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Appendix table 2. Foreign students in universities and completed university degrees by level of education, fields of education (National classification of education 2016) and gender in 2019

Level of education Fields of education New students Students Completed degrees
Total Of whom women % Total Of whom women % Total Of whom women %
Level of education, total Fields of education, total 2 604 1 224 47,0 10 544 4 655 44,1 2 626 1 160 44,2
Education 140 104 74,3 518 364 70,3 164 111 67,7
Arts and humanities 363 255 70,2 1 622 1 029 63,4 389 243 62,5
Social sciences, journalism and information 197 114 57,9 748 423 56,6 165 104 63,0
Business, administration and law 292 145 49,7 1 147 598 52,1 327 161 49,2
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 349 181 51,9 1 253 567 45,3 307 139 45,3
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) 481 131 27,2 2 115 552 26,1 498 156 31,3
Engineering, manufacturing and construction 591 192 32,5 2 193 624 28,5 595 160 26,9
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 66 33 50,0 276 129 46,7 53 23 43,4
Health and welfare 110 59 53,6 610 334 54,8 97 45 46,4
Services 15 10 66,7 62 35 56,5 31 18 58,1
University bachelor degree Fields of education, total 230 99 43,0 857 378 44,1 137 70 51,1
Education 24 17 70,8 72 49 68,1 25 15 60,0
Arts and humanities 53 41 77,4 246 156 63,4 51 32 62,7
Social sciences, journalism and information 3 0 0,0 31 16 51,6 2 1 50,0
Business, administration and law 26 8 30,8 93 41 44,1 29 12 41,4
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 18 5 27,8 61 21 34,4 7 2 28,6
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) 35 13 37,1 182 50 27,5 6 2 33,3
Engineering, manufacturing and construction 66 13 19,7 158 37 23,4 14 4 28,6
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 1 100,0 3 2 66,7 0 0 0
Health and welfare 4 1 25,0 11 6 54,5 3 2 66,7
Higher university degree (Master) Fields of education, total 1 695 812 47,9 5 662 2 555 45,1 2 042 908 44,5
Education 89 66 74,2 282 208 73,8 118 81 68,6
Arts and humanities 226 163 72,1 920 616 67,0 308 193 62,7
Social sciences, journalism and information 145 87 60,0 400 248 62,0 141 95 67,4
Business, administration and law 213 113 53,1 756 419 55,4 270 140 51,9
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 211 110 52,1 556 251 45,1 202 94 46,5
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) 360 101 28,1 1 361 360 26,5 445 142 31,9
Engineering, manufacturing and construction 368 130 35,3 1 133 326 28,8 465 120 25,8
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 47 20 42,6 141 65 46,1 34 14 41,2
Health and welfare 25 14 56,0 78 41 52,6 32 14 43,8
Services 11 8 72,7 35 21 60,0 27 15 55,6
Professional specialisation in medicine, veterinary and dentistry Fields of education, total 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Licentiate's degree Fields of education, total 0 0 0 13 5 38,5 4 1 25,0
Arts and humanities 0 0 0 3 1 33,3 2 o 0
Social sciences, journalism and information 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100,0
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) 0 0 0 2 1 50,0 0 0 0
Engineering, manufacturing and construction 0 0 0 8 3 37,5 0 0 0
Doctoral or equivalent level Fields of education, total 679 313 46,1 4 011 1 717 42,8 443 181 40,9
Education 27 21 77,8 164 107 65,2 21 15 71,4
Arts and humanities 84 51 60,7 453 256 56,5 28 18 64,3
Social sciences, journalism and information 49 27 55,1 317 159 50,2 21 8 38,1
Business, administration and law 53 24 45,3 298 138 46,3 28 9 32,1
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 120 66 55,0 636 295 46,4 97 42 43,3
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) 86 17 19,8 570 141 24,7 47 12 25,5
Engineering, manufacturing and construction 157 49 31,2 894 258 28,9 116 36 31,0
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 18 12 66,7 131 62 47,3 19 9 47,4
Health and welfare 81 44 54,3 521 287 55,1 62 29 46,8
Services 4 2 50,0 27 14 51,9 4 3 75,0

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Timo Ruuskanen 029 551 3620, koulutustilastot@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma


Updated 13.5.2020

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): University education [e-publication].
ISSN=2324-0148. 2019, Appendix table 2. Foreign students in universities and completed university degrees by level of education, fields of education (National classification of education 2016) and gender in 2019 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
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