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Appendix table 2. Foreign students in universities and completed university degrees by level of education, fields of education (National classification of education 2016) and gender in 2018 (Corrected on 29 October 2019) 1)
Corrected on 29 October 2019. The corrections are indicated in red. | ||||||||||
Level of education | Field of education | New students | Students | Completed degrees | ||||||
Total | Of whom women | % | Total | Of whom women | % | Total | Of whom women | % | ||
Level of education, total | Fields of education, total | 2 615 | 1 155 | 44,2 | 10 698 | 4 699 | 43,9 | 2 368 | 1 059 | 44,7 |
Education | 137 | 89 | 65,0 | 564 | 366 | 64,9 | 143 | 97 | 67,8 | |
Arts and humanities | 367 | 251 | 68,4 | 1 661 | 1 020 | 61,4 | 308 | 208 | 67,5 | |
Social sciences, journalism and information | 168 | 98 | 58,3 | 824 | 471 | 57,2 | 188 | 117 | 62,2 | |
Business, administration and law | 302 | 170 | 56,3 | 1 264 | 661 | 52,3 | 278 | 145 | 52,2 | |
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics | 309 | 135 | 43,7 | 1 254 | 546 | 43,5 | 307 | 133 | 43,3 | |
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) | 631 | 182 | 28,8 | 2 029 | 552 | 27,2 | 430 | 115 | 26,7 | |
Engineering, manufacturing and construction | 566 | 159 | 28,1 | 2 200 | 614 | 27,9 | 545 | 152 | 27,9 | |
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary | 44 | 19 | 43,2 | 256 | 122 | 47,7 | 54 | 31 | 57,4 | |
Health and welfare | 77 | 42 | 54,5 | 575 | 310 | 53,9 | 86 | 47 | 54,7 | |
Services | 14 | 10 | 71,4 | 71 | 37 | 52,1 | 29 | 14 | 48,3 | |
University Bachelor's degree | Fields of education, total | 212 | 106 | 50,0 | 721 | 352 | 48,8 | 92 | 56 | 60,9 |
Education | 18 | 13 | 72,2 | 72 | 46 | 63,9 | 12 | 10 | 83,3 | |
Arts and humanities | 59 | 34 | 57,6 | 259 | 153 | 59,1 | 38 | 28 | 73,7 | |
Social sciences, journalism and information | 10 | 7 | 70,0 | 41 | 26 | 63,4 | 2 | 1 | 50,0 | |
Business, administration and law | 29 | 18 | 62,1 | 95 | 46 | 48,4 | 27 | 15 | 55,6 | |
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics | 11 | 5 | 45,5 | 52 | 21 | 40,4 | 2 | 1 | 50,0 | |
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) | 41 | 14 | 34,1 | 76 | 21 | 27,6 | 5 | 1 | 20,0 | |
Engineering, manufacturing and construction | 41 | 13 | 31,7 | 112 | 29 | 25,9 | 6 | 0 | 0,0 | |
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Health and welfare | 18 | 9 | 50,0 | 86 | 43 | 50,0 | 21 | 12 | 57,1 | |
Services | 12 | 8 | 66,7 | 53 | 25 | 47,2 | 24 | 12 | 50,0 | |
Higher university degree (Master) | Fields of education, total | 1 840 | 816 | 44,3 | 6 223 | 2 750 | 44,2 | 1 827 | 833 | 45,6 |
Education | 93 | 63 | 67,7 | 347 | 234 | 67,4 | 123 | 83 | 67,5 | |
Arts and humanities | 256 | 186 | 72,7 | 972 | 634 | 65,2 | 241 | 163 | 67,6 | |
Social sciences, journalism and information | 112 | 70 | 62,5 | 449 | 285 | 63,5 | 155 | 100 | 64,5 | |
Business, administration and law | 221 | 129 | 58,4 | 880 | 479 | 54,4 | 229 | 124 | 54,1 | |
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics | 218 | 97 | 44,5 | 595 | 261 | 43,9 | 205 | 91 | 44,4 | |
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) | 476 | 134 | 28,2 | 1 455 | 401 | 27,6 | 371 | 103 | 27,8 | |
Engineering, manufacturing and construction | 400 | 105 | 26,3 | 1 261 | 325 | 25,8 | 426 | 124 | 29,1 | |
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary | 34 | 15 | 44,1 | 125 | 63 | 50,4 | 32 | 21 | 65,6 | |
Health and welfare | 18 | 9 | 50,0 | 86 | 43 | 50,0 | 21 | 12 | 57,1 | |
Services | 12 | 8 | 66,7 | 53 | 25 | 47,2 | 24 | 12 | 50,0 | |
Professional specialisation in veterinary 2) | Fields of education, total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Licentiate's degree | Fields of education, total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 46,2 | 2 | 0 | 0,0 |
Arts and humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33,3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Social sciences, journalism and information | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100,0 | 1 | 0 | 0,0 | |
Business, administration and law | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 100,0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0,0 | |
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Engineering, manufacturing and construction | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 42,9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Doctoral degree | Fields of education, total | 563 | 233 | 41,4 | 3 739 | 1 590 | 42,5 | 447 | 170 | 38,0 |
Education | 26 | 13 | 50,0 | 145 | 86 | 59,3 | 8 | 4 | 50,0 | |
Arts and humanities | 52 | 31 | 59,6 | 427 | 232 | 54,3 | 29 | 17 | 58,6 | |
Social sciences, journalism and information | 46 | 21 | 45,7 | 333 | 159 | 47,7 | 30 | 16 | 53,3 | |
Business, administration and law | 52 | 23 | 44,2 | 289 | 136 | 47,1 | 22 | 6 | 27,3 | |
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics | 80 | 33 | 41,3 | 607 | 264 | 43,5 | 99 | 41 | 41,4 | |
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) | 114 | 34 | 29,8 | 496 | 129 | 26,0 | 54 | 11 | 20,4 | |
Engineering, manufacturing and construction | 125 | 41 | 32,8 | 820 | 257 | 31,3 | 113 | 28 | 24,8 | |
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary | 10 | 4 | 40,0 | 127 | 57 | 44,9 | 22 | 10 | 45,5 | |
Health and welfare | 56 | 31 | 55,4 | 477 | 258 | 54,1 | 65 | 35 | 53,8 | |
Services | 2 | 2 | 100,0 | 18 | 12 | 66,7 | 5 | 2 | 40,0 |
2) Starting from 1st of February 2015, professional specialisation in medicine, except for veterinary science, is no longer included in education leading to a degree
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Jukka Jalolahti 029 551 3588, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 9.5.2019
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Appendix table 2. Foreign students in universities and completed university degrees by level of education, fields of education (National classification of education 2016) and gender in 2018 (Corrected on 29 October 2019) 1)
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 17.8.2024].
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