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1. Tertiary degrees by the field of science in 1995, 2001 and 2008

Tertiary degree	Fields of science	Year (completion of degree)
		1995	2001	2008
Tertiary degrees total	Fields of science total	41 794	38 205	61 902
Doctorate	Fields of science total	786	1 187	1 527
	Natural sciences	179	223	329
	Engineering and technology	114	197	260
	Medical and health sciences	221	334	350
	Agricultural sciences	22	39	59
	Social sciences	168	258	346
	Humanities	82	136	183
Licentiate	Fields of science total	809	689	425
	Natural sciences	153	165	109
	Engineering and technology	165	142	86
	Medical and health sciences	23	37	9
	Agricultural sciences	19	6	4
	Social sciences	278	226	156
	Humanities	171	113	61
Highet-level tertiary degree	Fields of science total	11 270	12 543	23 350
	Natural sciences	1 071	1 420	3 407
	Engineering and technology	1 770	2 061	2 683
	Medical and health sciences	1 657	1 651	2 297
	Agricultural sciences	223	219	624
	Social sciences	4 728	5 150	10 203
	Humanities	1 821	2 042	4 136
Other tertiary degrees	Field of science undefined	28 929	23 786	36 600

Source: Human resources of science and technology 2007. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Marianne Kaplas (09) 1734 3421, tiede.teknologia@stat.fi

Director in charge: Leena Storgårds

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Updated 22.04.2010