International students – the largest share of which comes from China, says the Harvard – They are more than a quarter of the university’s total student body.

When Trump suddenly recalled the university’s ability to enroll foreign studentsa move that has been temporarily ruled out since then, the Chinese government was one of the first to respond.

“China-US cooperation in education benefits both sides,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning at a press conference on Friday.

“China has always been opposed to the politicization of cooperation in the field of education,” he said. “US actions will only harm their image and international credibility.”

During the academic year 2023-2024, Chinese students were a quarter of all 1.1 million foreign students in the United States. There were also more than 5,600 students from Hong Kong that same year.

Friday, as Harvard filed a lawsuit against Trump’s decision on foreign students, a university in Hong Kong He announced that he will welcome Harvard International undergraduates and postgraduates, in addition to students with confirmed bids, either for transfer or to enroll in his curricula. “We are ready to welcome Harvard students to our community, offering them the resources and the living environment they need to thrive in their fields,” said Guo Yike, a professor at the University of Science and Technology at Hong Kong.

Federal judge in Massachusetts issued a provisional decree on Friday that prevents the prohibition. But the future of international records in Harvard remains uncertain.

A student who had taken early decision from a US University decided to contact British universities she had previously rejected to ask them to restore her conditional offer and allow her to pay a down payment amid uncertainty.

Her decision Trump government For Harvard was the last in a series of developments that affect US higher education and international students. On Thursday, a federal judge in California blocked a decision to revoke the visa of thousands of foreign students and academics, amid administration’s efforts to tackle what it describes as anti -Semitism in campus, due to demonstrations in favor of the Palestinians.

As Harvard’s international students await the outcome of the Trump school’s education, other overseas students are re -examining their plans to study in the US in the near future.

“I really want to study in the US,” said Arthur Lee, a postgraduate student from China, who is studying risk, disaster and resistance management at University College London, adding that he is particularly interested in doctoral studies there because of her academic academic studies. “But under the current circumstances, the only thing I can do is wait for another four years,” he said.