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Higher education student enrolments and qualifications obtained at higher education institutions in the UK for the academic year 2010/11

This publication provides details of student enrolments and qualifications obtained by higher education (HE) students at HE institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK) for the academic year 2010/11. It covers the UK, along with separate figures for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and includes new charts and time series graphs to aid in interpretation of the data.

Key points

Enrolments

• The total number of HE enrolments at UK HEIs stood at 2,501,295 in 2010/11, showing no percentage increase from 2009/10. Postgraduate enrolments increased by 2% between 2009/10 and 2010/11 while undergraduate enrolments showed a slight decrease between 2009/10 and 2010/11.

• The total number of first year enrolments stood at 1,145,970 in 2010/11 a decrease of 3% since 2009/10. The number of full-time first year enrolments showed no percentage change between 2009/10 and 2010/11, while part-time first year enrolments decreased by 8% over the same period. The number of postgraduate first year enrolments increased by 1% and undergraduate first year enrolments decreased by 5%.

• In 2010/11 UK domiciled students accounted for 83% of all enrolments at UK HEIs, 5% were EU domiciled and the remaining 12% came from countries outside the EU. The number of student enrolments from outside the EU increased by 6% from 2009/10 (from 280,760 to 298,110). The number of all other European Union (EU) domiciled students increased by 4% (from 125,045 to 130,120). Over the same period, the number of UK domiciled students decreased by 1% (from 2,087,615 to 2,073,070).

Qualifications obtained

• In 2010/11, there were 762,540 HE qualifications obtained in the UK compared to 716,940 in 2009/10, showing an increase of 6%. Of these 369,010 were at first degree level, compared to 350,860 in 2009/10, showing an increase of 5%.

• Of those gaining a classified first degree, the proportion who obtained a first or upper second has shown a steady increase from 60% in 2006/07 to 64% in 2010/11.

• 66% of first degree classifications achieved by females in 2010/11 were at First or Upper second level compared to 61% of those achieved by males.

• 57% of first degree graduates in 2010/11 were women, which has remained constant over the five year time series.

• In 2010/11, 39% of qualifications obtained were in science subjects, a decrease in the proportion since 2006/07 despite an overall increase in numbers. In 2006/07, 37% of qualifications achieved by women were in science subjects compared to 45% for men. These showed a small change over the five year time series to 35% and 45% respectively in 2010/11.

Students studying wholly overseas

• In 2010/11, there were 503,795 students studying wholly overseas compared to 408,685 in 2009/10. Of those students studying wholly overseas in 2010/11, 14% were studying within the EU compared to 17% in 2009/10.

More 2010/11 HESA statistics

The students and qualifiers at UK HE institutions statistics have also been updated with 2010/11 student data.

Author(s): Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

Other Publishers: UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Welsh Government (WG), the Scottish Government (SG) and the Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DEL(NI))

Production date: 2012

How to obtain: Download Higher education student enrolments and qualifications obtained at higher education institutions in the UK for the academic year 2010/11.

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