Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 December 2022
427. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of part-time undergraduate and postgraduate students in public institutes of higher education each year since 2011 including the 2022/2023 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60227/22]
View answerThe data requested by the Deputy is contained in the table below. This data was sourced from the HEA student records system (SRS) for the academic years 2010/2011 to 2021/2022, which is the most recent available, and by course level, undergraduate and postgraduate enrolments.
|
PT enrolments |
2010/2011 |
2011/2012 |
2012/2013 |
2013/2014 |
2014/2015 |
2015/2016 |
2016/2017 |
2017/2018 |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
|
Undergraduate |
19,802 |
21,242 |
20,627 |
21,236 |
20,897 |
22,192 |
21,988 |
23,794 |
25,555 |
27,392 |
27,204 |
24,729 |
|
Postgraduate |
12,861 |
12,812 |
14,015 |
14,490 |
15,139 |
15,057 |
15,645 |
16,307 |
17,474 |
18,401 |
22,454 |
21,533 |
|
Grand Total |
32,663 |
34,054 |
34,642 |
35,726 |
36,036 |
37,249 |
37,633 |
40,101 |
43,029 |
45,793 |
49,658 |
46,262 |
