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 1999, 2008 og 2009
Fields of Education Absolute figures Per cent
Total Men Women
1999 2008 2009 1999 2008 2009 1999 2008 2009
Total  201 780  225 469  235 300 41.2 39.0 39.4 58.8 61.0 60.6
General Programmes1  374 1 726 1 750 81.6 76.7 80.9 18.4 23.3 19.1
Humanities and Arts 31 202 27 196 28 445 35.9 36.2 36.5 64.1 63.8 63.5
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 33 144 30 498 32 131 22.9 23.7 23.8 77.1 76.3 76.2
Social Sciences and Law2 23 955 31 286 32 860 40.9 38.4 38.0 59.1 61.6 62.0
Business and Administration2 33 674 42 544 43 003 50.3 44.7 45.9 49.7 55.3 54.1
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 36 760 35 334 37 058 69.1 66.6 67.1 30.9 33.4 32.9
Health, Welfare and Sport 35 864 50 357 52 590 21.9 22.1 22.3 78.1 77.9 77.7
Primary Industries 2 060 1 083 1 139 53.8 49.5 49.6 46.2 50.5 50.4
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 3 563 3 769 4 715 68.9 68.8 66.8 31.1 31.2 33.2
Unspecified field of education 1 184 1 676 1 609 49.8 40.6 41.0 50.2 59.4 59.0
                   
Students in Norwayl  189 017  214 183  222 920 41.1 38.9 39.3 58.9 61.1 60.7
General Programmes1  374 1 726 1 750 81.6 76.7 80.9 18.4 23.3 19.1
Humanities and Arts 29 003 25 449 26 604 36.1 36.5 36.9 63.9 63.5 63.1
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 32 986 30 315 31 948 22.9 23.6 23.8 77.1 76.4 76.2
Social Sciences and Law2 23 955 29 465 30 721 40.9 38.7 38.3 59.1 61.3 61.7
Business and Administration2 29 076 40 400 40 570 50.6 44.4 45.6 49.4 55.6 54.4
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 35 256 34 080 35 711 69.0 67.1 67.6 31.0 32.9 32.4
Health, Welfare and Sport 32 321 46 310 48 325 20.5 20.5 20.8 79.5 79.5 79.2
Primary Industries 2 004 1 048 1 097 54.2 50.7 51.0 45.8 49.3 49.0
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 2 963 3 715 4 587 77.8 69.2 67.6 22.2 30.8 32.4
Unspecified field of education 1 079 1 675 1 607 49.3 40.7 41.0 50.7 59.3 59.0
                   
Norwegian students abroad 12 763 11 286 12 380 43.2 41.3 40.7 56.8 58.7 59.3
General Programmes1   -     -     -  
Humanities and Arts 2 199 1 747 1 841 33.4 32.8 30.7 66.6 67.2 69.3
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  158  183  183 19.6 30.1 30.1 80.4 69.9 69.9
Social Sciences and Law2   1 821 2 139   34.4 32.8   65.6 67.2
Business and Administration2 4 598 2 144 2 433 48.5 51.5 51.0 51.5 48.5 49.0
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 1 504 1 254 1 347 71.3 52.2 53.7 28.7 47.8 46.3
Health, Welfare and Sport 3 543 4 047 4 265 34.2 40.1 39.6 65.8 59.9 60.4
Primary Industries 56 35 42 41.1 14.3 14.3 58.9 85.7 85.7
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services  600 54  128 24.8 44.4 39.1 75.2 55.6 60.9
Unspecified field of education  105 1 2 55.2 0.0   44.8  100.0  100.0
1  Includes preparatory courses 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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