2. Population with a tertiary degree in 2001 and 2006

Tertiary degree	Field of science	Year
		2001		2006
		Total	of which women	Total	of which women
Tertiary degrees total	Fields of science total	979020	540369	1092092	613819
Doctorate	Fields of science total	15119	4862	20589	7664
	Natural sciences	3424	949	4577	1484
	Engineering and technology	1975	238	2940	455
	Medical and health sciences	4846	1932	6079	2801
	Agricultural sciences	654	258	880	377
	Social sciences	2585	883	3935	1616
	Humanities	1635	602	2178	931
Licentiate	Fields of science total	8630	3078	9227	3668
	Natural sciences	1818	611	1803	667
	Engineering and technology	2237	348	2407	424
	Medical and health sciences	244	192	266	206
	Agricultural sciences	190	74	190	80
	Social sciences	2708	1144	3039	1476
	Humanities	1433	709	1522	815
Higher degree level	Fields of science total	232540	117378	283809	150439
	Natural sciences	24645	11717	30315	14717
	Engineering and technology	39704	6371	48165	8639
	Medical and health sciences	25572	16173	29184	19119
	Agricultural sciences	9192	4205	10002	4961
	Social sciences	93385	49953	117055	66899
	Humanities	40042	28959	49088	36104
Other tertiary degrees	Undefined field of science	722731	415051	778467	452048

Source: Human resources of science and technology 2007. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Markku Virtaharju (09) 1734 3290

Director in charge: Leena Storgårds

Updated 11.12.2008

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Human resources of science and technology [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-3244. 2007, 2. Population with a tertiary degree in 2001 and 2006 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 26.11.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/tthv/2007/tthv_2007_2008-12-11_tau_002_en.html