Representation of Ethnic Groups in Chemistry and Physics

Appendices
Appendix 7: Undergraduate subject groups ranked by ethnic group participation
Percentage ethnic group composition of student body by subject group
Subject group white rank black rank black rank Indian rank
Caribbean
African
medicine and dentistry 62.00 18 0.3 17 1.8 9 14.4 1
subjects allied to medicine 75.50 15 1.4 7 3.6 3 5.8 6
biological sciences 84.20 8 1.1 10 1.3 12 3.2 10
veterinary science 95.00 1 0.1 19 0.1 19 0.4 19
agriculture and related subjects 93.10 2 0.2 18 0.4 17 0.8 18
physical sciences 87.60 5 0.4 14 0.8 15 2.5 13
mathematical sciences 79.40 11 0.3 16 1.0 13 7.6 4
computer science 57.50 19 1.5 6 4.5 1 13.1 2
engineering and technology 75.90 14 0.9 12 3.1 4 5.0 7
architecture, building and planning 80.40 10 1.4 8 2.3 6 2.7 12
social, economic and political studies 79.20 12 1.7 4 2.1 8 4.3 8
law 69.10 17 2.1 2 4.1 2 7.0 5
business and administrative studies 73.60 16 1.5 5 3.1 5 7.6 3
librarianship and information science 81.50 9 2.3 1 2.2 7 3.1 11
languages 89.20 4 0.6 13 0.5 16 1.3 16
humanities 90.30 3 0.4 14 0.4 17 1.0 17
creative arts and design 86.30 6 1.2 9 0.9 14 1.9 14
education 84.50 7 1.9 3 1.5 10 1.5 15
combined 79.20 13 1.0 11 1.5 10 4.2 9
Note: The percentages relate to England- and Wales-domiciled students in the first year of study for a first or enhanced first degree.
Source: HESA first-definition data set 2002/2003
Appendix 8: Proportion of students awarded first or upper-second degrees, by ethnicity and subject group
Percentage ethnic group receiving a first- or upper-second-class degree
Subject area medicine subjects biological agriculture physical mathematical computer engineering
and allied to sciences and related sciences sciences sciences and
dentistry medicine subjects technology
white 18.4 58.7 60.0 49.4 52.4 55.4 50.7 51.9
black Caribbean 16.1 32.5 37.3 26.3 33.9 30.3 30.9 29.7
black African 16.7 32.0 31.3 10.3 27.1 26.8 24.8 25.7
Indian 17.0 54.4 46.4 35.3 39.6 47.4 39.6 39.6
Pakistani 10.7 48.1 40.1 38.1 35.0 41.0 33.2 31.1
Bangladeshi 18.5 47.2 40.2 33.3 37.9 39.5 34.3 33.7
Chinese 24.2 59.6 49.7 50.0 42.3 51.2 38.5 42.1
other/mixed 17.4 52.6 51.3 38.5 48.4 47.5 39.6 38.2
Ranked by medicine subjects biological agriculture physical mathematical computer engineering
ethnicity and allied to sciences and related sciences sciences sciences and
dentistry medicine subjects technology
white 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1
black Caribbean 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
black African 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Indian 5 3 4 5 4 4 3 3
Pakistani 8 5 6 4 6 5 6 6
Bangladeshi 2 6 5 6 5 6 5 5
Chinese 1 1 3 1 3 2 4 2
other/mixed 4 4 2 3 2 3 2 4
*Percentages are calculated including unclassified degrees. The percentages of each ethnic group receiving a first- or upper-second-class degree in medicine and dentistry appear low because
of the large percentage of unclassified degrees awarded in these subjects.
Note: The percentages relate to England- and Wales-domiciled students in the first year of study for a first or enhanced first degree.
Source: HESA first-definition data sets 1996/1997–2001/2002
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