Thomas Gould
Question:878. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students expected to enrol in Cork universities in September 2023. [34078/23]
View answerTuesday, 11 July 2023
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My Department does not currently produce specific projections regarding third level enrolments, by county or by Higher Education Institution. Work is ongoing on an updated set of enrolment projections for higher education, which will assist in capacity-building programme of work across all disciplines with skills shortages. Further information regarding projections for higher education enrolment is available here:
gov.ie - Projections (www.gov.ie)
Data sourced from the HEA website details undergraduate new entrants to University College Cork and Munster Technological University for the last five academic years available, is outlined in the table below.
|
Institute |
2017/2018 |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
|
Munster Technological University |
2,795 |
2,490 |
2,640 |
2,875 |
2,820 |
|
University College Cork |
3,575 |
3,610 |
3,700 |
3,895 |
3,840 |
|
Grand Total |
6,370 |
6,100 |
6,340 |
6,770 |
6,660 |
Question No. 879 answered with Question No. 859.