UK top destination for study

英国成首选留学目的地

For the first time, the UK has overtaken the US asthe preferred overseas study destination forChinese students, a report released Sunday showed.

6月28日发布的一份报告显示，英国首次超越美国成为中国留学人群的首选目的国。

In the survey for the annual Report on ChineseStudents' Overseas Study, the UK was preferred by42% of respondents, up by 1 percentage point fromlast year.

在这份关于中国留学生海外学习的年度报告中，42%的受访者更青睐英国，占比较去年上升1个百分点；

Study in the US was preferred by 37% of respondents, down by 6 percentage points.

37%的受访者更青睐赴美国留学，占比下降了6个百分点。



Australia and Canada, both at 16%, tied as the third most popular destinations for overseasstudy, followed by Japan, Germany and Singapore.

澳大利亚、加拿大在最受青睐的海外留学目的地排行中并列第三，16%的受访人群选择了这两个国家。

The report attributed the shift in students' preferences from the US to the UK to tense Sino-USrelations in the past two years and the UK's advantages, such as the reopening of the PostStudy Work Visa and quicker graduation requirements.

日本、德国和新加坡紧随其后。报告认为，留学首选目的地从美国变为英国，原因在于过去两年里紧张的中美关系，以及英国再度放开毕业生工作签证、更快的毕业要求等优势。