Key Facts and Figures 0607 - Higher Education Authority

Table 4.1 Postgraduate Enrolments 06/07 by Gender and Level for Universities, Colleges of
Education, NCAD & RCSI
Full-time Postgraduate Male Female All All 2005/2006
PhD 2,409 2,130 4,539 4,151
Masters Degree 3,624 4,298 7,922 7,869
Postgrad Diploma and Cert 1,061 2,683 3,744 3,655
Occasional 8 11 19 13
Total Full-time 7,102 9,122 16,224 15,688
Part-time Postgraduate
PhD 295 322 617 632
Masters Degree 1,947 2,269 4,216 4,121
Postgrad Diploma and Cert 1,116 1,909 3,025 2,795
Occasional 16 76 92 25
Total Part-time 3,374 4,576 7,950 7,573
Overall Postgraduate Total 10,476 13,698 24,174 23,261
Red cells indicate a decline in enrolments from the previous year while green indicates an
increase.
Postgraduate enrolment overall increased by 8.3% from the previous year compared to
4% between 2004/2005 and 2005/2006
Full-time enrolment increased by 3.4% while part-time enrolment increased by 4.9%
The greatest increases oc curred at PhD level with a 9.3% increase in full-time
enrolments over the year
SECTION FOUR / POSTGRADUATE ENROLMMENT DATA
Figure 4.1 % Male/Female Postgraduate Enrolments 06/07 for Universities, Colleges of
Education, NCAD & RCSI
Male
43%
Female
57%
As with undergraduate enrolments females outnumber males
35