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The number of international students applying through UCAS has increased by 3% since last year, the application process operator has said.

The January deadline for applications made via UCAS in the UK has suggested that record numbers of undergraduates from two key international markets are expected to join courses in September 2022.

UCAS data has shown a 19% rise in non-EU international student numbers accepting places at universities in Wales in the 2021 admissions cycle.

Just over 13,000 new non-EU international students arrived in Sweden in the 2020 autumn semester, according to the Swedish Higher Education Authority.

UCAS reported a 56% decline in accepted applicants from EU countries this year, falling to 9,820, but non-EU applications saw a 9% rise to 37,310.

UK-based ABC Cambridge has announced an initiative aiming to simplify non-EEA students joining school groups from the European Union to study in Cambridge.

The number of fee-paying students attending HEIs across Sweden increased by 24% in 2017/18, according to the Swedish Higher Education Authority. Fees for non-EU students were introduced in Sweden in 2011.