the whole of 2020.

The United Kingdom's Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) recorded a 34 per cent increase in first-year