International students ‘worth net £26bn a year to UK economy’

All parts of the country benefit economically from overseas students, analysis finds

The UK’s intake of international students was worth a net amount of around £26 billion to the UK economy in the year before the outbreak of the coronavirus, an analysis has shown.

According to work commissioned by the Higher Education Policy Institute and Universities UK International, the 2018-19 cohort of overseas students generated £28.8bn through fee income and other spending for the UK economy.