🌏 Global Student Flows Canada

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By 2030, Canada’s international education landscape will be defined by the tension between capacity, policy, and competitiveness. QS’s Global Student Flows Canada models three future scenarios to help institutions navigate shifting enrolment dynamics, evolving immigration frameworks, and global competition, equipping them with the foresight to refine recruitment and partnership strategies for sustained growth.

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🎓 Global Student Flows Insight Series. In-depth regional reports and webinars throughout 2025
🌏 In the News. US policy changes may slash GDP by up to US$481 B, Canada reduces student visas by 49% while boosting research funding, and Asia sees major enrolment growth, led by India.

🔎 Canadian Government Implements a Cap on International Students

Canada’s position as a global study destination is entering a period of correction, with international enrolments forecast to fall sharply in 2025–26 before stabilising toward 2030, an average annual contraction of 1% after a decade of rapid growth. Using an evidence-based framework, the QS Global Student Flows Canada report models three futures for student mobility: Regulated Regionalism, Hybrid Multiversity, and Talent Race Rebound, providing higher education leaders with the foresight to adapt recruitment, transnational education, and partnership strategies in a shifting global landscape.

Global Student Flows maps 4,000 mobility routes across 80+ countries – combining simulation, policy expertise, and indications of shifting demand.

🎓 Global Student Flows Insight Series

Forecasting thousands of student flows from 2,500 cities, 15 core drivers, 3 scenarios, 1 million simulations – analysed by global experts in policy, economics, and higher education. Throughout 2025, we will release 12 incisive reports and expert-led webinars, featuring forecasts through 2030, market intelligence to inform your TNE strategy, rankings analysis, and much more.

🌎 North America

🇺🇸 US policy changes limiting international students and OPT could cut GDP by US$240–481 B/year

🇺🇸 Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated US $387 M to eight historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) through unrestricted gifts, including $80M to Howard University

🇨🇦 Canada to cut international student visas by 49% while investing CA$1.7B to attract global research talent, raising concerns over impacts on its research ecosystem

🌏 Europe and Central Asia

🇬🇧 UK universities are rapidly expanding transnational education in India, with branch campuses and major third-party hubs driving Asia to over half of UK TNE enrolments

🌎 Latin America and Caribbean

🇦🇷 Crizac Education Group is expanding its student‑recruitment platform across Latin America, stepping up partnerships with universities and agents to tap the region’s rising demand for overseas study

🌏 South Asia

🇮🇳 India leads Asia’s rise as a global study hub, with bachelor enrolments up 55% and master’s up 54% since 2023, alongside sharp growth in Vietnam (+101%) and Indonesia (+38%)

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