{"id":134905,"date":"2024-02-23T10:28:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/ontario-universities-want-more-than-a-third-of-international-students\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T10:39:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:39:28","slug":"ontario-demands-one-third-of-the-international-student-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/ontario-demands-one-third-of-the-international-student-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Demands One Third of The International Student Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ontario universities say they want at least 35 per cent of the international students allowed into the province in the wake of Immigration Minister Marc Miller\u2019s cap on study permit<\/span><\/a> applications, the Toronto Star<\/i> reports.<\/p>\n

The Council of Ontario Universities (COU) reportedly wants about 82,250 of 235,000 study permit applications accepted from international students to be given to those who plan to study at the undergraduate level in Ontario\u2019s 23 publicly-funded universities.<\/p>\n

The organization also wants those allocations to be made based on each university\u2019s share of the enrolment of these students.<\/p>\n

The COU is hoping that will mean the arrival of 28,000 international students into the province in the coming year and help keep the international undergraduate enrollment of international students at roughly 20 per cent of all students in those programs.<\/p>\n

Last month, the immigration minister limited\u00a0study permits<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to be handed out to\u00a0international\u00a0students<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in the coming year by the IRCC to only 606,250\u00a0study permit applications<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in 2024.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe intent of these Instructions is to ensure the number of study permit applications accepted into processing by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration … within the scope of the instructions does not exceed 606,250 study permit applications for one year beginning on the date of signature,\u201d the\u00a0Canada Gazette<\/i>\u00a0reported on Feb. 3.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0cap\u00a0on study permit applications is expected to reduce the number of study permits\u00a0by more than a third,\u00a0The Globe and Mail<\/i>\u00a0has reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe\u00a0cap\u00a0is expected to result in approximately 364,000 approved study permits, a decrease of 35 per cent from 2023,\u201d the immigration minister has reportedly said. \u201cIn the spirit of fairness, we are also allocating the\u00a0cap\u00a0space by province, based on population.\u201d<\/p>\n

COU president and CEO Steve Orsini has reportedly maintained that the province\u2019s universities are not to blame for the massive growth in international students in Ontario.<\/p>\n

\u201cUniversities have been very careful and responsible in taking on new students,\u00a0\u00bb he reportedly said.<\/p>\n

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