HC Deb 31 October 1984 vol 65 cc996-7W
Dr. Godman

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many undergraduate and graduate students domiciled in the United Kingdom entered Scottish universities in each year since 1975; and what proportion and number of these students were Scottish.

Mr. Brooke

The number of full-time and sandwich new entrants (domiciled in the United Kingdom) who entered Scottish Universities was as follows:

Thousands
1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
1. Undergraduates 10.0 10.4 10.4 10.8 10.8 11.3 10.9 10.4 10.2
2. Postgraduates NA 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.4
3. Total NA 12.6 12.2 12.5 12.5 13.3 13.1 12.6 12.6
4. Of whom domiciled in Scotland NA 10.4 10.0 10.2 9.9 10.7 10.5 9.9 9.7
5. 4 as a percentage of 3 NA 82 82 81 79 81 80 78 78

Dr. Godman

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many new undergraduate and graduate students domiciled outwith the European Economic Community entered Scottish universities in each of the years from 1975; and if he will give details of their countries of origin.

The number of full-time and sandwich new entrants to Scottish Universities: Undergraduate new entrants
University 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
Aberdeen 1,424 1,516 1,462 1,581 1,545 1,539 1,536 1,410 1,496
Dundee 723 720 699 655 702 895 877 797 656
Edinburgh 2,348 2,376 2,531 2,760 2,450 2,569 2,392 2,370 2,548
Glasgow 2,372 2,430 2,399 2,447 2,580 2,512 2,543 2,577 2,541
Heriot-Watt 875 887 914 945 841 927 870 921 804
St Andrews 800 951 950 1,004 1,012 921 987 927 975
Stirling 636 671 789 800 784 931 707 626 627
Strathclyde 1,710 1,869 1,789 1,796 1,911 1,914 1,930 1,741 1,836
Total 10,888 11,420 11,533 11,988 11,825 12,208 11,842 11,369 11,483

Postgraduate new entrants
University 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
Aberdeen 374 356 356 356 343 337 357 359 372
Dundee 184 169 196 251 179 221 254 225 228
Edinburgh 727 742 698 749 630 715 753 774 777
Glasgow 564 501 495 380 448 378 431 536 538
Heriot-Watt 208 215 224 225 234 219 248 281 300
St Andrews 39 111 101 88 93 83 89 96 95
Stirling 99 158 161 172 116 148 133 176 185
Strathclyde 622 684 604 661 642 733 736 787 924
Total 2,817 2,936 2,835 2,882 2,685 2,834 3,001 3,234 3,419

Total New entrants
University 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
Aberdeen 1,798 1,872 1,818 1,937 1,888 1,876 1,893 1,769 1,868
Dundee 907 889 895 906 881 1,116 1,131 1,022 884
Edinburgh 3,075 3,118 3,229 3,509 3,080 3,284 3,145 3,144 3,325
Glasgow 2,936 2,931 2,894 2,827 3,028 2,890 2,974 3,113 3,079
Heriot-Watt 1,083 1,102 1,138 1,170 1,075 1,146 1,118 1,202 1,104
St Andrews 839 1,062 1,051 1,092 1,105 1,004 1,076 1,023 1,070
Stirling 735 829 950 972 900 1,079 840 802 812
Strathclyde 2,332 2,553 2,393 2,457 2,553 2,647 2,666 2,528 2,760
Total 13,705 14,356 14,368 14,870 14,510 15,042 14,843 14,603 14,902

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