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Students will face unprecedented competition to get a place at university over the next four years as a surge in applicants from China will drive a 40 per cent rise in demand.
UCAS Chief Executive Clare Marchant spoke during a seminar hosted by the Higher Education Policy Institute ahead of A-level results being published on August 10.
She argued that internationally there is a 'real appetite for UK Higher Education' including from China, India, Nigeria and Ghana.
The surge in the number of students from China is expected to far outstrip those from the whole of the EU by 2025, according to The Times.
There were 28,490 young people from China applying to UK universities this year alone, the publication said.
Ms Merchant, attending the webinar on July 30, said: 'Internationally we are
