Market intelligence for international student recruitment from ICEF

Asia Page 1 of 87

ICEF Podcast: The increasing appeal of Asian destinations in international student recruitment

In this episode, ICEF’s Craig Riggs and Martijn van de Veen discuss the latest developments in our sector, including a worsening student housing crunch in the UK and...

The Canada-India diplomatic crisis: Will the flow of Indian students to Canada be affected?

Canadian education institutions are bracing for a possible decrease in the number of Indian students coming to Canada due to rising political tensions between Canada and India. Diplomatic...

New report maps the scale of TNE opportunity in India

Major English-speaking destinations – notably Canada, the UK, Australia, and the United States – have been reporting two contrasting trends in recent years. Chinese enrolments, which have powered growth in...

Higher education supply-demand gap a major driver of Sri Lankan outbound student mobility

In 2018, the British Council predicted that outbound mobility from Sri Lanka would exceed 32,000 students by 2027, not least because of the country’s rapidly expanding college-aged population...

South Korea aims to attract 300,000 international students by 2027

The South Korean government has announced a plan to attract 300,000 foreign students by 2027. The plan, known as the Study Korea 300K Project, is tied to Korea’s...

Facing poor job prospects at home, Chinese students see the allure of study abroad

China’s urban youth unemployment rate soared to 21.3% this past June and is expected to nudge upward to 21.4% by the end of Q3, 2023. This is a...

Government of Nepal increases taxes for Nepali students studying abroad

Nepali families who have saved and borrowed to send their children abroad for education are frustrated at their government’s decision to levy a 3% tax on the payments...

Hong Kong poised to double intake of foreign students

Between 2019/20 and 2021/22, the number of foreign students enrolled in Hong Kong’s eight universities increased from 12,349 to 13,376, with about 65% of those coming from Mainland...

Korea eases work and visa policies in a bid to further boost foreign enrolment

South Korea’s higher education system is already feeling the effects of an “enrolment cliff“. The country’s college-aged population has been declining for some time, and further significant decreases...

Special report: Chinese students are turning to Asian destinations in greater numbers

In 2023, the shape of Chinese outbound student mobility is notably different than it was in 2019. Geo-politics, concerns about safety, notoriously difficult entrance exams, and a weaker...

Vietnam remains a key growth market in Southeast Asia

The drive among Vietnamese families to send their children abroad remains very strong in 2023. Vietnamese parents have always been drawn to English-speaking study abroad destinations because of...

After domestic tuition hikes, Chinese officials reportedly considering an increase in international student fees

Chinese universities are predominantly public institutions and, as such, they rely heavily on government funding. But with a sluggish national economy, the lingering effects of the long COVID...

Japanese students increasingly returning to study abroad

The Japan Association of Overseas Studies (JAOS) has released the results of its annual survey that takes the pulse of outbound mobility trends in Japan. The survey of...

ICEF Podcast: Quality assurance in student recruitment from India

This special episode was recorded live at ICEF Vancouver, and features a special panel discussion with Keith Monrose, Executive Director at Seneca College; Sandeep Singh, Marketing Director of...

Youth unemployment reaches record high in China

China’s youth unemployment rate (the proportion of unemployed 16-to-24-year-olds) hit a record high of 20.4% in April 2023. This is roughly four times the overall unemployment rate, and...