Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 March 2022
565. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of physiotherapists that graduated from respective third-level colleges in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [11231/22]
View answerPhysiotherapy graduate data for the three latest years available - 2018, 2019 and 2020 - is available in the table below. The data given is for courses allowing qualification as a physiotherapist, and does not include graduates from postgraduate courses undertaken by existing physiotherapists. This data is taken from the HEA's Student Records System (SRS)
|
HEI |
Course Level |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|
Royal College of Surgeons |
Undergraduate |
30 |
28 |
32 |
|
Trinity College Dublin |
Undergraduate |
110 |
118 |
77 |
|
University College Dublin |
Undergraduate |
50 |
52 |
48 |
|
University of Limerick |
Undergraduate |
30 |
30 |
27 |
|
University College Dublin |
Postgraduate |
23 |
21 |
22 |
|
University of Limerick |
Postgraduate |
15 |
17 |
17 |
In Trinity College Dublin there is a higher number of graduates than can be accounted for by the intake to its physiotherapy course. This is due to a partnership between Trinity College Dublin and Nanyang Polytechnic in Singapore. Students from Nanyang Polytechnic complete three years of their degree in their home institution, and the final year in Trinity College. They are therefore counted among the graduates for that year, but do not appear in the initial intake for that course.
