Vol. 520 No. 4
270 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the proportion of first year enrolments which took up the following subjects in each of the years 1987 and 1988, in 1992 and 1993 and in 1998-99 at the institutes of technology and in the universities: (i) arts and social science, (ii) sciences and applied sciences, (iii) business and administration, (iv) engineering and technology and (v) law. [16090/00]
My Department annually gathers data from the institutes of technology and universities for the first year student enrolment by field of study for full-time students only. The following represents the breakdown of these enrolments proportionate to overall first year in-take for the years requested:
University Sector
|
1987/88 |
1998/99 |
1992/93 |
1993/94 |
1998/99 |
|
|
Arts & Social Science |
44.5% |
43.7% |
44.6% |
43.4% |
39.6% |
|
Sciences & Social Science |
26.7% |
26.7% |
24.4% |
24.7% |
26.5% |
|
Business & Administration |
14.0% |
15.3% |
15.5% |
15.6% |
16.2% |
|
Engineering & Technology |
12.3% |
11.6% |
13.1% |
12.1% |
14.4% |
|
Law |
2.5% |
2.6% |
2.4% |
2.7% |
3.2% |
|
Other |
1.4% |
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|
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
|
1987/88 |
1998/99 |
1992/93 |
1993/94 |
1998/99 |
|
|
Arts |
6.3% |
5.9% |
5.4% |
4.5% |
4.7% |
|
Science |
18.9% |
19.7% |
21.8% |
21.2% |
23.1% |
|
Business Studies |
31.9% |
34.3% |
30.2% |
33.2% |
30.9% |
|
Engineering |
28.4% |
28.1% |
28.4% |
29.3% |
28.7% |
|
Other |
14.6% |
11.9% |
14.2% |
11.8% |
12.6% |
|
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
