2. Population with tertiary level education in 2000 and 2005

Tertiary level	Field of science	Year
		2000		2005
		Total	of which women	Total	of which women
Total of tertiary degrees		959 363	527 502	1 063 631	595 119
Doctorate	Total	14 111	4 375	19 409	7 047
	Natural sciences	3 167	868	4 250	1 357
	Engineering and technology	1 813	205	2 709	409
	Medical and health sciences	4 671	1 795	5 983	2 709
	Agricultural sciences	512	183	687	262
	Social sciences	2 449	791	3 715	1 454
	Humanities	1 499	533	2 065	856
Licentiate	Total	8 466	2 951	8 976	3 499
	Natural sciences	1 745	583	1 721	628
	Engineering and technology	2 203	337	2 352	397
	Medical and health sciences	226	175	261	206
	Agricultural sciences	202	86	192	78
	Social sciences	2 675	1 086	2 962	1 397
	Humanities	1 415	684	1 488	793
Higher-degree level	Total	223 751	111 838	271 017	142 312
	Natural sciences	23 067	10 984	28 304	13 745
	Engineering and technology	38 267	6 043	45 937	8 008
	Medical and health sciences	26 358	16 493	29 603	19 264
	Agricultural sciences	7 784	3 327	8 371	3 855
	Social sciences	89 882	47 330	111 928	63 036
	Humanities	38 393	27 661	46 874	34 404
Other tertiary degrees	Undefined field of science	713 035	408 338	764 229	442 261

Source: Human resources of science and technology 2006. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Markku Virtaharju (09) 1734 3290

Director in charge: Kaija Hovi

Updated 19.12.2007

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Statistics: Human resources of science and technology [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-3244. 2006, 2. Population with tertiary level education in 2000 and 2005 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 20.4.2024].
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