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Home Office · Immigration system statistics: entry clearance visa outcomes datasets

Study visas granted by nationality

2026 Q2 Provisional

33,942visas

Study visas granted by nationality were 33,942 visas in 2026 Q2, down 42.5% (25,072) from 59,014 in 2025 Q2.

▼ 42.5% · −25,072 against 2025 Q2 (same quarter previous year)

  1. Home Office count
  2. 2026 Q2
  3. published 27 August 2026
  4. Vis_D02
  5. row “Visa type group=Study, Case outcome=Issued”
  6. column “Decisions”
  7. cell value sum of 357 rows

The series is falling. Rule: down 42.5% from 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q2.

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Study visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100k200k300k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 29,018 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 47,079 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 102,399 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 28,922 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 33,157 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 53,209 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 115,067 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 32,896 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 34,794 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 53,601 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 122,489 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 35,312 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 39,929 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 52,679 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 139,218 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 42,387 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 43,530 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 42,736 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 178,243 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 76,555 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 54,531 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 52,713 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 171,574 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 55,917 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 66,019 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 66,140 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 156,748 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 34,369 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 34,660 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 57,432 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 150,929 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 35,079 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 32,812 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 58,063 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 167,487 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 37,864 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 34,878 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 56,085 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 169,490 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 33,195 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 26,372 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 51,802 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 164,244 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 30,501 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 24,428 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 68,146 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 170,695 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 31,185 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 28,642 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 86,529 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 183,534 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 31,396 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 30,770 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 89,558 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 201,214 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 33,336 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 34,290 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 100,312 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 226,477 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 43,331 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 43,230 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 658 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 119,906 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 86,327 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 48,455 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 31,390 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 266,526 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 88,739 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 83,227 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 52,748 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 370,749 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 116,974 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 88,867 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 79,999 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 356,858 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 78,529 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 45,822 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 49,103 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 270,142 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 53,865 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 52,447 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 59,014 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 276,188 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 39,691 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 36,153 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 33,942 visas · published 27 August 2026
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What this measures

The number of entry clearance (out-of-country) visas issued on study routes in each quarter, counting main applicants and their dependants, split by nationality.

What this doesn’t measure

Applications made, refusals, people who actually arrived in the UK, or in-country extensions and switches.

Important caveat

Visas issued by nationality are summed from the Home Office detailed outcomes dataset (case outcome "Issued"), counting main applicants and dependants, and reconcile to the summary visa grant totals. An outcome in a quarter may relate to an application made in an earlier quarter. Visa route definitions change over time, so long-run comparisons within a route are not always like for like. Data for 2026 Q1 onwards is provisional and will be revised.

Revision history

No period of this series has been revised since it was first ingested here. Revisions are recorded automatically when a later release publishes a different figure for the same period.

Source

Publisher
Home Office
Publication
Immigration system statistics: entry clearance visa outcomes datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026
Source file
entry-clearance-visa-outcomes-datasets-jun-2026.xlsx
File SHA-256
5151f0bdce2f057a4a89e712f2234dceedddb9857f5d97820d48c693477fcdef
Retrieved
2 September 2026
Sheet
Data_Vis_D02
Table
Vis_D02
Row
Visa type group=Study, Case outcome=Issued
Column
Decisions
Cell value
sum of 357 rows
Geography
United Kingdom
Unit
visas
API
/api/metrics/study_visas_by_nationality · /series · /vintages

Government periods

Change during each government, from the level inherited to the last complete period before it left office. Describes the period; does not attribute cause.

Labour 2024–49,1032024 Q233,9422026 Q2↓ 30.9%
Conservative 2019–2024226,4772019 Q349,1032024 Q2↓ 78.3%
Conservative 2017–201928,6422017 Q1226,4772019 Q3↑ 690.7%
Conservative 2015–201726,3722015 Q128,6422017 Q1↑ 8.6%
Coalition 2010–201554,5312010 Q126,3722015 Q1↓ 51.6%
Labour 2005–201029,0182005 Q154,5312010 Q1↑ 87.9%

Full comparison with chart

Release
Year ending June 2026 · publication page
Last updated
27 August 2026
Next scheduled release
26 November 2026 (official date)