1. Tertiary degrees by the field of science in 1991-2006

Tertiary level	Field of science	Year of completing the degree
		1995		2000		2006
		Total	of which women	Total	of which women	Total	of which women
Total of tertiary degrees		41 794	24 821	37 225	22 823	42 237	26 617
Doctorate	Total	786	288	1142	518	1 411	660
	Natural sciences	179	62	245	99	294	115
	Engineering and technology	114	13	152	29	286	57
	Medical and health sciences	221	114	330	201	316	201
	Agricultural sciences	22	8	43	17	58	29
	Social sciences	168	57	234	111	315	181
	Humanities	82	34	138	61	142	77
Licentiate	Total	809	339	746	352	489	233
	Natural sciences	153	65	177	71	117	46
	Engineering and technology	165	41	145	34	104	27
	Medical and health sciences	23	18	27	21	10	8
	Agricultural	19	10	9	4	6	3
	Social sciences	278	120	269	164	175	108
	Humanities	171	85	119	58	77	41
Higher-degree level	Total	11 270	6 149	12 404	7 148	14 135	8 479
	Natural sciences	1 071	516	1 377	700	1 520	737
	Engineering and technology	1 770	393	2 009	441	2 334	571
	Medical and health sciences	1 657	1 064	1 661	1 103	1 748	1 264
	Agricultural sciences	223	100	219	101	274	156
	Social sciences	4 728	2 739	4 980	3 192	5 879	3 981
	Humanities	1 821	1 337	2 158	1 611	2 380	1 770
Other tertiary degrees	Undefined field of science	28 929	18 045	22 933	14 805	26 202	17 245

Source: Human resources of science and technology 2006. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Markku Virtaharju (09) 1734 3290

Director in charge: Kaija Hovi

Updated 19.12.2007

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