Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

3   Students in tertiary education in Norway and Norwegian students abroad, by gender and field of education. 1 October 1996, 2005 og 2006
Fields of education Total Men Women
1996 2005 2006 1996 2005 2006 1996 2005 2006
Total  187 697  223 607  222 975  80 688  90 196  88 705  107 009  133 411  134 270
General Programmes1 34 1 480 1 629 11 1 207 1 260 23  273  369
Humanities and Arts 35 481 32 253 29 556 13 165 11 855 10 774 22 316 20 398 18 782
Education 31 081 30 430 30 185 7 660 7 818 7 858 23 421 22 612 22 327
Social Sciences and Law2 25 481 31 657 32 319 10 876 12 499 12 661 14 605 19 158 19 658
Business and administration2 28 519 40 311 39 478 15 321 19 077 18 209 13 198 21 234 21 269
Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects 31 554 34 105 34 180 22 829 23 637 23 223 8 725 10 468 10 957
Health, welfare and sport 29 056 48 000 48 820 6 649 10 919 11 128 22 407 37 081 37 692
Primary industries 1 863 1 234 1 127 1 070  620  550  793  614  577
Transport and communications, safety and security and other services 3 268 2 978 2 594 2 482 2 083 1 894  786  895  700
Unspecified field of study 1 360 1 159 3 087  625  481 1 148  735  678 1 939
                   
Students in Norway  178 006  211 264  211 229 76 182 84 967 83 805  101 824  126 297  127 424
General Programmes1 34 1 480 1 629 11 1 207 1 260 23  273  369
Humanities and Arts 33 723 29 924 27 431 12 555 11 018 10 051 21 168 18 906 17 380
Education 30 912 30 232 30 015 7 618 7 778 7 817 23 294 22 454 22 198
Social Sciences and Law 25 481 31 657 30 503 10 876 12 499 11 980 14 605 19 158 18 523
Business and administration 25 375 36 271 37 230 13 669 17 218 17 057 11 706 19 053 20 173
Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects 30 121 32 693 32 955 21 731 22 803 22 542 8 390 9 890 10 413
Health, welfare and sport 26 593 44 183 44 818 5 774 9 434 9 555 20 819 34 749 35 263
Primary industries 1 819 1 159 1 073 1 050  607  542  769  552  531
Transport and communications, safety and security and other services 2 831 2 588 2 593 2 375 1 950 1 893  456  638  700
Unspecified field of study 1 117 1 077 2 982  523  453 1 108  594  624 1 874
                   
Norwegian students abroad 9 691 12 343 11 746 4 506 5 229 4 900 5 185 7 114 6 846
General Programmes1 - - - - - - - - -
Humanities and Arts 1 758 2 329 2 125  610  837  723 1 148 1 492 1 402
Education  169  198  170 42 40 41  127  158  129
Social Sciences and Law, Transport and communications, safety and security and other services2  437  390 1 817  107  133  682  330  257 1 135
Business and administration2 3 144 4 040 2 248 1 652 1 859 1 152 1 492 2 181 1 096
Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects 1 433 1 412 1 225 1 098  834  681  335  578  544
Health, welfare and sport 2 463 3 817 4 002  875 1 485 1 573 1 588 2 332 2 429
Primary industries 44 75 54 20 13 8 24 62 46
Unspecified field of study  243 82  105  102 28 40  141 54 65
1  Preparatory course for university or university college education.
2  A more detailed coding of education abroad makes the numbers less comparable in and between fields of education over time.

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