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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Adams and Rachel Hall

International students left in limbo by UCL after university exceeds visa allocations

Main building and quad of University College London on Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London: students are walking down path towards white stone building with grand frontage including a colonnade of pillars and a tall dome. There are trees in the foreground and the sky is blue.
UCL has blamed ‘an extraordinary surge in demand’ for the over-recruitment of international students. Photograph: Londonstills.com/Alamy

Hundreds of international students accepted on courses by University College London have been left in limbo and facing thousands of pounds in costs, after the university admitted it had run out of places just days before many were due to start.

About 200 students from China alone have been affected after UCL exceeded its visa allocations for the coming academic year, with the university initially telling the students that they would have to defer their studies until 2026.

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