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Home Office · nationality: China

Study visas granted: China

4 periods to 2026 Q2

87,123visas

Study visas granted for China totalled 87,123 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 13.4% (13,452) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Vis_D02
  3. Visa type group=Study, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=China
  4. column “Decisions”
  5. sum of 4 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Study visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour025k50k75k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 1,799 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 3,574 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 11,982 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 1,765 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 1,877 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 4,345 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 13,713 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 2,101 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 1,958 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 4,939 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 16,216 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 2,393 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 3,417 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 7,696 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 18,845 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 2,709 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 2,637 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 7,270 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 29,272 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 2,985 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 3,072 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 8,681 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 36,013 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 3,907 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 3,574 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 15,522 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 37,551 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 3,272 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 3,514 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 20,737 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 39,038 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 3,235 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 3,791 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 20,919 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 44,628 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 4,142 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 3,789 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 20,045 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 47,413 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 4,501 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 3,779 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 24,548 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 50,273 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 5,345 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 3,535 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 26,622 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 57,446 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 6,067 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 5,007 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 37,148 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 64,131 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 6,946 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 5,375 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 40,906 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 76,673 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 8,009 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 6,949 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 51,781 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 89,909 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 9,678 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 4,132 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 135 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 45,653 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 34,094 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 7,575 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 7,921 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 85,825 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 17,886 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 5,266 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 6,286 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 88,115 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 4,347 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 2,911 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 13,134 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 89,705 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 4,553 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 2,231 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 11,918 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 87,400 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 3,408 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 2,024 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 7,743 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 76,853 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 3,028 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 1,810 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 5,432 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.

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

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: entry clearance visa outcomes datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 5151f0bdce2f057a…
All values
Study visas granted by nationality