🌏 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.

This Week's Highlights

🔎 Canada. Access our latest global student flows report
🎓 Global Student Flows Insight Series. In-depth regional reports and webinars throughout 2025
🌏 In the News. A 17% drop in US international students threatens revenue and jobs, Australia–New Zealand universities face journal access loss, and Liverpool opens its India campus next year

🔎 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

🇺🇸 New international student enrolment in the US fell 17% in 2025, signaling weakening demand and growing policy-driven uncertainty

🇺🇸 The State University of New York (SUNY) system saw its fall 2025 enrollment rise 2.9%, marking its third consecutive year of growth

🇺🇸 Experts warn the US talent pipeline is in a precarious position as a 17% drop in new international enrolments could cut US$1.1B in revenue and threaten thousands of jobs

🌏 East Asia and Pacific

🇦🇺 Australia–New Zealand universities strike a new open-access deal with Taylor & Francis, while negotiations with Elsevier stall, risking loss of access to 1,659 journals from January 2026

🇨🇳 China warns its students in Japan to be cautious, citing deteriorating public security and a rise in crimes targeting Chinese nationals

🌏 South Asia

🇮🇳 The University of Liverpool is launching its first India campus in Alembic City, Bengaluru, in 2026, offering UK-accredited degrees in business, computer science, biomedical sciences, and game design

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