HC Deb 04 December 1973 vol 865 cc364-5W
Mr. Michael Cocks

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the number of full-time students at each British university for the years 1961 to 1973, respectively.

Mr. Raison

The provisional numbers of full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students in universities in October 1973 as recorded by the University Grants Committee are given in the following table. The numbers for 1972 and for 1971 can be found in the OFFICIAL REPORT for Wednesday 14th March 1973, Vol. 852, c.364, and Thursday 13th April 1972, Vol. 834, c. 204–206 respectively. The numbers for previous years are published in "Statistics of Education", Volume 6.

1973
Universities Undergraduates Postgraduates Total
Aberystwyth 2,254 546 2,800
Bangor 1,913 623 2,536
Cardiff 3,037 684 3,721
Lampeter 386 11 397
Swansea 2,656 671 3,327
Welsh National School of Medicine 479 46 525
University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology 1,940 275 2,215
Total Wales 12,665 2,856 15,521
Total England and Wales 163,716 41,518 205,234
Aberdeen 4,649 563 5,212
Dundee 2,450 316 2,766
Edinburgh 8,249 1,402 9,651
Glasgow 7,732 754 8,486
Heriot-Watt 2,061 205 2,266
St. Andrews 2,671 403 3,074
Stirling 1,945 182 2,127
Strathclyde 4,856 813 5,669
Total Scotland 34,613 4,638 39,251
Total Great Britain 198,329 46,156 244,485