The International Student Blog

The UK, like the USA, is starting to tighten up their immigration and visa policies for those entering the UK. For most students who want to study in the UK this will mean a few things: 1 – By April 2008, all students will need to submit biometric data with their application when they apply […]

The 2007 InternationalStudent.com Travel Video contest winner has been announced! What do you think? Get Flash to see this player.

As we approach one of the major US holidays, some would say a holiday that is bigger than Christmas for many Americans, I thought a posting explaining Thanksgiving and what its all about would help many international students understand the tradition and why it is celebrated. Typically thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in […]

Some great news that has just been released from the Annual Open Doors report is that International Student enrollments saw a 3% increase this past year to a new total of 582,984. This increase is the first significant increase in the number of international students since the 2001/ 2002 year – and shows that the […]

Well, the 2007 Annual Travel Video Contest has now come to an end and all the entries have been submitted – and there are too many to choose from! We have whittled the finalists down to a last few – but we need some help! Who do you think should win? http://www.internationalstudent.com/contest/ Check out the […]

The latest issue of the InternationalStudent.com newsletter has just been released and should be in your inbox right now. This month we have some great information about financial aid for the UK, plus International Student Loans – plus all the regular mailbag review, fun site of the month and more… – Travel Contest – Closed […]