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Japan surpassed its foreign enrolment target of 400,000 in 2025 Japan’s Immigration Services Agency has announced that the number of international students in the country as of June...

ICEF Podcast: Students are switching to AI for search. Are you ready? Listen in as ICEF’s Craig Riggs and Martijn van de Veen recap some of the latest developments in...

Australia: Full-year data for 2025 reveals impact of AUD$2,000 study visa application fee on ELICOS sector Australia’s Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has released full-year data on student visa applications and grants in 2025....

Germany’s foreign enrolments continued to grow in the 2025/26 academic year German universities’ international enrolments continue to grow. In 2025/26, about 420,000 foreign students were enrolled, a +4% year-over-year...

Survey highlights a growing “engagement gap” between international student expectations and institutional response New research from Sinorbis and Edified makes the case that international student recruitment has entered a new phase,...

Foreign recruitment of American students and researchers is intensifying The US, along with the UK, has always been a preferred destination for top international students. Now, it...

Inside Spain’s growing appeal for international students Along with Italy, France, and Germany, Spain is positioning itself as a more compelling destination than ever for...

Canada struggling to attract and retain global talent In Canada, two years into the government’s introduction of caps on international student enrolments and related reforms to...

Canada’s foreign enrolment has fallen by nearly 300,000 students over the last two years Speaking in the East Coast city of Halifax last month, Canadian Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab said that...

China: Two-thirds of new TNE partnerships are with countries outside the Big Four China has been ramping up its transnational education (TNE) partnerships with other countries, with the Ministry of Education...

Vietnam: Students encouraged to obtain advanced technology degrees abroad Vietnam boasts one of the fastest-growing economies in the world (+8% in 2025), but its workforce cannot yet...

The Netherlands: Foreign enrolment slowdown driven by declining undergraduate numbers In 2024/25, 131,000 international students – including 51,800 new students – were enrolled in a degree programme offered by...

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Australia introduces new integrity measures through proposed amendments to the ESOS Act

Australia: With ELICOS under pressure, peak bodies push for reduction in “extortionate” visa fees

Mystery shopping study finds broad improvement in student enquiry handling this year

South Korea hits its 300,000 student target two years ahead of schedule

Canada: Study permit numbers are in steep decline in 2025

UK confirms levy on international student fees as new analysis argues that government is “drastically underestimating” the impact of the move

ICEF Podcast: From ‘policy focused’ to ‘student centred’: A new era in international education?

US administration’s new H-1B policies create uncertainty around post-study work rights

The four key trends that will shape international student mobility for the next decade

China leverages higher education capacity with expanded TNE partnerships

France reports more than 443,000 international students in higher education for 2024/25

Foreign enrolment in Canadian K-12 held steady in 2024/25

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