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CSV Singapore Department of Statistics

Enrolment In Higher Degree Courses By Type Of Course, Annual

Description

Annual enrolment in higher degree and postgraduate diploma courses in Singapore by course type from 1993 through 2024 across autonomous universities and NIE, with SUTD from 2011 and SIT/SUSS from 2017. Full-time and part-time pathways follow successive SSEC classifications. Higher-education planners track graduate study demand. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder TS/M850531.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN (FROM 2011), SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (FROM 2017), SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (FROM 2017), NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY Data Last Updated: 09/01/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: Data prior to 2015 are classified according to the Singapore Standard Educational Classification (SSEC) 2010 while data for 2015 to 2019 and from 2020 are classified according to SSEC 2015 and SSEC 2020 respectively. Covers full-time and part-time postgraduate diploma and higher degree courses offered by National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University and Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore Institute of Technology, and higher degree courses offered by National Institute of Education. From 2011, data includes students enrolled in Singapore University of Technology and Design. With effect from 2013, there are courses whose main field of study is not elsewhere classifiable. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850531

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Coverage
1993-01-01 – 2024-12-31
Rows
13
Columns
33

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Data Series 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Total 37214.000000 32304.000000 28538.000000 27422.000000 23417.000000 21309.000000 20417.000000 20670.000000 20079.000000 19548.000000 19198.000000 19137.000000 19040.000000 19289.000000 19566.000000 19483.000000 18719.000000 17059.000000 16282.000000 14958.000000 14639.000000 14380.000000 14236.000000 13415.000000 12774.000000 12759.000000 10240.000000 8047.000000 6410.000000 5535.000000 4805.000000 4095
Education 1063.000000 1282.000000 1325.000000 1210.000000 1232.000000 1231.000000 1296.000000 1306.000000 1397.000000 1364.000000 1229.000000 1273.000000 1266.000000 1351.000000 1549.000000 1520.000000 1620.000000 1302.000000 1031.000000 501.000000 438.000000 373.000000 318.000000 315.000000 289.000000 248.000000 169.000000 136.000000 104.000000 129.000000 111.000000 111
Humanities & Social Sciences 3576.000000 3404.000000 3201.000000 3220.000000 3012.000000 2589.000000 2495.000000 2825.000000 2148.000000 2104.000000 2133.000000 2085.000000 1957.000000 1869.000000 1977.000000 2017.000000 1876.000000 1715.000000 1682.000000 1662.000000 1530.000000 1522.000000 1537.000000 1393.000000 1356.000000 1200.000000 821.000000 579.000000 445.000000 419.000000 413.000000 346
Mass Communication & Information Science 826.000000 723.000000 645.000000 605.000000 557.000000 486.000000 467.000000 471.000000 364.000000 390.000000 364.000000 348.000000 381.000000 358.000000 380.000000 392.000000 434.000000 419.000000 469.000000 461.000000 551.000000 476.000000 452.000000 365.000000 78.000000 344.000000 301.000000 241.000000 189.000000 124.000000 80.000000 27
Business & Administration 8684.000000 7919.000000 6766.000000 6948.000000 5451.000000 4547.000000 3683.000000 3262.000000 3806.000000 3302.000000 3014.000000 2997.000000 2746.000000 2809.000000 2808.000000 2826.000000 2805.000000 2525.000000 2218.000000 1667.000000 1486.000000 1382.000000 1495.000000 1810.000000 2054.000000 2217.000000 1724.000000 1458.000000 1234.000000 1254.000000 1187.000000 1055
Law 503.000000 428.000000 340.000000 393.000000 328.000000 294.000000 258.000000 261.000000 262.000000 281.000000 275.000000 289.000000 305.000000 299.000000 244.000000 239.000000 341.000000 316.000000 279.000000 253.000000 242.000000 163.000000 126.000000 173.000000 136.000000 150.000000 115.000000 128.000000 127.000000 132.000000 93.000000 56
Natural & Mathematical Sciences 4630.000000 3880.000000 2891.000000 3033.000000 2412.000000 2229.000000 2210.000000 2205.000000 2182.000000 2247.000000 2317.000000 2398.000000 2764.000000 2793.000000 2741.000000 2490.000000 2145.000000 1828.000000 1608.000000 1467.000000 1392.000000 1318.000000 1149.000000 1008.000000 962.000000 921.000000 781.000000 746.000000 526.000000 438.000000 363.000000 298
Health Sciences 2640.000000 2210.000000 1985.000000 1760.000000 1603.000000 1550.000000 1538.000000 1658.000000 1414.000000 1562.000000 1562.000000 1495.000000 1447.000000 1493.000000 1199.000000 1141.000000 1156.000000 1107.000000 1199.000000 1152.000000 1080.000000 940.000000 883.000000 710.000000 599.000000 580.000000 479.000000 402.000000 353.000000 328.000000 416.000000 403
Information Technology 4358.000000 3312.000000 3078.000000 2554.000000 2056.000000 1896.000000 1943.000000 1766.000000 1861.000000 1685.000000 1626.000000 1384.000000 1273.000000 1380.000000 1537.000000 1585.000000 1499.000000 1215.000000 1182.000000 1106.000000 1148.000000 1211.000000 1239.000000 1140.000000 975.000000 864.000000 709.000000 480.000000 442.000000 245.000000 203.000000 190
Architecture, Building & Real Estate 943.000000 861.000000 864.000000 745.000000 710.000000 627.000000 656.000000 663.000000 529.000000 458.000000 466.000000 489.000000 590.000000 588.000000 581.000000 545.000000 500.000000 497.000000 478.000000 456.000000 535.000000 589.000000 618.000000 665.000000 617.000000 640.000000 563.000000 454.000000 355.000000 360.000000 301.000000 276
Engineering Sciences 9368.000000 7656.000000 6966.000000 6605.000000 5784.000000 5619.000000 5634.000000 6094.000000 5902.000000 5967.000000 6059.000000 6229.000000 6119.000000 6151.000000 6354.000000 6492.000000 6106.000000 5885.000000 5883.000000 6017.000000 6077.000000 6355.000000 6370.000000 5791.000000 5668.000000 5551.000000 4532.000000 3378.000000 2596.000000 2085.000000 1629.000000 1333
Services 342.000000 306.000000 348.000000 279.000000 197.000000 151.000000 152.000000 77.000000 143.000000 149.000000 104.000000 105.000000 179.000000 191.000000 190.000000 212.000000 204.000000 223.000000 228.000000 195.000000 160.000000 51.000000 49.000000 45.000000 40.000000 44.000000 46.000000 45.000000 39.000000 21.000000 9.000000 na
Others 281.000000 323.000000 129.000000 70.000000 68.000000 55.000000 50.000000 49.000000 41.000000 36.000000 27.000000 12.000000 13.000000 7.000000 6.000000 24.000000 33.000000 27.000000 25.000000 21.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Data Series Text No
2024 Numeric No
2023 Numeric No
2022 Numeric No
2021 Numeric No
2020 Numeric No
2019 Numeric No
2018 Numeric No
2017 Numeric No
2016 Numeric No
2015 Numeric No
2014 Numeric No
2013 Numeric No
2012 Numeric No
2011 Numeric No
2010 Numeric No
2009 Numeric No
2008 Numeric No
2007 Numeric No
2006 Numeric No
2005 Numeric No
2004 Numeric No
2003 Numeric No
2002 Numeric No
2001 Numeric No
2000 Numeric No
1999 Numeric No
1998 Numeric No
1997 Numeric No
1996 Numeric No
1995 Numeric No
1994 Numeric No
1993 Text No