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Graduates From Higher Degree Courses By Type Of Course, Annual

Description

Annual graduates from higher-degree courses in Singapore by type of course from 1993 through 2024, compiled from NUS, NTU, SMU, SUTD (from 2013), SUSS and SIT (from 2017), and NIE, and published by SingStat. Classifications follow SSEC 2010, 2015, and 2020 by period; full-time and part-time postgraduate diploma and higher-degree courses are included. Higher-education planners track postgraduate output by field. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder TS/M850551.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN (FROM 2013), 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 2013, 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/M850551

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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 15584.000000 13708.000000 13255.000000 10775.000000 10302.000000 10202.000000 9571.000000 9143.000000 8280.000000 7811.000000 7824.000000 7514.000000 7186.000000 6977.000000 6794.000000 6371.000000 5935.000000 5568.000000 5084.000000 5250.000000 4399.000000 4295.000000 4689.000000 4239.000000 3614.000000 2588.000000 2165.000000 1795.000000 1488.000000 1103 950 592
Education 765.000000 782.000000 536.000000 545.000000 576.000000 602.000000 548.000000 474.000000 522.000000 406.000000 531.000000 561.000000 459.000000 561.000000 543.000000 423.000000 276.000000 239.000000 146.000000 143.000000 87.000000 53.000000 42.000000 41.000000 35.000000 36.000000 21.000000 21.000000 17.000000 20 16 13
Humanities & Social Sciences 1752.000000 1569.000000 1749.000000 1498.000000 1583.000000 1254.000000 1241.000000 1348.000000 864.000000 818.000000 855.000000 739.000000 732.000000 731.000000 677.000000 604.000000 546.000000 627.000000 561.000000 499.000000 488.000000 504.000000 483.000000 480.000000 308.000000 216.000000 159.000000 132.000000 141.000000 114 56 24
Mass Communication & Information Science 400.000000 362.000000 395.000000 370.000000 275.000000 264.000000 306.000000 312.000000 228.000000 190.000000 193.000000 210.000000 196.000000 189.000000 182.000000 204.000000 175.000000 202.000000 161.000000 254.000000 87.000000 111.000000 96.000000 13.000000 82.000000 54.000000 40.000000 39.000000 10.000000 na na na
Business & Administration 4450.000000 4030.000000 3909.000000 3060.000000 2670.000000 2524.000000 2255.000000 2004.000000 1936.000000 1769.000000 1738.000000 1561.000000 1518.000000 1452.000000 1426.000000 1313.000000 1216.000000 1002.000000 791.000000 647.000000 516.000000 669.000000 843.000000 964.000000 827.000000 585.000000 554.000000 428.000000 459.000000 272 241 149
Law 258.000000 266.000000 242.000000 202.000000 190.000000 172.000000 161.000000 155.000000 174.000000 167.000000 173.000000 189.000000 207.000000 168.000000 168.000000 287.000000 238.000000 205.000000 155.000000 148.000000 100.000000 95.000000 116.000000 78.000000 85.000000 58.000000 91.000000 82.000000 65.000000 32 24 24
Natural & Mathematical Sciences 1696.000000 1384.000000 1024.000000 953.000000 772.000000 676.000000 756.000000 641.000000 618.000000 610.000000 629.000000 558.000000 567.000000 484.000000 383.000000 366.000000 337.000000 268.000000 278.000000 269.000000 271.000000 231.000000 262.000000 232.000000 165.000000 158.000000 141.000000 96.000000 73.000000 72 47 47
Health Sciences 1025.000000 950.000000 1086.000000 839.000000 791.000000 994.000000 870.000000 846.000000 774.000000 778.000000 730.000000 732.000000 633.000000 469.000000 508.000000 364.000000 477.000000 403.000000 366.000000 408.000000 349.000000 266.000000 320.000000 241.000000 232.000000 214.000000 154.000000 152.000000 127.000000 120 127 85
Information Technology 1449.000000 1174.000000 1118.000000 758.000000 865.000000 1043.000000 876.000000 677.000000 806.000000 763.000000 682.000000 613.000000 580.000000 706.000000 694.000000 608.000000 435.000000 417.000000 368.000000 437.000000 426.000000 359.000000 431.000000 298.000000 279.000000 232.000000 153.000000 199.000000 99.000000 107 98 90
Architecture, Building & Real Estate 507.000000 494.000000 451.000000 376.000000 348.000000 427.000000 280.000000 400.000000 326.000000 282.000000 266.000000 252.000000 306.000000 307.000000 263.000000 267.000000 292.000000 246.000000 232.000000 265.000000 243.000000 244.000000 267.000000 192.000000 157.000000 125.000000 96.000000 82.000000 86.000000 68 60 40
Engineering Sciences 3004.000000 2428.000000 2574.000000 2047.000000 2093.000000 2126.000000 2140.000000 2214.000000 1933.000000 1905.000000 1947.000000 1989.000000 1896.000000 1797.000000 1836.000000 1821.000000 1797.000000 1796.000000 1901.000000 2087.000000 1733.000000 1746.000000 1801.000000 1686.000000 1424.000000 891.000000 742.000000 552.000000 410.000000 298 281 120
Services 223.000000 207.000000 171.000000 113.000000 87.000000 81.000000 95.000000 34.000000 91.000000 100.000000 66.000000 83.000000 92.000000 106.000000 107.000000 92.000000 116.000000 143.000000 108.000000 93.000000 99.000000 17.000000 28.000000 14.000000 20.000000 19.000000 14.000000 12.000000 1.000000 na na na
Others 55.000000 62.000000 0.000000 14.000000 52.000000 10.000000 15.000000 11.000000 5.000000 1.000000 4.000000 3.000000 0.000000 7.000000 7.000000 22.000000 30.000000 20.000000 17.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0 0 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 Text No
1994 Text No
1993 Text No