Home Office · nationality: Nigeria

Study visas granted: Nigeria

4 periods to 2026 Q2

33,082visas

Study visas granted for Nigeria totalled 33,082 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, up 11.3% (3,366) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Vis_D02
  3. Visa type group=Study, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=Nigeria
  4. column “Decisions
  5. sum of 3 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Study visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour020k40k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 1,404 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 983 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 3,823 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 1,432 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 1,334 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 910 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 4,041 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 1,631 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 1,762 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 1,072 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 4,794 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 2,508 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 2,202 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 1,660 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 7,413 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 2,944 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 2,099 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 1,062 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 8,316 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 2,748 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 2,321 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 1,603 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 7,657 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 3,518 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 3,050 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 1,645 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 7,011 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 2,907 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 2,770 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 1,541 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 6,276 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 3,012 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 2,621 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 1,348 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 7,518 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 2,964 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 2,074 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 1,149 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 7,005 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 2,004 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 2,327 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 873 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 5,571 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 1,921 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 1,448 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 665 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 3,770 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 1,484 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 1,332 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 561 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 3,728 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 1,236 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 1,324 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 659 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 4,389 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 1,362 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 1,569 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 713 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 5,092 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 1,886 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 2,626 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 1 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 4,034 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 6,571 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 6,823 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 2,972 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 20,286 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 12,897 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 22,460 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 10,119 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 56,261 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 30,077 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 26,952 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 12,840 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 41,491 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 14,217 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 6,261 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 3,268 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 11,492 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 6,150 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 6,772 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 5,302 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 18,502 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 6,346 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 4,891 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 3,343 visas · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

The number of entry clearance (out-of-country) visas issued on study routes in each quarter, counting main applicants and their dependants, split by nationality.

Applications made, refusals, people who actually arrived in the UK, or in-country extensions and switches.

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: entry clearance visa outcomes datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 5151f0bdce2f057a
All values
Study visas granted by nationality