Number of Full-time University Students Intake by Sex, Annual
Official description
Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Data Last Updated: 19/11/2025 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: Refers to National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore University of Technology & Design and Singapore University of Social Sciences. Intake figures refer to full-time first degree only. Intake figures include students who entered directly into second and subsequent years. Courses are classified according to course content of the highest weighting. Sum of the components may not add up to the total as there are courses whose main field of study is not elsewhere classifiable. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850761
- Last updated
- Coverage
- 2011-01-01 – 2024-12-31
- Rows
- 48
- Columns
- 15
Chart
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Intake | 21181.000000 | 21370.000000 | 20349.000000 | 21307.000000 | 20976.000000 | 20713.000000 | 20041.000000 | 18668.000000 | 18552.000000 | 18126.000000 | 17870.000000 | 17251.000000 | 16199.000000 | 15566.000000 |
| Accountancy | 938.000000 | 1131.000000 | 1172.000000 | 1356.000000 | 1368.000000 | 1433.000000 | 1421.000000 | 1508.000000 | 1521.000000 | 1470.000000 | 1515.000000 | 1185.000000 | 1213.000000 | 1100.000000 |
| Architecture, Building & Real Estate | 264.000000 | 298.000000 | 338.000000 | 430.000000 | 483.000000 | 492.000000 | 458.000000 | 410.000000 | 419.000000 | 419.000000 | 470.000000 | 404.000000 | 395.000000 | 475.000000 |
| Business & Administration | 2895.000000 | 3033.000000 | 3518.000000 | 3483.000000 | 3378.000000 | 3110.000000 | 2785.000000 | 2393.000000 | 2196.000000 | 2120.000000 | 1902.000000 | 1780.000000 | 1732.000000 | 1637.000000 |
| Dentistry | 80.000000 | 80.000000 | 80.000000 | 81.000000 | 72.000000 | 60.000000 | 60.000000 | 54.000000 | 54.000000 | 54.000000 | 54.000000 | 54.000000 | 53.000000 | 48.000000 |
| Education | 223.000000 | 208.000000 | 180.000000 | 196.000000 | 184.000000 | 190.000000 | 220.000000 | 170.000000 | 217.000000 | 294.000000 | 301.000000 | 314.000000 | 417.000000 | 397.000000 |
| Engineering Sciences | 5297.000000 | 5396.000000 | 4897.000000 | 5116.000000 | 5225.000000 | 5101.000000 | 5213.000000 | 5255.000000 | 4997.000000 | 4934.000000 | 4938.000000 | 4733.000000 | 4436.000000 | 4248.000000 |
| Fine & Applied Arts | 392.000000 | 391.000000 | 373.000000 | 376.000000 | 384.000000 | 423.000000 | 410.000000 | 464.000000 | 458.000000 | 466.000000 | 491.000000 | 471.000000 | 436.000000 | 347.000000 |
| Health Sciences | 1148.000000 | 1149.000000 | 1075.000000 | 1093.000000 | 1018.000000 | 1045.000000 | 1001.000000 | 962.000000 | 798.000000 | 569.000000 | 544.000000 | 541.000000 | 447.000000 | 347.000000 |
| Humanities & Social Sciences | 3508.000000 | 3496.000000 | 2424.000000 | 2727.000000 | 2930.000000 | 3311.000000 | 3368.000000 | 3173.000000 | 3219.000000 | 3191.000000 | 3129.000000 | 3186.000000 | 2596.000000 | 2453.000000 |
| Information Technology | 3958.000000 | 3701.000000 | 2975.000000 | 2952.000000 | 2863.000000 | 2520.000000 | 2039.000000 | 1579.000000 | 1379.000000 | 1247.000000 | 1166.000000 | 1086.000000 | 1028.000000 | 1057.000000 |
| Law | 497.000000 | 520.000000 | 491.000000 | 485.000000 | 463.000000 | 465.000000 | 480.000000 | 391.000000 | 399.000000 | 405.000000 | 397.000000 | 403.000000 | 374.000000 | 364.000000 |
| Mass Communication | 167.000000 | 155.000000 | 159.000000 | 176.000000 | 170.000000 | 168.000000 | 188.000000 | 189.000000 | 190.000000 | 221.000000 | 185.000000 | 186.000000 | 180.000000 | 174.000000 |
| Medicine | 499.000000 | 431.000000 | 461.000000 | 471.000000 | 477.000000 | 430.000000 | 437.000000 | 423.000000 | 410.000000 | 390.000000 | 379.000000 | 354.000000 | 300.000000 | 280.000000 |
| Natural & Mathematical Sciences | 911.000000 | 949.000000 | 1892.000000 | 2050.000000 | 1679.000000 | 1747.000000 | 1739.000000 | 1495.000000 | 2094.000000 | 2147.000000 | 2276.000000 | 2237.000000 | 2244.000000 | 2252.000000 |
| Services | 346.000000 | 370.000000 | 314.000000 | 315.000000 | 282.000000 | 218.000000 | 222.000000 | 202.000000 | 201.000000 | 199.000000 | 123.000000 | 317.000000 | 348.000000 | 387.000000 |
| Male | 11041.000000 | 11068.000000 | 10795.000000 | 11120.000000 | 10592.000000 | 10234.000000 | 10040.000000 | 9595.000000 | 9202.000000 | 8934.000000 | 8869.000000 | 8316.000000 | 7759.000000 | 8037.000000 |
| Accountancy | 394.000000 | 499.000000 | 510.000000 | 599.000000 | 556.000000 | 653.000000 | 690.000000 | 674.000000 | 609.000000 | 640.000000 | 655.000000 | 506.000000 | 531.000000 | 482.000000 |
| Architecture, Building & Real Estate | 91.000000 | 113.000000 | 171.000000 | 175.000000 | 179.000000 | 204.000000 | 178.000000 | 191.000000 | 167.000000 | 157.000000 | 156.000000 | 182.000000 | 179.000000 | 160.000000 |
| Business & Administration | 1267.000000 | 1236.000000 | 1570.000000 | 1437.000000 | 1339.000000 | 1251.000000 | 1084.000000 | 988.000000 | 959.000000 | 848.000000 | 837.000000 | 803.000000 | 743.000000 | 727.000000 |
| Dentistry | 29.000000 | 31.000000 | 26.000000 | 16.000000 | 13.000000 | 21.000000 | 27.000000 | 24.000000 | 15.000000 | 20.000000 | 16.000000 | 23.000000 | 23.000000 | 19.000000 |
| Education | 38.000000 | 40.000000 | 39.000000 | 44.000000 | 31.000000 | 34.000000 | 35.000000 | 20.000000 | 45.000000 | 47.000000 | 68.000000 | 68.000000 | 73.000000 | 104.000000 |
| Engineering Sciences | 3694.000000 | 3747.000000 | 3602.000000 | 3719.000000 | 3722.000000 | 3628.000000 | 3729.000000 | 3781.000000 | 3664.000000 | 3505.000000 | 3497.000000 | 3251.000000 | 3092.000000 | 3007.000000 |
| Fine & Applied Arts | 138.000000 | 131.000000 | 121.000000 | 125.000000 | 133.000000 | 174.000000 | 163.000000 | 188.000000 | 161.000000 | 222.000000 | 187.000000 | 200.000000 | 166.000000 | 167.000000 |
| Health Sciences | 286.000000 | 279.000000 | 263.000000 | 276.000000 | 257.000000 | 261.000000 | 273.000000 | 259.000000 | 205.000000 | 152.000000 | 165.000000 | 137.000000 | 88.000000 | 83.000000 |
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 |