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Appendix table 1. Tertiary degrees by the field of science in 1992, 2000 and 2012

		Year (completion of degree)
Tertiary degree	Fields of science	1992	2000	2012
Tertiary degrees total	Fields of science total	40,675	37,225	53,302
Doctorate	Fields of science total	546	1,142	1,655
	Natural sciences	118	245	326
	Engineering and technology	88	152	307
	Medical and health sciences	178	330	366
	Agricultural sciences	24	43	48
	Social sciences	85	234	404
	Humanities	53	138	204
Licentiate	Fields of science total	680	746	179
	Natural sciences	153	177	27
	Engineering and technology	166	145	44
	Medical and health sciences	17	27	1
	Agricultural sciences	24	9	1
	Social sciences	205	269	84
	Humanities	115	119	22
Higher level tertiary degree	Fields of science total	10,285	12,404	16,093
	Natural sciences	915	1,377	1,582
	Engineering and technology	1,572	2,009	2,584
	Medical and health sciences	1,581	1,661	2,414
	Agricultural sciences	232	219	354
	Social sciences	4,371	4,980	6,552
	Humanities	1,614	2,158	2,607
Other tertiary degrees	Fields of science total	29,164	22,933	35,375

Source: Human resources of science and technology 2012. Statistics Finland

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Updated 20.3.2014