Applications to universities rise as students still find studying in the UK attractive – despite Brexit Applications to universities rose for the first time in three years. A total of 561,420 people applied to start a course in 2019, almost 2,500 more than at the same time last year. This was mainly fueled by the increase in applications from international students. According to UCAS figures released in February, a record number of international students have applied to study at university ...