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• #StudentAbroadSecondTier

  Second-Tier Destinations: Ireland, France & New Zealand — Indian-Student Cohort Decoded

  HEA Ireland, Campus France, and ENZ New Zealand three-way decomposition. Ireland approximately 9,200 Indians (20.6% of all international students, ranked No. 1 source), France 9,100 (+17% YoY), New Zealand approximately 12,000 (stable). All three growing concurrent with Tier-1 tightening. Measurement definitions differ across all three.

  ~30,300Indians across Ireland + France + NZ 2024/25
  2026-05-25·7 minRead the brief →
  FranceIrelandIndiaNew Zealand

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