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UCAS International
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UCAS International
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Building a world-class international experience.
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Each year, UCAS supports over 100,000 undergraduate applicants from across 200 different countries and territories. UK higher education operates in an increasingly competitive global environment and we are the single largest gateway to UK higher education.
We recognise international is much more than undergraduate, with nearly half of all postgraduate students coming from outside the UK. With the aspiration to provide the same support to international postgraduate applicants, we launched Myriad by UCAS, to create a new gateway to UK higher education.
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UCAS; the largest gateway to UK higher education
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We know from our international research:
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88% of students continue to find the UK an appealing place to study,
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Motivation differs by nation, with Nigerian students most interested in gaining skills to support them in their career (chosen by 80% of Nigerian respondents), while for Indian students, the most important factor is that HE options are of ‘better quality’ than at home (75% of respondents from India).
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Prospects after graduation are more important for those wanting to study in the US (57%), Singapore (54%), and the UK (54%); whereas experiencing life in that country is more important to those considering Italy (75%) and the Netherlands (72%).
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UCAS International in numbers
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What we've done
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Through Where Next? What influences the choices international students make? and Where next? The experience of international students connecting to UK higher education. We found that students from across the globe still hold the UK’s universities and colleges in the highest regard, with a renewed interest in living and learning here, as the world emerges from the pandemic.
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We’ve produced new insight for the sector
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This provides a seamless research, support, and application experience for international applicants. It was launched in February 2022. Since then:
- Myriad has been downloaded by more than 55,000 people, from 197 markets in 2022.-
- More than 20,000 referrals have been made to postgraduate providers since launch.
- Almost 3,000 grants and scholarships have been published, alongside an integration with CV library – a huge part-time jobs database.
- 94% of all postgraduate providers and courses are now live on Myriad.
- Over 300k student individual rooms promoted through our accommodation search, for applicants to discover and apply for.
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Myriad by UCAS is a new service
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In collaboration with Pearson, we’re giving applicants the tools to assess and improve their language skills, as well as booking the required English Language test – all within the Myriad app.
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Myriad English is the latest addition to the app
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What we're doing next
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We will continue to develop UCAS and Myriad by UCAS to enhance the UK’s competitiveness by providing a single postgraduate gateway, giving students and agents unrivalled support throughout their application journey.
The Myriad app is already changing the way the world sees and engages with UK postgraduate higher education. In 2023, we will add new features and services to increase the quality and diversity of applicants, providing easier filtering and enabling quicker sorting of higher quality candidates.
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We’re testing features of our existing undergraduate application process, like antiplagiarism tools, to embed them into Myriad and offer the same level of protection and trust.
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Bringing existing UCAS services over to Myriad
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We’re working with counsellors and agents, to equip them with the information they need to help students make informed decisions on the diverse choices available in the UK. We will launch a new agent portal in 2023 to help agents improve the quality of their applications and stand out among an increasing number of international applications.
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A new counsellor and agent portal
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Download the full annual report for an in-depth look at our impact
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