UCL accepted too many foreign students
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Anonymous
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Its all over today's news in the UK that UCL made too many offers to foreign students. They exceeded their UK Foreign Office quota for student visas, so some students are being told they cannot attend this fall. It is a huge mess.
Apparently the primary cause is that the PRC applicant contingent had a much higher yield than expected. |
Anonymous
| They can’t just rescind admissions offers. |
Anonymous
I would assume they don't need to. The offers would be contingent on getting a visa and if you can't get a visa because the quota is full then you can't come and no offer has to be rescinded - right? |
Anonymous
wouldn't the offer be contingent on getting a visa? |
Anonymous
They will likely just bump them to next year. It’s not a problem unless your senior’s heart’s desire is UCL. |
Anonymous
If would-be student cannot get a visa, then UK government will not let them visit/stay. UCL cannot overrule the UK Foreign Office. |
Anonymous
| LSE and UCL are the worst offenders. LSE is 70% international….. I guess they have to pay London bills somehow…. |
Anonymous
LSE has always been predominantly international — the destination for every third world princess. This is new for the other schools. |
Anonymous
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https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/oct/01/international-students-ucl-university-college-london-visa-allocations
The reason UCL screwed up was they though Chinese yield would be the same as in previous years….BUT they forgot to take into account half of those Chinese students are NO LONGER coming to America due to visa problems/trump, etc. So they flocked to the UK…. On well. 14,000 Chinese Students out of 52,000 is a ridiculous number. Might as well teach in Chinese. LSE is also ridiculous. 55 to 70% international is absurd. Why can they do it like Edinburgh, St Andrews, Oxbridge with 20 to 35% non-uk international max. |
Anonymous
| Your US kid attending would also be an international student, so maybe tone down the xenophobia. |
Anonymous
| There are a lot of under enrolled American colleges which could benefit from full pay Chinese students. |
Anonymous
it is 50% international for undergrad only when you include post-grad does it become 70% |
Anonymous
Very true but Chinese students and/or their parents are savvy consumers and want the top colleges for their kids, not middling ones. |
Anonymous
| Wow, this story is really sad. I bet those Londoners will freak when they find out there are a lot of foreigners in their midst, and even more foreigners who want to be there. Don’t know if I’ll be able to sleep tonight. |
Anonymous
You could probably argue that LSE’s international admissions enhance the UK’s soft power. Many heads of state and influential people have attended. Of course that doesn’t mean that international numbers need to be as high as they are. |