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# 🌏 Global Student Flows: Europe
- URL: https://newsletters.qs.com/global-student-flows-europe/
- Published: 2025-10-20T11:30:17.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-27T12:17:32.000Z
- Description: The QS Global Student Flows: Europe report reveals Europe’s steady growth amid tightening global markets, outlining where opportunities are emerging, where challenges may slow progress, and why the coming months are pivotal for strategy.
- Author: QS
- Tags: Global Student Flows

**Hello 👋** 

International enrolments across Europe are projected to [grow by 5%](https://www.qs.com/insights/global-student-flows-europe?ref=newsletters.qs.com) annually to 2030, outpacing the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. Affordable tuition, expanding English-taught programmes, and favourable visa frameworks are positioning the continent as a resilient hub for global talent. Yet, challenges such as housing shortages, infrastructure gaps, and plateauing institutional reputation could limit momentum.

[Download the Report](https://www.qs.com/insights/global-student-flows-europe?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

### This Week's Highlights

🔎 **Europe.** Access our latest global student flows report  
🎓 **Global Student Flows Insight Series.** In-depth regional reports and webinars throughout 2025  
**🌏 In the News.** UK transnational education is expanding rapidly, the Netherlands faces major economic risks from student caps, and US study-abroad alumni report strong career benefits

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## 🔎 Europe’s Post-Pandemic Recovery Continues  

This edition of Global Student Flows examines how shifting global demand, affordability, and evolving policy environments are shaping [Europe’s](https://www.qs.com/insights/global-student-flows-europe?ref=newsletters.qs.com) position as a global study hub. It highlights emerging trends across Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, explores new mobility corridors from Africa and Asia, and offers scenario-based insights to help institutions, governments, and providers strengthen resilience and align with future workforce needs.

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

[Download the report](https://www.qs.com/insights/global-student-flows-europe?ref=newsletters.qs.com)

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## 🎓 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.

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## 🌏 Europe and Central Asia   

🇬🇧 UK transnational education enrolments [rose](https://monitor.icef.com/2025/10/uk-transnational-education-enrolments-poised-to-surpass-onshore-students-this-decade/?ref=newsletters.qs.com) 7.8% to 653,570 in 2023/24 and are set to surpass onshore international students this decade

🇬🇧 Netherlands could [lose](https://thepienews.com/netherlands-faces-e5bn-loss-over-international-student-limits/?ref=newsletters.qs.com) up to €5B annually if it caps international student intake, with 82% of the loss concentrated in the Randstad region

## 🌎 North America  

🇺🇸 Over 90% of US study-abroad alumni [say](https://thepienews.com/us-alumni-credit-study-abroad-with-career-success/?ref=newsletters.qs.com) the experience helped build their careers, and more than half say it aided their first job prospects

🇺🇸 Over half of prospective students now [use](https://monitor.icef.com/2025/10/growing-use-of-ai-for-study-abroad-decisions-highlights-importance-of-multi-channel-marketing-strategies/?ref=newsletters.qs.com) AI tools like ChatGPT for study decisions, highlighting the need for multi-channel marketing

## 🌏 East Asia and Pacific  

🇻🇳 Vietnam may [allow](https://thepienews.com/vietnam-floats-plan-to-give-international-students-part-time-work-rights/?ref=newsletters.qs.com) international students to work part-time (up to 20 hrs/week) under a new draft policy to boost appeal and support student finances

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