§ Lord Wallace of Saltaireasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many British students they estimate are currently working towards higher degrees in British higher education institutions, in science, humanities and social science. [HL2863]
§ Baroness BlackstoneThe latest data available on the number of UK students working towards postgraduate degrees in UK higher education institutions in science, humanities and social science are set out in the table.
UK Domiciled Postgraduate Degree Students in UK Higher Education Institutions 1997–98 Subject Postgraduate degree students1 Medicine and Dentistry 8,910 Subjects allied to Medicine 11,327 Biological Sciences 13,208 Veterinary Science 331 Agriculture and related subjects 1,486 Physical Sciences 12,985 Mathematical Sciences 2,313 Computer Sciences 9,075 Engineering and Technology 14,996 Architecture, Building and Planning 4,389 Total Science 79,020 Social, Economic and Political Studies 17,812 Law 3,822 Business and Administrative Studies 26,722 Librarianship and Information Science 2,761 Languages 7,775 Humanities 9,605 Creative Arts and Design 6,200 Education 17,590 Combined 6,569 Total 177,876 1 Provisional.