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Appendix table 2. Foreign students in universities and completed university degrees by level of education, fields of education (National classification of education 2016) and gender in 2019
Level of education | Fields of education | New students | Students | Completed degrees | ||||||
Total | Of whom women | % | Total | Of whom women | % | Total | Of whom women | % | ||
Level of education, total | Fields of education, total | 2 604 | 1 224 | 47,0 | 10 544 | 4 655 | 44,1 | 2 626 | 1 160 | 44,2 |
Education | 140 | 104 | 74,3 | 518 | 364 | 70,3 | 164 | 111 | 67,7 | |
Arts and humanities | 363 | 255 | 70,2 | 1 622 | 1 029 | 63,4 | 389 | 243 | 62,5 | |
Social sciences, journalism and information | 197 | 114 | 57,9 | 748 | 423 | 56,6 | 165 | 104 | 63,0 | |
Business, administration and law | 292 | 145 | 49,7 | 1 147 | 598 | 52,1 | 327 | 161 | 49,2 | |
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics | 349 | 181 | 51,9 | 1 253 | 567 | 45,3 | 307 | 139 | 45,3 | |
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) | 481 | 131 | 27,2 | 2 115 | 552 | 26,1 | 498 | 156 | 31,3 | |
Engineering, manufacturing and construction | 591 | 192 | 32,5 | 2 193 | 624 | 28,5 | 595 | 160 | 26,9 | |
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary | 66 | 33 | 50,0 | 276 | 129 | 46,7 | 53 | 23 | 43,4 | |
Health and welfare | 110 | 59 | 53,6 | 610 | 334 | 54,8 | 97 | 45 | 46,4 | |
Services | 15 | 10 | 66,7 | 62 | 35 | 56,5 | 31 | 18 | 58,1 | |
University bachelor degree | Fields of education, total | 230 | 99 | 43,0 | 857 | 378 | 44,1 | 137 | 70 | 51,1 |
Education | 24 | 17 | 70,8 | 72 | 49 | 68,1 | 25 | 15 | 60,0 | |
Arts and humanities | 53 | 41 | 77,4 | 246 | 156 | 63,4 | 51 | 32 | 62,7 | |
Social sciences, journalism and information | 3 | 0 | 0,0 | 31 | 16 | 51,6 | 2 | 1 | 50,0 | |
Business, administration and law | 26 | 8 | 30,8 | 93 | 41 | 44,1 | 29 | 12 | 41,4 | |
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics | 18 | 5 | 27,8 | 61 | 21 | 34,4 | 7 | 2 | 28,6 | |
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) | 35 | 13 | 37,1 | 182 | 50 | 27,5 | 6 | 2 | 33,3 | |
Engineering, manufacturing and construction | 66 | 13 | 19,7 | 158 | 37 | 23,4 | 14 | 4 | 28,6 | |
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary | 1 | 1 | 100,0 | 3 | 2 | 66,7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Health and welfare | 4 | 1 | 25,0 | 11 | 6 | 54,5 | 3 | 2 | 66,7 | |
Higher university degree (Master) | Fields of education, total | 1 695 | 812 | 47,9 | 5 662 | 2 555 | 45,1 | 2 042 | 908 | 44,5 |
Education | 89 | 66 | 74,2 | 282 | 208 | 73,8 | 118 | 81 | 68,6 | |
Arts and humanities | 226 | 163 | 72,1 | 920 | 616 | 67,0 | 308 | 193 | 62,7 | |
Social sciences, journalism and information | 145 | 87 | 60,0 | 400 | 248 | 62,0 | 141 | 95 | 67,4 | |
Business, administration and law | 213 | 113 | 53,1 | 756 | 419 | 55,4 | 270 | 140 | 51,9 | |
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics | 211 | 110 | 52,1 | 556 | 251 | 45,1 | 202 | 94 | 46,5 | |
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) | 360 | 101 | 28,1 | 1 361 | 360 | 26,5 | 445 | 142 | 31,9 | |
Engineering, manufacturing and construction | 368 | 130 | 35,3 | 1 133 | 326 | 28,8 | 465 | 120 | 25,8 | |
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary | 47 | 20 | 42,6 | 141 | 65 | 46,1 | 34 | 14 | 41,2 | |
Health and welfare | 25 | 14 | 56,0 | 78 | 41 | 52,6 | 32 | 14 | 43,8 | |
Services | 11 | 8 | 72,7 | 35 | 21 | 60,0 | 27 | 15 | 55,6 | |
Professional specialisation in medicine, veterinary and dentistry | Fields of education, total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Licentiate's degree | Fields of education, total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 38,5 | 4 | 1 | 25,0 |
Arts and humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33,3 | 2 | o | 0 | |
Social sciences, journalism and information | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100,0 | |
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Engineering, manufacturing and construction | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 37,5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Doctoral or equivalent level | Fields of education, total | 679 | 313 | 46,1 | 4 011 | 1 717 | 42,8 | 443 | 181 | 40,9 |
Education | 27 | 21 | 77,8 | 164 | 107 | 65,2 | 21 | 15 | 71,4 | |
Arts and humanities | 84 | 51 | 60,7 | 453 | 256 | 56,5 | 28 | 18 | 64,3 | |
Social sciences, journalism and information | 49 | 27 | 55,1 | 317 | 159 | 50,2 | 21 | 8 | 38,1 | |
Business, administration and law | 53 | 24 | 45,3 | 298 | 138 | 46,3 | 28 | 9 | 32,1 | |
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics | 120 | 66 | 55,0 | 636 | 295 | 46,4 | 97 | 42 | 43,3 | |
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) | 86 | 17 | 19,8 | 570 | 141 | 24,7 | 47 | 12 | 25,5 | |
Engineering, manufacturing and construction | 157 | 49 | 31,2 | 894 | 258 | 28,9 | 116 | 36 | 31,0 | |
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary | 18 | 12 | 66,7 | 131 | 62 | 47,3 | 19 | 9 | 47,4 | |
Health and welfare | 81 | 44 | 54,3 | 521 | 287 | 55,1 | 62 | 29 | 46,8 | |
Services | 4 | 2 | 50,0 | 27 | 14 | 51,9 | 4 | 3 | 75,0 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Timo Ruuskanen 029 551 3620, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 13.5.2020
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Appendix table 2. Foreign students in universities and completed university degrees by level of education, fields of education (National classification of education 2016) and gender in 2019
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