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Study visas granted by nationality
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.
latest 12 months to 2026 Q2; 4 quarters summed · total 387,343 visas · published 27 August 2026
| Nationality | Latest 12 months | Share | Previous 12 months | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 87,123 | 22.5% | 100,575 | ▼ 13.4% |
| India | 83,962 | 21.7% | 100,053 | ▼ 16.1% |
| Nigeria | 33,082 | 8.5% | 29,716 | ▲ 11.3% |
| Pakistan | 21,330 | 5.5% | 39,340 | ▼ 45.8% |
| Nepal | 17,151 | 4.4% | 18,612 | ▼ 7.8% |
| United States | 16,852 | 4.4% | 15,921 | ▲ 5.8% |
| Bangladesh | 10,021 | 2.6% | 9,212 | ▲ 8.8% |
| Turkey | 6,188 | 1.6% | 5,122 | ▲ 20.8% |
| Saudi Arabia | 6,166 | 1.6% | 7,056 | ▼ 12.6% |
| Kuwait | 5,133 | 1.3% | 5,613 | ▼ 8.6% |
| Malaysia | 4,860 | 1.3% | 5,330 | ▼ 8.8% |
| France | 4,164 | 1.1% | 4,260 | ▼ 2.3% |
| Ghana | 4,155 | 1.1% | 4,282 | ▼ 3% |
| Germany | 4,116 | 1.1% | 4,417 | ▼ 6.8% |
| Hong Kong | 4,073 | 1.1% | 3,764 | ▲ 8.2% |
| Canada | 3,984 | 1% | 3,849 | ▲ 3.5% |
| South Korea | 3,874 | 1% | 3,969 | ▼ 2.4% |
| Sri Lanka | 3,706 | 1% | 4,333 | ▼ 14.5% |
| Spain | 3,318 | 0.9% | 3,235 | ▲ 2.6% |
| Thailand | 3,189 | 0.8% | 3,628 | ▼ 12.1% |
| Taiwan | 3,011 | 0.8% | 3,196 | ▼ 5.8% |
| Italy | 2,741 | 0.7% | 2,668 | ▲ 2.7% |
| Indonesia | 2,661 | 0.7% | 3,503 | ▼ 24% |
| Japan | 2,596 | 0.7% | 2,762 | ▼ 6% |
| Kenya | 2,569 | 0.7% | 2,536 | ▲ 1.3% |
| Vietnam | 2,511 | 0.6% | 2,348 | ▲ 6.9% |
| Singapore | 2,351 | 0.6% | 2,305 | ▲ 2% |
| Myanmar (Burma) | 1,892 | 0.5% | 1,805 | ▲ 4.8% |
| Egypt | 1,520 | 0.4% | 1,678 | ▼ 9.4% |
| Iran | 1,403 | 0.4% | 2,212 | ▼ 36.6% |
| Oman | 1,303 | 0.3% | 1,275 | ▲ 2.2% |
| Mexico | 1,263 | 0.3% | 1,340 | ▼ 5.7% |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 1,141 | 0.3% | 1,468 | ▼ 22.3% |
| Kazakhstan | 1,106 | 0.3% | 1,075 | ▲ 2.9% |
| Australia | 1,030 | 0.3% | 1,012 | ▲ 1.8% |
| Jordan | 986 | 0.3% | 1,052 | ▼ 6.3% |
| Russia | 978 | 0.3% | 1,270 | ▼ 23% |
| Switzerland | 975 | 0.3% | 976 | ▼ 0.1% |
| Greece | 938 | 0.2% | 955 | ▼ 1.8% |
| Qatar | 912 | 0.2% | 1,059 | ▼ 13.9% |
| Uzbekistan | 910 | 0.2% | 954 | ▼ 4.6% |
| Norway | 895 | 0.2% | 1,015 | ▼ 11.8% |
| Morocco | 869 | 0.2% | 1,025 | ▼ 15.2% |
| Azerbaijan | 868 | 0.2% | 740 | ▲ 17.3% |
| Brazil | 854 | 0.2% | 872 | ▼ 2.1% |
| Portugal | 749 | 0.2% | 775 | ▼ 3.4% |
| Cyprus | 725 | 0.2% | 697 | ▲ 4% |
| Algeria | 697 | 0.2% | 704 | ▼ 1% |
| Ukraine | 662 | 0.2% | 596 | ▲ 11.1% |
| Colombia | 636 | 0.2% | 731 | ▼ 13% |
| Iraq | 629 | 0.2% | 578 | ▲ 8.8% |
| Netherlands | 617 | 0.2% | 633 | ▼ 2.5% |
| Zimbabwe | 599 | 0.2% | 645 | ▼ 7.1% |
| South Africa | 554 | 0.1% | 618 | ▼ 10.4% |
| Peru | 549 | 0.1% | 578 | ▼ 5% |
| Poland | 546 | 0.1% | 550 | ▼ 0.7% |
| Uganda | 545 | 0.1% | 564 | ▼ 3.4% |
| Lebanon | 473 | 0.1% | 554 | ▼ 14.6% |
| Belgium | 462 | 0.1% | 578 | ▼ 20.1% |
| Sweden | 451 | 0.1% | 465 | ▼ 3% |
| Austria | 441 | 0.1% | 400 | ▲ 10.3% |
| Cameroon | 436 | 0.1% | 451 | ▼ 3.3% |
| Philippines | 436 | 0.1% | 466 | ▼ 6.4% |
| Chile | 434 | 0.1% | 457 | ▼ 5% |
| Romania | 416 | 0.1% | 441 | ▼ 5.7% |
| Bahrain | 415 | 0.1% | 440 | ▼ 5.7% |
| Mauritius | 347 | 0.1% | 375 | ▼ 7.5% |
| Palestine | 329 | 0.1% | 219 | ▲ 50.2% |
| Tanzania | 311 | 0.1% | 332 | ▼ 6.3% |
| Bulgaria | 308 | 0.1% | 258 | ▲ 19.4% |
| Czechia | 276 | 0.1% | 278 | ▼ 0.7% |
| Albania | 263 | 0.1% | 341 | ▼ 22.9% |
| Hungary | 255 | 0.1% | 207 | ▲ 23.2% |
| Georgia | 244 | 0.1% | 256 | ▼ 4.7% |
| Brunei | 236 | 0.1% | 261 | ▼ 9.6% |
| Israel | 231 | 0.1% | 276 | ▼ 16.3% |
| United Arab Emirates | 231 | 0.1% | 390 | ▼ 40.8% |
| New Zealand | 222 | 0.1% | 225 | ▼ 1.3% |
| Sudan | 220 | 0.1% | 278 | ▼ 20.9% |
| Libya | 217 | 0.1% | 359 | ▼ 39.6% |
| Zambia | 216 | 0.1% | 220 | ▼ 1.8% |
| Denmark | 207 | 0.1% | 200 | ▲ 3.5% |
| Cambodia | 199 | 0.1% | 204 | ▼ 2.5% |
| Maldives | 179 | 0% | 193 | ▼ 7.3% |
| Botswana | 174 | 0% | 163 | ▲ 6.7% |
| St Kitts and Nevis | 173 | 0% | 172 | ▲ 0.6% |
| Syria | 173 | 0% | 292 | ▼ 40.8% |
| Afghanistan | 171 | 0% | 402 | ▼ 57.5% |
| Malawi | 171 | 0% | 183 | ▼ 6.6% |
| Angola | 169 | 0% | 198 | ▼ 14.6% |
| Mongolia | 164 | 0% | 189 | ▼ 13.2% |
| Dominica | 159 | 0% | 192 | ▼ 17.2% |
| Tajikistan | 158 | 0% | 127 | ▲ 24.4% |
| Lithuania | 153 | 0% | 117 | ▲ 30.8% |
| Serbia | 150 | 0% | 130 | ▲ 15.4% |
| Slovakia | 150 | 0% | 145 | ▲ 3.4% |
| Macau | 143 | 0% | 168 | ▼ 14.9% |
| Finland | 133 | 0% | 140 | ▼ 5% |
| Sierra Leone | 129 | 0% | 100 | ▲ 29% |
| Tunisia | 129 | 0% | 145 | ▼ 11% |
| Ivory Coast | 126 | 0% | 80 | ▲ 57.5% |
| Ecuador | 124 | 0% | 162 | ▼ 23.5% |
| Luxembourg | 122 | 0% | 108 | ▲ 13% |
| Somalia | 122 | 0% | 123 | ▼ 0.8% |
| Ethiopia | 116 | 0% | 115 | ▲ 0.9% |
| Argentina | 114 | 0% | 130 | ▼ 12.3% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 110 | 0% | 123 | ▼ 10.6% |
| Malta | 108 | 0% | 121 | ▼ 10.7% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 107 | 0% | 100 | ▲ 7% |
| Bhutan | 101 | 0% | 47 | ▲ 114.9% |
| Rwanda | 101 | 0% | 79 | ▲ 27.8% |
| Iceland | 98 | 0% | 78 | ▲ 25.6% |
| Armenia | 83 | 0% | 96 | ▼ 13.5% |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | 83 | 0% | 61 | ▲ 36.1% |
| Latvia | 83 | 0% | 96 | ▼ 13.5% |
| Mozambique | 82 | 0% | 73 | ▲ 12.3% |
| Croatia | 81 | 0% | 85 | ▼ 4.7% |
| Gambia, The | 81 | 0% | 64 | ▲ 26.6% |
| Yemen | 74 | 0% | 107 | ▼ 30.8% |
| Barbados | 73 | 0% | 86 | ▼ 15.1% |
| Panama | 72 | 0% | 64 | ▲ 12.5% |
| Jamaica | 71 | 0% | 72 | ▼ 1.4% |
| Estonia | 70 | 0% | 64 | ▲ 9.4% |
| Grenada | 70 | 0% | 62 | ▲ 12.9% |
| Senegal | 66 | 0% | 61 | ▲ 8.2% |
| Costa Rica | 59 | 0% | 60 | ▼ 1.7% |
| North Macedonia | 57 | 0% | 38 | ▲ 50% |
| Belarus | 56 | 0% | 67 | ▼ 16.4% |
| Bahamas, The | 55 | 0% | 57 | ▼ 3.5% |
| Seychelles | 55 | 0% | 64 | ▼ 14.1% |
| Slovenia | 55 | 0% | 59 | ▼ 6.8% |
| Laos | 53 | 0% | 58 | ▼ 8.6% |
| Venezuela | 51 | 0% | 51 | → 0% |
| Turkmenistan | 49 | 0% | 42 | ▲ 16.7% |
| Paraguay | 48 | 0% | 46 | ▲ 4.3% |
| South Sudan | 47 | 0% | 51 | ▼ 7.8% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 45 | 0% | 52 | ▼ 13.5% |
| St Lucia | 45 | 0% | 43 | ▲ 4.7% |
| Dominican Republic | 44 | 0% | 51 | ▼ 13.7% |
| Burundi | 43 | 0% | 33 | ▲ 30.3% |
| Mauritania | 43 | 0% | 39 | ▲ 10.3% |
| Kosovo | 42 | 0% | 35 | ▲ 20% |
| Bolivia | 41 | 0% | 66 | ▼ 37.9% |
| Namibia | 37 | 0% | 45 | ▼ 17.8% |
| Montenegro | 36 | 0% | 49 | ▼ 26.5% |
| Refugee | 34 | 0% | 29 | ▲ 17.2% |
| British overseas citizens | 33 | 0% | 27 | ▲ 22.2% |
| Eritrea | 33 | 0% | 30 | ▲ 10% |
| Guyana | 31 | 0% | 21 | ▲ 47.6% |
| Guatemala | 29 | 0% | 52 | ▼ 44.2% |
| Benin | 28 | 0% | 22 | ▲ 27.3% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27 | 0% | 29 | ▼ 6.9% |
| Belize | 25 | 0% | 32 | ▼ 21.9% |
| Guinea | 25 | 0% | 14 | ▲ 78.6% |
| Fiji | 24 | 0% | 27 | ▼ 11.1% |
| Moldova | 22 | 0% | 40 | ▼ 45% |
| Uruguay | 22 | 0% | 22 | → 0% |
| El Salvador | 21 | 0% | 17 | ▲ 23.5% |
| Madagascar | 21 | 0% | 22 | ▼ 4.5% |
| St Vincent and the Grenadines | 21 | 0% | 20 | ▲ 5% |
| Mali | 20 | 0% | 10 | ▲ 100% |
| Solomon Islands | 18 | 0% | 13 | ▲ 38.5% |
| Gabon | 17 | 0% | 12 | ▲ 41.7% |
| Cuba | 16 | 0% | 19 | ▼ 15.8% |
| Nicaragua | 16 | 0% | 14 | ▲ 14.3% |
| Other and unknown | 16 | 0% | 25 | ▼ 36% |
| Togo | 16 | 0% | 16 | → 0% |
| Burkina Faso | 15 | 0% | 17 | ▼ 11.8% |
| Congo | 15 | 0% | 10 | ▲ 50% |
| Haiti | 15 | 0% | 14 | ▲ 7.1% |
| Liberia | 15 | 0% | 20 | ▼ 25% |
| Chad | 14 | 0% | 6 | ▲ 133.3% |
| Cyprus (Northern part of) | 14 | 0% | 6 | ▲ 133.3% |
| Eswatini | 13 | 0% | 21 | ▼ 38.1% |
| Honduras | 13 | 0% | 23 | ▼ 43.5% |
| Tonga | 13 | 0% | 7 | ▲ 85.7% |
| Niger | 12 | 0% | 11 | ▲ 9.1% |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 0% | 8 | ▲ 50% |
| Andorra | 11 | 0% | 12 | ▼ 8.3% |
| Vanuatu | 11 | 0% | 11 | → 0% |
| Monaco | 10 | 0% | 15 | ▼ 33.3% |
| Samoa | 10 | 0% | 6 | ▲ 66.7% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 0% | 8 | ▲ 12.5% |
| Lesotho | 9 | 0% | 28 | ▼ 67.9% |
| Liechtenstein | 9 | 0% | 12 | ▼ 25% |
| Comoros | 8 | 0% | 7 | ▲ 14.3% |
| East Timor | 8 | 0% | 16 | ▼ 50% |
| Former Yugoslavia | 8 | 0% | 30 | ▼ 73.3% |
| Central African Republic | 7 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 40% |
| Djibouti | 7 | 0% | 16 | ▼ 56.3% |
| Ireland | 7 | 0% | — | — |
| North Korea | 7 | 0% | 7 | → 0% |
| Cape Verde | 6 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 20% |
| San Marino | 6 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 50% |
| Stateless | 6 | 0% | 20 | ▼ 70% |
| Suriname | 6 | 0% | 10 | ▼ 40% |
| Bermuda (British) | 5 | 0% | — | — |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 5 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 25% |
| Tuvalu | 5 | 0% | 5 | → 0% |
| Cayman Islands (British) | 4 | 0% | — | — |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 0% | 4 | → 0% |
| Kiribati | 4 | 0% | — | — |
| Turks and Caicos Islands (British) | 3 | 0% | — | — |
| Virgin Islands (British) | 3 | 0% | — | — |
| Nauru | 2 | 0% | — | — |
| Niue | 2 | 0% | — | — |
| Anguilla (British) | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Gibraltar (British) | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 0% | — | — |
Source
- Dataset
- Immigration system statistics: entry clearance visa outcomes datasets · sheet Data_Vis_D02
- Rows
- Visa type group=Study, Case outcome=Issued; values are the sum of the published rows for each nationality and period.
- Caveat
- Applications made, refusals, people who actually arrived in the UK, or in-country extensions and switches.
- Parent metric
- Study visas granted
- API
- /api/metrics/study_visas_by_nationality/vintages