High Potential Individual visa: global universities list
Find out if your university qualification means you're eligible for a High Potential Individual visa.
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ThisThe pageHigh listsPotential theIndividual eligible(HPI) internationalroute universitiesis a short-term work visa for individuals at an early career stage, who have shown they have the Highpotential Potentialto Individualbenefit (HPI)the visa.UK workforce.
You can apply for the HPI route if you have graduated from an eligible international university in the 5 years immediately before your application.
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1 November 2023 Added the global universities list 2023 and removed the lists for 2016 and 2017.
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1 November 2022 Added High Potential Individual visa: global universities list 2022.
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6 May 2022 First published.
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2025-11-04 09:00
Added the global university list for 2025. Updated global university lists for 2020 to 2024. 2019 global university list removed as it’s no longer in scope.
2024-11-01 09:00
Added the Global University List for 2024.
2023-11-01 08:45
Added the global universities list 2023 and removed the lists for 2016 and 2017.
2022-11-01 09:00
Added High Potential Individual visa: global universities list 2022.
2022-05-06 13:09
First published.