Statistics Norway

Students in universities and colleges

3 Students in tertiary education in Norway and Norwegian students abroad by gender and field of education. 1 October 1998, 2007 og 2008
Fields of Education Absolute figures Per cent
Total Men Women
1998 2007 2008 1998 2007 2008 1998 2007 2008
Total  191 899  219 464  225 469 41.7 39.3 39.0 58.3 60.7 61.0
General Programmes1  127 1 764 1 726 37.8 77.9 76.7 62.2 22.1 23.3
Humanities and Arts 34 832 26 706 27 196 36.2 35.9 36.2 63.8 64.1 63.8
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 31 695 30 860 30 498 22.9 24.9 23.7 77.1 75.1 76.3
Social Sciences and Law2 21 705 30 165 31 286 42.4 39.0 38.4 57.6 61.0 61.6
Business and Administration2 30 495 39 414 42 544 50.7 45.0 44.7 49.3 55.0 55.3
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 33 909 34 082 35 334 70.8 67.4 66.6 29.2 32.6 33.4
Health, Welfare and Sport 32 957 48 540 50 357 22.5 22.4 22.1 77.5 77.6 77.9
Primary Industries 2 029 1 085 1 083 53.9 49.0 49.5 46.1 51.0 50.5
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 3 492 3 174 3 769 72.3 69.5 68.8 27.7 30.5 31.2
Unspecified field of education  658 3 674 1 676 44.4 39.3 40.6 55.6 60.7 59.4
                   
Students in Norwayl  180 049  208 263  214 183 41.5 39.1 38.9 58.5 60.9 61.1
General Programmes1  127 1 764 1 726 37.8 77.9 76.7 62.2 22.1 23.3
Humanities and Arts 32 610 24 874 25 449 36.3 36.1 36.5 63.7 63.9 63.5
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 31 527 30 677 30 315 23.0 24.9 23.6 77.0 75.1 76.4
Social Sciences and Law2 21 705 28 446 29 465 42.4 39.1 38.7 57.6 60.9 61.3
Business and Administration2 26 414 37 339 40 400 50.9 44.7 44.4 49.1 55.3 55.6
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 32 531 32 848 34 080 70.7 67.9 67.1 29.3 32.1 32.9
Health, Welfare and Sport 29 677 44 523 46 310 21.2 20.7 20.5 78.8 79.3 79.5
Primary Industries 1 978 1 034 1 048 54.3 51.2 50.7 45.7 48.8 49.3
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 2 941 3 084 3 715 80.8 70.4 69.2 19.2 29.6 30.8
Unspecified field of education  539 3 674 1 675 43.6 39.3 40.7 56.4 60.7 59.3
                   
Norwegian students abroad 11 850 11 201 11 286 5 207.0 41.9 41.3 6 643.0 58.1 58.7
General Programmes1 - - - - - - - - -
Humanities and Arts 2 222 1 832 1 747  764.0 32.6 32.8 1 458.0 67.4 67.2
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  168  183  183 35.0 26.2 30.1  133.0 73.8 69.9
Social Sciences and Law2   1 719 1 821   37.3 34.4   62.7 65.6
Business and Administration2 4 081 2 075 2 144 2 023.0 51.4 51.5 2 058.0 48.6 48.5
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 1 378 1 234 1 254 1 017.0 53.8 52.2  361.0 46.2 47.8
Health, Welfare and Sport 3 280 4 017 4 047 1 145.0 40.7 40.1 2 135.0 59.3 59.9
Primary Industries 51 51 35 19.0 5.9 14.3 32.0 94.1 85.7
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services  551 90 54  147.0 40.0 44.4  404.0 60.0 55.6
Unspecified field of education  119 - 1 57.0 - 0.0 62.0 -  100.0
1  Includes preparatory courses for university or university college education.
2  A more detailed coding of education abroad makes the numbers less comparable in and between fields of education over time.

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