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Donald Trump’s victory drives surge in US students seeking courses abroad

Election spurs research for colleges from the UK to Canada

Donald Trump’s election has sparked a surge in the number of US students exploring whether to pursue their university education abroad.

Studyportals, a leading provider of information on higher education, said the number of searches by US students for foreign bachelors’ and masters’ courses jumped more than fivefold after Tuesday’s election, from a daily average of about 2,000 to nearly 11,000 on Wednesday when Trump’s victory was confirmed.

The greatest interest was for courses in the UK, Canada, Germany and Ireland, offering fresh hopes to universities in those countries which have been seeking more foreign applicants, who typically pay higher fees, to offset rising budget pressures.

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