Key Facts and Figures 0607 - Higher Education Authority
Key Facts and Figures 0607 - Higher Education Authority
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Table 4.6 Postgraduate Enrolments 06/07 by Gender <strong>and</strong> Level for Institutes of Technology &<br />
Dublin Institute of Technology (IoTs)<br />
Full-time Postgraduate Male Female All All 2005/2006<br />
PhD 56 44 100 78<br />
Masters Degree 695 707 1,402 1,007<br />
Postgrad Diploma <strong>and</strong> Cert 34 29 63 240<br />
Total Full-time Postgraduate 785 780 1,565 1,325<br />
Red cells indicate a decline in enrolments from the previous year while green indicates an increase.<br />
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PhD <strong>and</strong> Masters Degree enrolments have increased by 28% <strong>and</strong> 39% respectively between<br />
2005/2006 <strong>and</strong> 2006/2007<br />
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Enrolments on Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma courses declined by over 70% in<br />
the same time frame. This is due to a decline in the number of courses offered with a<br />
preference being shown for Masters Degree courses<br />
The gender balance at postgraduate level is virtually 50:50<br />
Table 4.7 Full-Time Postgraduate Enrolments 06/07 by Level <strong>and</strong> Field of Study for Institutes of<br />
Technology & Dublin Institute of Technology (IoTs)<br />
Field of Study by Selected ISCED<br />
PhD<br />
(Level 10)<br />
Masters<br />
(Level 9)<br />
Postgraduate<br />
Diploma<br />
<strong>Education</strong> 0 15 30 45<br />
Humanities <strong>and</strong> Arts 5 147 0 152<br />
Social Sciences, Business <strong>and</strong> Law 10 632 31 673<br />
Social <strong>and</strong> behavioural science 2 33 0 35<br />
Journalism <strong>and</strong> information 0 17 0 17<br />
Business <strong>and</strong> administration 8 467 31 506<br />
Law 0 115 0 115<br />
Science 58 337 2 397<br />
Life sciences 27 121 2 150<br />
Physical sciences 17 59 0 76<br />
Mathematics <strong>and</strong> statistics 0 0 0 0<br />
Computing 14 157 0 171<br />
Eng. Manu. & Cons. 20 153 0 173<br />
Eng. & Eng. Trades 16 83 0 99<br />
Manufacturing <strong>and</strong> processing 4 43 0 47<br />
Architecture <strong>and</strong> building 0 27 0 27<br />
Agriculture 0 0 0 0<br />
Health <strong>and</strong> welfare 2 12 0 14<br />
Health 2 1 0 3<br />
Social services 0 11 0 11<br />
Services 5 106 0 111<br />
Combined 0 0 0 0<br />
Gr<strong>and</strong> Total<br />
06/07<br />
SECTION FOUR / POSTGRADUATE ENROLMMENT DATA<br />
Overall Totals 100 1,402 63 1,565<br />
Source: Statistics Section, Department of <strong>Education</strong> <strong>and</strong> Science<br />
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