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Visas and immigration

CountryAuthorityLink
United KingdomUK Visas & Immigration (UKVI)https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration
United StatesU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)https://www.uscis.gov/
United StatesU.S. Department of State (visa appointments)https://travel.state.gov/
AustraliaDepartment of Home Affairshttps://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/
CanadaImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship.html
New ZealandImmigration New Zealandhttps://www.immigration.govt.nz/
IrelandImmigration Service Deliveryhttps://www.irishimmigration.ie/
GermanyFederal Foreign Office / Auswärtiges Amthttps://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/visa-service
FranceFrance-Visas (Ministry of the Interior)https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en/
NetherlandsImmigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)https://ind.nl/en
SwitzerlandState Secretariat for Migration (SEM)https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home.html
SingaporeImmigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA)https://www.ica.gov.sg/
Hong KongImmigration Departmenthttps://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/
JapanImmigration Services Agency (ISA)https://www.isa.go.jp/en/
South KoreaHi Korea (visa portal)https://www.hikorea.go.kr/

Admissions systems and consortia

SystemCoverageLink
UCASUK undergraduate centralised applicationshttps://www.ucas.com/
Common App1,000+ US undergraduate institutionshttps://www.commonapp.org/
Coalition on Scoir150+ US undergraduate institutionshttps://scoir.com/
ApplyTexasPublic Texas universitieshttps://www.applytexas.org/
UC ApplicationUniversity of Californiahttps://apply.universityofcalifornia.edu/
OUACOntario undergraduate applicationshttps://www.ouac.on.ca/
UACNSW / ACT undergraduate applications (Australia)https://www.uac.edu.au/
VTACVictoria undergraduate applications (Australia)https://www.vtac.edu.au/
QTACQueensland undergraduate applications (Australia)https://www.qtac.edu.au/
StudielinkDutch university applicationshttps://www.studielink.nl/
Uni-AssistInternational applications to German universitieshttps://www.uni-assist.de/
Campus FranceÉtudes en France portalhttps://www.campusfrance.org/en
JASSOJapan student support and scholarship databasehttps://www.jasso.go.jp/en/

English-language and standardised tests

ExamProviderLink
IELTSBritish Council / IDP / Cambridge Assessmenthttps://www.ielts.org/
TOEFL iBTETShttps://www.ets.org/toefl/
Duolingo English TestDuolingohttps://englishtest.duolingo.com/
PTE AcademicPearsonhttps://www.pearsonpte.com/
C1 Advanced / C2 ProficiencyCambridge Englishhttps://www.cambridgeenglish.org/
GREETShttps://www.ets.org/gre/
GMAT FocusGMAChttps://www.mba.com/exams/gmat-focus-edition
SATCollege Boardhttps://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat
ACTACT, Inc.https://www.act.org/
MCATAAMChttps://students-residents.aamc.org/mcat
LSATLaw School Admission Councilhttps://www.lsac.org/
UCATUCAT Consortiumhttps://www.ucat.ac.uk/
LNATLNAT Consortiumhttps://lnat.ac.uk/

University rankings

RankingPublisherLink
QS World University RankingsQuacquarelli Symondshttps://www.topuniversities.com/
QS Subject RankingsQShttps://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings
Times Higher Education World University RankingsTHEhttps://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings
ARWU (Shanghai Ranking)ShanghaiRanking Consultancyhttps://www.shanghairanking.com/
U.S. News Best CollegesU.S. News & World Reporthttps://www.usnews.com/best-colleges
U.S. News Best Global UniversitiesU.S. Newshttps://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities
CWURCenter for World University Rankingshttps://cwur.org/
Leiden RankingCWTShttps://www.leidenranking.com/

Higher-education statistics and policy

BodyDomainLink
HESAUK higher-education datahttps://www.hesa.ac.uk/
UKCISAInternational-student advice (UK)https://www.ukcisa.org.uk/
Universities UKUK vice-chancellors’ bodyhttps://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/
Institute of International Education (IIE)US international-student data (Open Doors)https://www.iie.org/
NAFSAUS international-education associationhttps://www.nafsa.org/
IPEDSUS federal university statisticshttps://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/
Department of Education (Australia)Australian study datahttps://www.education.gov.au/
Statistics Canada (PSIS)Canadian post-secondary enrolment datahttps://www.statcan.gc.ca/
Eurostat (Education)EU education indicatorshttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat
OECD Education at a GlanceCross-country higher-ed datahttps://www.oecd.org/education/education-at-a-glance/

Accreditation and qualification recognition

BodyRoleLink
ENIC-NARICEuropean centres for qualifications recognitionhttps://www.enic-naric.net/
UK ENICUK qualifications recognitionhttps://www.enic.org.uk/
WESCredential evaluation (US/Canada)https://www.wes.org/
NAFSA · EducationUSAAuthoritative US study guidancehttps://educationusa.state.gov/
AQFAustralian Qualifications Frameworkhttps://www.aqf.edu.au/
NZQANew Zealand Qualifications Authorityhttps://www.nzqa.govt.nz/

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