Table

New entrants to higher education and awarded qualification after 8 years. Sex. Numbers and per cent¹
	Total	Males	Females
¹Students who enrolled in tertiary education for the first time from 1.10.yyyy -1 to 30.09.yyyy.(Example: 2006 is refering to 1.10.2005-30.09.2006)
Academic year and awarded qualification
1999
Total	38 371	15 932	22 439
Doctorates, Ph.D	0.2	0.3	0.1
Tertiary graduates from programmes longer than 4 years	16.1	19.5	13.8
Tertiary graduates from programmes lasting 2-4 years	42.9	32.0	50.6
No awarded qualification	40.8	48.2	35.5

2009
Total	46 452	19 658	26 794
Doctorates, Ph.D	0.5	0.7	0.3
Tertiary graduates from programmes longer than 4 years	24.9	27.5	22.9
Tertiary graduates from programmes lasting 2-4 years	40.3	32.8	45.9
No awarded qualification	34.3	39.1	30.9