Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 May 2024
656. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places for medical students in Irish universities for each of the past ten years; and how many of these are used for international students. [22467/24]
View answerEnrolment data for medicine programmes is contained in the following table. This data was sourced from the HEA Student Records System and is the most up to date available.
The table shows the breakdown by domicile for medical student enrolments, both direct entry and graduate entry for the last 10 years available.
|
2013/2014 |
2014/2015 |
2015/2016 |
2016/2017 |
2017/2018 |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
|
|
Medicine (UG) |
4475 |
4800 |
4690 |
4730 |
4815 |
4950 |
4985 |
5125 |
5250 |
5360 |
|
(Other) EU |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
Great Britain |
2% |
2% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
Ireland |
54% |
52% |
59% |
53% |
51% |
48% |
48% |
47% |
46% |
46% |
|
Non-EU |
42% |
44% |
36% |
43% |
45% |
48% |
49% |
50% |
51% |
51% |
|
Northern Ireland |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
|
2013/2014 |
2014/2015 |
2015/2016 |
2016/2017 |
2017/2018 |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
|
|
Medicine (Graduate entry) |
1,360 |
1,465 |
1,515 |
1,535 |
1,575 |
1,580 |
1,630 |
1,700 |
1,680 |
1,725 |
|
(Other) EU |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
|
Great Britain |
5% |
4% |
7% |
7% |
7% |
7% |
5% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
|
Ireland |
57% |
56% |
52% |
51% |
50% |
50% |
50% |
52% |
53% |
51% |
|
Non-EU |
36% |
37% |
38% |
39% |
41% |
41% |
43% |
43% |
42% |
43% |
|
Northern Ireland |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
