Some 85,538 international scholars went to study the US in 2021 according to Open Doors data, signalling a 30% fall and a dip below 100,000 for the first time since 2006.

Education organisations in the US are urging the government to develop a strategy to increase international enrolment and exchanges to pre-Covid levels.

The number of international students enrolled at US institutions has begun to rebound after a pandemic-related drop, data from a US snapshot survey has suggested, while the Open Doors 2021 has shown a decrease of 15% in international student numbers during 2020/21. 

IIE scholarships for students of the now-closed American University of Afghanistan have launched, and an all-female robotics team has arrived in Qatar.

The Institute of International Education in the US is looking to offer additional support for students from Afghanistan and Haiti.

The disruption of Covid-19 on the international education sector has been detailed in a new paper by the Institute of International Education and the IC3 Movement.

While students from China and India made up more than 50% of the international students in most leading host countries (including the US), these two countries made up only one-quarter of all international students in 2020

The vast majority of US universities (86%) who took part in a new snapshot survey from IIE are planning some type of in-person study in fall 2021.