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Scottish Office

Answer

Mr. Sarwar: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people graduated from universities in Scotland in (a) arts and humanities, (b) science and technology, (c) medicine and (d) law in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. [20749] Mr. Wilson: The available information on graduates from Scottish Higher Education Institutions is given in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1986 1996 Subject {1}Universities {1}Universities All Higher Education Institutions Arts and Humanities 1,568 4,623 8,057 Social Sciences{2} 1,704 5,624 10,920 Science and Technology 3,342 7,946 14,701 Medicine and Dentistry 806 947 947 Multi-disciplinary 770 4,109 4,993 Unknown 1,389 0 0 Total 9,579 23,249 39,618 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Available figures are for the following Universities: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Aberdeen, Heriot-Watt, Dundee, St. Andrews, and Stirling. {2} Social Science includes law. Since 1994-95 data on Higher Education Institutions has been collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Prior to this date, the data came from the University Statistical Record and returns made to SOED by Further Education Colleges and Colleges of Education. Information for 1985-86 is only available for the Universities covered by the University Statistical Record. There is no available data for 1976.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

303 c451-2W; 20749

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Curriculum Arts Graduates Law Higher education Medicine Universities Scotland Technology Science Social science

Contains statistics

Yes