HC Deb 17 December 1974 vol 883 cc374-6W
Mrs. Bain

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many postgraduate places were provided in each faculty at each Scottish university over each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Prentice

Since 1965–66 university statistics have been compiled by standard subject groups rather than by faculties. The figures for 1972–73, the most recent available, are given below. Corresponding data for the academic years 1966–67 to 1971–72 are in Volume 6 of the annual "Statistics of Education", and figures for earlier years are in the annual "Returns from Universities and University Colleges". Copies of these publications are available in the Library.

Full-time students at post-graduate level bysubject group of study, 1972–73
Education Medicine, dentistry and health Engineering and technology Agriculture, forestry and veterinary science Science Social, administrative and business studies Architecture and other professional and vocational subjects Language, literature and area studies Arts, other than languages Total
Aberdeen 93 51 13 78 168 94 17 18 532
Dundee 66 15 50 3 112 44 4 3 297
Edinburgh 147 74 27 77 293 259 112 188 123 1,300
Glasgow 154 60 46 18 225 163 27 51 34 778
Heriot-Watt 10 58 65 29 1 163
St. Andrews 1 151 18 47 78 295
Stirling 6 13 62 77 7 6 171
Strathclyde 47 254 138 241 74 13 767
Total 466 258 461 176 1,214 925 214 327 262 4,303