Canadian universities report jump in US applicants as Trump cuts funding

Wa Lone - Reuters - 15/04
More students living in the United States are applying to Canadian universities or expressing interest in studying north of the border as U.S. President Donald Trump cuts federal funding to universities and revokes foreign student visas.
  • UBC's Vancouver campus reports 27% increase in U.S. graduate applications
  • University of Toronto reports more US applications by January deadline
  • University of Waterloo reports rise in US visitors to campus
TORONTO/OTTAWA, April 15 (Reuters) - More students living in the United States are applying to Canadian universities or expressing interest in studying north of the border as U.S. President Donald Trump cuts federal funding to universities and revokes foreign student visas.
Officials at the University of British Columbia's Vancouver campus said the school reported a 27% jump in graduate applications as of March 1 from U.S. citizens for programs starting in the 2025 academic year, compared to all of 2024.

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In response to rising demand for graduate-level programs, UBC Vancouver briefly reopened admissions to U.S. citizens for several graduate programs this week with plans to fast-track applications from American students hoping to begin studies in September.
University of Toronto, Canada's largest university by number of students, also reported more U.S. applications by its January deadline for 2025 programs, while a University of Waterloo spokesperson reported an increase in U.S. visitors to campus and more web traffic originating from the United States since September.
The universities in Toronto and Waterloo did not cite the reasons for the increase in interest, while the UBC's Vancouver campus attributed the rise to the Trump administration's policies.
The administration has frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for numerous universities, pressing them to make po...
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