"Figure 9: Non-EU student immigration has risen in the last year after remaining broadly stable from 2013 to 2017","" "Non-EU long-term student immigration trends by data source, UK, year ending June 2009 to year ending March 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Confidence intervals for the IPS-based estimates are not shown in the chart, but they are available in the accompanying dataset. 2. Visa data are Home Office Sponsored Study (Tier 4) visas granted for 12 months or more for main applicants only. 3. Student enrolment data are for 12 months or more and are ONS analysis of HESA first-year student records. The data are for student enrolments for courses starting in the academic year from August to July, by length of study and domicile. HESA data are from higher education institutions in England and Wales only. We present these data compared with the equivalent year ending September. 4. HESA data are annual point estimates, and the line illustrates the trend between those points. 5. YE equals year ending." "Unit","Thousands" "","" "Year","Non-EU IPS inflow for study^1^","Study visas^2^","HESA^3,4^" "YE Jun 09","126","154",":" "YE Sep 09",":","184","134" "YE Dec 09","155","214",":" "YE Mar 10","179","224",":" "YE Jun 10","178","227",":" "YE Sep 10","190","216","146" "YE Dec 10","181","196",":" "YE Mar 11","175","204",":" "YE Jun 11","183","210",":" "YE Sep 11","196","199","144" "YE Dec 11","180","184",":" "YE Mar 12","163","158",":" "YE Jun 12","148","147",":" "YE Sep 12","143","144","144" "YE Dec 12","139","142",":" "YE Mar 13","132","139",":" "YE Jun 13","132","134",":" "YE Sep 13","123","141","153" "YE Dec 13","122","141",":" "YE Mar 14","123","140",":" "YE Jun 14","120","141",":" "YE Sep 14","132","145","150" "YE Dec 14","134","143",":" "YE Mar 15","134","140",":" "YE Jun 15","131","140",":" "YE Sep 15","118","139","148" "YE Dec 15","112","137",":" "YE Mar 16","113","136",":" "YE Jun 16","113","137",":" "YE Sep 16","120","141","147" "YE Dec 16","125","141",":" "YE Mar 17","126","142",":" "YE Jun 17","126","144",":" "YE Sep 17","133","153","160" "YE Dec 17","131","153",":" "YE Mar 18p","130","153",":" "YE Jun 18p","135","154",":" "YE Sep 18p","162","168",":" "YE Dec 18p","156","169",":" "YE Mar 19p","159","170",":"