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72 Taiwan Development Perspectives 2009<br />
Table 14.<br />
Entry Rates for Higher Education<br />
Unit:Thousand<br />
Countries<br />
Number of first-year students<br />
2005<br />
Entry rates(%)<br />
Taiwan 206 65.9<br />
Japan 714 52.3<br />
South Korea 612 100.5<br />
United Kingdom 494 62.6<br />
France 382 41.0<br />
Germany 238 24.8<br />
Australia -- 82.0<br />
Note: Entry rate = Number of students enrolled / school-age population x 100<br />
Source: Department of Statistics, Ministry of Education, 2008a, p.10.<br />
Altogether 38 percent of college students in Taiwan<br />
chose social sciences, business, and law as their<br />
majors in 2005. Another 19.6 percent majored in arts<br />
and humanities, followed by those studying medical<br />
sciences who accounted for 18.7 percent. In China, a<br />
35.1 percent plurality chose engineering. Another 27.8<br />
percent majored in social sciences, business, and law.<br />
Only 15.2 percent chose arts and humanities. At least<br />
34.4 percent Japanese students opted for social sciences,<br />
business, and law. Arts and humanities were the second<br />
choice with students representing 18.5 percent and were<br />
followed by engineering at 16.4 percent. British students,<br />
like their Japanese counterparts, chose social<br />
sciences, business, and law as their majors (26.1%),<br />
with arts and humanities (20.6%) and sciences (19.3%)<br />
closely behind. Social sciences, business, and law were<br />
the most preferred majors in Germany (30.9%), followed<br />
by arts, followed by humanities (21.6%), sciences<br />
(17.4%) and engineering (16.4%). South Korean<br />
students preferred sciences, engineering, and agriculture<br />
(an average of 40.9%) to social sciences, business,<br />
and law (26.7%). (See Table 15.)<br />
Table 15.<br />
Undergraduate Students by Fields of Study<br />
Unit:%<br />
Countries Year<br />
Humanities Law &<br />
Agri.,<br />
Education<br />
Sciences ing<br />
nomics<br />
Natural Engineer-<br />
Home Eco-<br />
& Social Science<br />
Fishery<br />
Fore. & Health<br />
Arts<br />
Unspecified<br />
Taiwan. 2007 3.1 19.6 38.0 5.9 1.5 2.8 18.7 -- 10.5<br />
China 2005 6.5 15.2 27.8 6.2 35.1 2.0 7.2 -- --<br />
Japan 2007 7.5 18.5 34.4 3.1 16.4 2.7 8.4 3.8 5.2<br />
United<br />
Kingdom<br />
2005 3.5 20.6 26.1 19.3 8.7 1.2 15.4 -- 5.2<br />
France 2005 -- 36.6 23.5 16.5 6.8 -- 16.5<br />
Germany 2005 3.6 21.6 30.9 17.4 16.4 2.0 6.1 0.5 1.5<br />
South Korea 2006 4.8 10.1 26.7 40.9 5.4 -- 12.1<br />
Source: Department of Statistics, Ministry of Education, 2008a, p.39.
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