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Dept for Education and Employment

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Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many PhD students were in their first year of research and taught courses in UK universities in the latest year for which the information is available and in each of the previous 10 years, broken down by (i) subject and (ii) domicile. [88687] Mr. Mudie: The information available, covering the years 1994-95 to 1998-99, is shown in the following table. Information for previous years is not held centrally. First year students on doctorate degree courses in UK higher education institutions, by subject group and domicile {1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Mainly by research Not mainly by research Subject Home Overseas Total Home Overseas Total 1994-95 Medicine and Dentistry 824 146 970 0 0 0 Subjects allied to 527 111 638 5 0 5 medicine Biological Sciences 1,332 303 1,635 70 2 72 Veterinary Science 37 21 58 0 0 0 Agriculture and related 109 93 202 0 0 0 subjects Physical Sciences 1,524 338 1,862 16 15 31 Mathematical Sciences 269 109 378 0 3 3 Computer Science 315 186 501 0 0 0 Engineering and 1,234 661 1,895 3 0 3 Technology Architecture, Building 113 46 159 2 0 2 and Planning Social, economic and 783 423 1,206 4 7 11 political studies Law 100 59 159 0 0 0 Business and 393 233 626 0 2 2 Administrative studies Librarianship and 44 24 68 0 0 0 Information Science Languages 488 264 752 0 9 9 Humanities 487 202 689 0 0 0 Creative Arts and 197 59 256 0 0 0 Designs Education 384 149 533 0 0 0 Combined 195 30 225 0 0 0 Total 9,335 3,457 12,812 100 38 138 1995-96 Medicine and Dentistry 721 142 863 9 0 9 Subjects allied to 456 157 613 14 0 14 medicine Biological Sciences 1,243 382 1,625 132 13 145 Veterinary Science 47 13 60 0 0 0 Agriculture and related 91 79 170 0 0 0 subjects Physical Sciences 1,595 422 2,017 11 8 19 Mathematical Sciences 266 160 426 0 3 3 Computer Science 270 169 439 0 2 2 Engineering and 1,187 817 2,004 2 0 2 Technology Architecture, Building 115 67 182 0 0 0 and Planning Social, economic and 801 468 1,269 6 4 10 political studies Law 103 90 193 6 0 6 Business and 361 272 633 5 6 11 Administrative Studies Librarianship and 56 28 84 0 0 0 Information Science Languages 505 344 849 2 9 11 Humanities 560 263 823 0 0 0 Creative Arts and Design 167 50 217 4 1 5 Education 388 140 528 14 0 14 Combined 181 47 228 0 2 2 Total 9,113 4,110 13,223 205 48 253 1996-97 Medicine and Dentistry 666 135 801 33 0 33 Subjects allied to 387 137 524 3 2 5 medicine Biological Sciences 1,409 402 1,811 98 3 101 Veterinary Science 32 15 47 0 0 0 Agriculture and related 108 111 219 0 0 0 subjects Physical Sciences 1,418 430 1,848 0 0 0 Mathematical Sciences 247 123 370 0 0 0 Computer Science 240 143 383 1 0 1 Engineering and 1,085 803 1,888 4 1 5 Technology Architecture, Building 84 68 152 2 0 2 and Planning Social, economic and 710 507 1,217 2 2 4 political studies Law 110 117 227 26 1 27 Business and 328 241 569 1 0 1 Administrative Studies Librarianship and 41 22 63 0 0 0 Information Science Languages 495 372 867 0 0 0 Humanities 549 245 794 8 2 10 Creative Arts and Design 155 55 210 5 0 5 Education 332 229 561 144 3 147 Combined 182 44 226 0 0 0 Total 8,578 4,199 12,777 327 14 341 1997-98 Medicine and Dentistry 646 151 797 27 0 27 Subjects allied to 411 146 557 7 0 7 medicine Biological Sciences 1.368 439 1,807 98 5 103 Veterinary Science 29 12 41 0 0 0 Agriculture and related 110 96 206 0 0 0 subjects Physical Sciences 1,368 454 1,822 0 0 0 Mathematical Sciences 245 148 393 0 0 0 Computer Science 202 175 377 0 0 0 Engineering and 909 780 1,689 0 0 0 Technology Architecture, Building 92 63 155 0 0 0 and Planning Social, economic and 652 434 1,086 10 1 11 political studies Law 83 84 167 0 0 0 Business and 336 287 623 2 2 4 Administrative Studies Librarianship and 44 30 74 0 0 0 Information Science Languages 490 330 820 0 0 0 Humanities 525 276 801 3 2 5 Creative Arts and Design 155 50 205 5 0 5 Education 424 204 628 64 8 72 Combined 331 128 459 0 0 0 Total 8,420 4,287 12,707 216 18 234 1998-99 Medicine and Dentistry 753 197 950 31 0 31 Subjects allied to 432 147 579 9 0 9 medicine Biological Sciences 1,422 413 1,835 102 0 102 Veterinary Science 29 15 44 0 0 0 Agriculture and related 115 98 213 0 0 0 subjects Physical Sciences 1,240 492 1,732 0 0 0 Mathematical Sciences 196 147 343 0 0 0 Computer Science 178 81 259 0 0 0 Engineering and 469 285 754 3 2 5 Technology Architecture, Building 91 63 154 0 0 0 and Planning Social, economic and 614 569 1,183 14 1 15 political studies Law 76 108 184 0 0 0 Business and 349 316 665 10 6 16 Administrative Studies Librarianship and 51 31 82 0 0 0 Information Science Languages 436 339 775 0 0 0 Humanities 190 179 369 0 0 0 Creative Arts and Design 441 267 708 44 11 55 Education 871 828 1,699 12 1 13 Combined 165 76 241 1 0 1 Total 8,118 4,651 12,769 226 21 247 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} `Home' students are UK domiciled; `overseas' students are domiciled in other EU and other overseas countries.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

88687; 334 c514-8W;334 c514-7W

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Universities Research Take-up Students Postgraduate education

Contains statistics

Yes