174 Offers, 110 Universities, 14 Countries: the Class of 2026 Opens the Doors to the World

From Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London to Economics & Finance at the highly selective Stockholm School of Economics, through Mechanical Engineering at Hong Kong Polytechnic University or Hospitality Management at Glion Institute of Higher Education: these are just some of the university offers received by students at H-FARM International School

Venice, May 14, 2026

There is the student who opened their inbox one morning to find an offer from Imperial College London for Biomedical Engineering: the world’s third-ranked university according to QS and home to one of the most selective engineering departments in Europe. There is the student who received two separate offers from King’s College London, for two different programmes spanning Biomedicine and Neuroscience. There is the student accepted to the Stockholm School of Economics, the leading business school in Northern Europe.

And then there are the less predictable stories. There is the student who will study Mechanical Engineering at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ranked 62nd in the world, twelve time zones away from Venice. Another has chosen the University of Southampton Malaysia, a hybrid model that allows students to earn a British degree while living in Southeast Asia, while another will study Social Entrepreneurship at Bond University in Australia. And there is the student who will wake up each morning overlooking the Swiss Alps while attending Glion Institute of Higher Education, one of the world’s top three schools for hospitality management and a gateway to future leadership roles in the luxury hotel industry.

Six stories, six different routes, six passports preparing to be stamped across three continents. And these are only a few of the many stories that make up the first university admissions snapshot for the Class of 2026 at H-FARM International School.

“Behind every offer there is a highly qualified Guidance team working with each student with a curatorial level of care to refine their final university list,” explains Cristina Mocanu, Head of University and Careers Guidance. “Our role over these two years is to guide students through a journey that combines ambition, commitment, and self-awareness. The first indicator we measure ourselves against is how many students receive an offer from one of the universities that originally sat within their top range of choices.”

The numbers, updated as of April 15, 2026, and based on the 495 applications submitted by our 89 students, speak clearly: 174 offers already received, distributed across 110 universities in 14 countries and four continents. But perhaps the most meaningful figure is the one that puts people first: 64 of our 89 students already hold at least one offer, nearly 72% of the cohort.

Among applications that have already received a final decision, the success rate stands at 80.6%: four out of every five applications have turned into a “yes.” A result that reflects highly targeted applications, carefully built together with the academic counselling team throughout the two years of the Diploma Programme. Our students do not apply blindly, they choose carefully, and in return, they are carefully chosen.

A Borderless Map

The geography of admissions reflects the identity of a school where 60% of students come from international backgrounds. The United Kingdom remains the leading destination with 73 offers, achieving a 67% hit rate on decisions received so far. The United States follows with 34 offers, while the Netherlands currently stands at 26, a figure expected to rise significantly in the coming weeks as numerus fixus decisions arrive from Delft University of Technology, University of Amsterdam, Utrecht University, and University of Groningen.

The map is completed by Spain, France, Hong Kong, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, China, Sweden, Malaysia, Belgium, and Italy.

Among the universities welcoming our students are institutions that open doors anywhere in the world. Ten offers came from King’s College London, eight from the University of Edinburgh, and five each from the University of Groningen and the University of Leeds. Four offers arrived from the University of Warwick, four from IE University, internationally recognised for entrepreneurship, and four each from Leiden, Maastricht, and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

The QS World Top 100 is also represented by institutions such as McGill University, University of Manchester, New York University, University of Bristol, University of St Andrews, Durham University, Purdue University, University of Glasgow, University of Southampton, University of Nottingham, and Bocconi University.

These are joined by highly specialised institutions that may sit outside general rankings but are leaders in their respective fields: ESCP Business School and EDHEC Business School in France, University of the Arts London and University for the Creative Arts in the UK, Northeastern University in the United States, and Tilburg University in the Netherlands.

The Academic Core

Nearly 39% of all offers come from programmes in Business, Management, Economics, Finance, and Marketing, the backbone of this cohort and a reflection of H-FARM’s entrepreneurial DNA.

Close behind, 15.5% of offers are distributed across STEM fields, including Aerospace, Biomedical, Chemical, Mechanical, and Industrial Engineering, with admissions to Imperial, Bath, Bristol, Liverpool, TU Delft, TU Eindhoven, and Groningen.

Another 11.5% belongs to Life Sciences and Medicine, with offers from King’s, St Andrews, Queen Mary, Durham, and Bath.

The broader picture also includes Social and Political Sciences, Design and the Arts, with institutions such as Istituto Marangoni, Polimoda, and IED Istituto Europeo di Design, alongside Computer Science, Sports Sciences, and Hospitality.

When Dreams Become Plans

Behind every offer there is a choice, and behind every choice there is a story. Twenty of our students have already been accepted into the university they placed at the very top of their personal wishlist, their first-choice institution.

Twenty-one students have already formalised their final decision by accepting either their firm or insurance choice. Meanwhile, another 279 decisions are still on their way, and the overall number of offers is expected to comfortably exceed 200 by June, once Dutch numerus fixus decisions, rolling admissions from US universities, and Italian university admissions are fully completed over the summer.

The percentage of students holding at least one offer, currently standing at 71.9%, is expected to rise above 90% before the summer.

This is not simply a list of destinations. It is the map of a generation that, throughout its years across our campuses, has learned to think big without ever losing sight of itself. Whether it is a bioengineering laboratory in London, a management classroom in Stockholm, a university campus in Malaysia, or a luxury hotel in Switzerland, every envelope opened by our students these days represents a small door opening onto the world.