List of world’s top universities and colleges eligible for UK visas for world’s top graduates

Graduates from the world’s top universities presently have another route in the United Kingdom. Graduates from the world’s top colleges, who are still right off the bat in their careers, can now apply for a short-term visa to remain and work in the U.K.

From Monday, the U.K. government has said individuals who have graduated, over the most recent five years, from one of the eligible leading universities listed on its website, will be able to apply for the U.K.’s “high potential individual” visa.

The High Potential Individual (HPI) visa is pointed toward drawing in high-skilled foreign university graduates- who will be permitted to work and remain in the U.K. for two or three years, depending on their degree level.

Applicants won’t need job employment or sponsorship and holders of this visa will be free to come to the UK to work, set up as self-employed, and volunteer.

Successful applicants will be conceded a two-year visa, while those with a Ph.D. will be offered a three-year visa. Graduates granted an HPI visa will also be able to switch to other long-term employment visas if they meet the eligibility requirements.

Graduates’ partners and kids can likewise apply to join, or remain with them, in the U.K.

To apply, graduates will need a valid passport or another travel document that shows their identity and nationality. It will be available to those eligible regardless of their nationality or where they were born. Applicants will also have to prove they have at least a “B1” level of English, where they can communicate with native speakers without effort.

The application charge for the visa is £715 ($904), alongside £210 to confirm that their capability is legitimate, or £252 assuming they’re applying from the U.K.

Likewise, applicants should pay a medical care surcharge, with the goal that they can utilize the U.K. National Health Service, which is normally £624 for each year they’ll be in the U.K. Applicants will also have to prove that they can support themselves by showing they have at least £1,270 in their bank account, though this is subject to exemptions.

Applicants will usually find out whether they’ve been successful within 3 weeks if they’re applying from outside the U.K. and 8 weeks if they’re already in the U.K., and are switching from another visa.

In a joint declaration, Indian-beginning UK Cabinet ministers Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel said the new “exciting” class under the post-Brexit points-based system is pointed toward drawing in the “best and brightest” talent from around the world, regardless of nationality.

This visa must be allowed once and won’t be accessible to the individuals who have proactively had a Graduate visa.

HPI visa holders can then switch to other long-term employment visas assuming that they meet specific prerequisites.

In the meantime, international students, including Indians, who are concentrating in the UK at any of the top universities are now qualified to remain for as long as three years through the Graduate visa – prevalently alluded to as a post-study on a work visa – opened in July last year.

The UK government said these new visas form part of a series of changes to the country’s immigration system after leaving the European Union (EU) and grant visas “based on the skills they have to offer and the contribution they can make, not where they come from”.

Another Global Business Mobility route opened in April this year to simplify and improve various routes to enable businesses to expand. Later this year, the Scale-up visa route is aimed at supporting businesses in talent recruitment by enabling them to bring employees to the UK.

The list of qualified colleges depends on college rankings from around the world. Here is the 2021/22 rundown of qualified universities.

‘High potential individual’ visa 2021 college list

1. California Institute of Technology (Caltech) — U.S.
2. Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) — Hong Kong
3. Columbia University — U.S.
4. Cornell University — U.S.
5. Duke University — U.S.
6. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL Switzerland) — Switzerland
7. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) — Switzerland
8. Harvard University — U.S.
9. Johns Hopkins University — U.S.
10. Karolinska Institute — Sweden
11. Kyoto University — Japan
12. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) — U.S.
13. McGill University — Canada
14. Nanyang Technological University (NTU) — Singapore
15. National University of Singapore — Singapore
16. New York University (NYU) — U.S.
17. Northwestern University — USA
18. Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University — France
19. Peking University — China
20. Princeton University — U.S.
21. Stanford University — U.S.
22. Tsinghua University — China
23. University of British Columbia — Canada
24. University of California, Berkeley — U.S.
25. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) — U.S.
26. University of California, San Diego — U.S.
27. University of Chicago US — U.S.
28. University of Hong Kong — Hong Kong
29. University of Melbourne — Australia
30. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor — U.S.
31. University of Munich (LMU Munich) — Germany
32. University of Pennsylvania — U.S.
33. University of Texas at Austin — U.S.
34. University of Tokyo — Japan
35. University of Toronto — Canada
36. University of Washington — U.S.
37. Yale University — U.S.