Appendix table 2. Population with a tertiary degree in 2000 and 2009

		2000		2009
Tertiary degree	Fields of science	Total	of which women	Total	of which women
Tertiary degrees total	Fields of science total	959 363	527 502	1 166 432	663 741
Doctorate	Fields of science total	14 111	4 375	24 371	9 879
	Natural sciences	3 226	874	5 386	1 913
	Engineering and technology	1 813	205	3 717	714
	Medical and health sciences	4 564	1 741	6 900	3 443
	Agricultural sciences	619	237	911	392
	Social sciences	2 390	785	4 878	2 218
	Humanities	1 499	533	2 579	1 199
Licentiate	Fields of science total	8 466	2 951	9 083	3 737
	Natural sciences	1 801	596	1 793	684
	Engineering and technology	2 203	337	2 394	450
	Medical and health sciences	226	175	249	194
	Agricultural sciences	202	86	160	65
	Social sciences	2 619	1 073	3 053	1 562
	Humanities	1 415	684	1 434	782
Higher-level tertiary degree	Fields of science total	223 751	111 838	319 713	173 853
	Natural sciences	23 628	11 194	34 213	16 676
	Engineering and technology	38 267	6 043	55 274	11 163
	Medical and health sciences	25 133	15 784	32 408	21 835
	Agricultural sciences	9 009	4 036	9 135	4 478
	Social sciences	89 321	47 120	133 611	78 713
	Humanities	38 393	27 661	55 072	40 988
Other tertiary degrees	Field of science undefined	713 035	408 338	813 265	476 272

Source: Human resources of science and technology 2010. Statistics Finland

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Director in charge: Leena Storgårds

Updated 22.03.2012

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Human resources of science and technology [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-3244. 2010, Appendix table 2. Population with a tertiary degree in 2000 and 2009 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.11.2024].
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