HC Deb 10 April 1989 vol 150 cc339-40W
Mr. Henderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science which universities, polytechnics and colleges of technology had departments of marine engineering in 1968 and in 1988; and how many undergraduate and postgraduate students each department had in 1968 and 1988.

Mr. Jackson

Figures for 1988–89 are not yet available. In 1987–88 there were no postgraduate or first degree students studying marine engineering at polytechnics and colleges in England, although there were 471 sub-degree higher education students; information for 1968 is not available. Published statistics for university students studying mechanical engineering include students studying marine engineering and are shown in the following table. Comprehensive information for individual departments of marine engineering is not readily available.

University students studying mechanical engineering1
1968–89 United Kingdom universities 1987–88 Great Britain universities
Full-time
Postgraduate 698 875
Undergraduate 5,100 5,872
Part-time
Postgraduate 445 461
Undergraduate 38 20
1 Includes marine engineering.