32 Universities whose graduates qualify for the 2022 High Potential Individual (HPI) visa announced by the UK government have been released.
Effective May 30th, 2022 UK will begin to process the new High Potential Individual (HPI) visa for graduates globally. The United Kingdom has therefore revealed the universities that qualify for the High Potential Individual visa.
The Vis fee for the HPI Visa is £715 plus some tests like TB. What this means is that graduates from the following universities will have the chance to apply for the HPI visa, but they must receive their awarded degrees between 1 November 2021 and 31 October 2022.
Thus, earlier graduates would not qualify for the 2022 HPI Visa for universities, which takes effect at the end of May 2022.
READ: UK to issue new “High Potential Individual Visa” to Graduates
For the avoidance of doubt, the UK government has published the High Potential Individual visa: global universities list 2021 below to inform the global audience, universities, and students who would want to travel to the UK to study or work.
This list of universities relates to qualifications awarded the HPI visa between 1 November 2021 and 31 October 2022.
The 2022 HPI Visa Universities list is made up of 20 US universities, 2 from Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, and Singapore, 1 from Switzerland, Australia, Germany, and Sweden each, 2 from
| Alphabetical Rankings Lists 2021 (establishments from Top 50 rankings which appeared on 2 or more lists) | Country |
|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | USA |
| Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | Hong Kong |
| Columbia University | USA |
| Cornell University | USA |
| Duke University | USA |
| Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL Switzerland) | Switzerland |
| ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) | Switzerland |
| Harvard University | USA |
| Johns Hopkins University | USA |
| Karolinska Institute | Sweden |
| Kyoto University | Japan |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | USA |
| McGill University | Canada |
| Nanyang Technological University (NTU) | Singapore |
| National University of Singapore | Singapore |
| New York University (NYU) | USA |
| Northwestern University | USA |
| Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University | France |
| Peking University | China |
| Princeton University | USA |
| Stanford University | USA |
| Tsinghua University | China |
| University of British Columbia | Canada |
| University of California, Berkeley | USA |
| University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | USA |
| University of California, San Diego | USA |
| University of Chicago US | USA |
| University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| University of Melbourne | Australia |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | USA |
| University of Munich (LMU Munich) | Germany |
| University of Pennsylvania | USA |
| University of Texas at Austin | USA |
| University of Tokyo | Japan |
| University of Toronto | Canada |
| University of Washington | USA |
| Yale University | USA |
The 2022 HPI Visa Universities on the above list would have their graduates qualifying for the application to be granted the High Potential Individual visa.
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