Study links Bangladeshi qualifications to fake claims in UK postgraduate admissions

Only Nigeria and Ghana rank ahead of Bangladesh in the number of purported qualifications found to be falsified

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Nearly 5% of UK postgraduate offers in 2024-25 were falsified qualifications from Bangladesh and Nigeria, created using AI tools. Organizations hiring internationally must strengthen credential verification to mitigate fraud risk and visa compliance exposure.

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June 28, 2026

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Academic qualifications purportedly from Bangladesh are among the five most frequently falsified in postgraduate applications to UK universities last year, with nearly 5 percent of international offers involving false claims, the Financial Times reported.

Certification company Qualification Check's analysis of about 55,000 offers made by 45 UK higher education institutions during the 2024-25 admissions cycle found that many applicants did not hold the grades or degrees they had declared.