POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) UK national and (b) foreign students graduated from UK higher education institutions with (i) a doctoral and (ii) a masters level science and technology degree in the last three years. [136460]
Mr Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science: The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on qualifiers from UK higher education institutions (HEIs). Information on the number of UK, EU and Non-EU domiciled students qualifying from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) courses from UK HEIs for the academic years 2009/10 to 2011/12 is provided in the following table.
Information for the academic year 2012/13 will become available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency in January 2014.
| Postgraduate qualifiers(1) from STEM(2) courses by domicile(3): UK higher education institutions: Academic years 2009/10 to 2011/12 | ||||
| Domicile | Postgraduate level | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 |
| UK | Doctorate | 7,675 | 7,720 | 7,790 |
| Masters | 24,820 | 28,490 | 28,910 | |
| Other | 10,255 | 10,920 | 10,925 | |
| Other EU | Doctorate | 1,850 | 1,895 | 1,860 |
| Masters | 5,575 | 6,535 | 7,250 | |
| Other | 565 | 535 | 580 | |
| Non-EU | Doctorate | 3,495 | 3,905 | 4,125 |
| Masters | 22,315 | 26,580 | 27,510 | |
| Other | 1,080 | 1,170 | 1,220 | |
(1) Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded up or down to the nearest five, so components may not sum to totals. (2) Subject information is shown as full person equivalents (FPEs) in the table. FPEs are derived by splitting student instances between the different subjects that make up their course aim. (3) Domicile refers to a student's permanent or home address prior to entry to their course. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record