In the academic year 2021, around 67 thousand postgraduate students in Japan had a major in engineering, of which close to 15 percent were female students. The field of engineering attracted the highest number of both male and female graduate students.
Number of postgraduate students in Japan in academic year 2021, by major field of study and gender
academic year 2021; the Japanese school year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Supplementary notes
*"Other" includes subjects such as liberal arts, integrated science, and international studies.
Figures include the number of students attending master's programs and those attending the first term of doctor's programs. The first term of doctor's programs refers to the first two years of full-term (five years) doctoral programs, excluding studies of medicine, dentistry, pharmaceutical, and veterinary medicine, that are considered equivalent to the master's programs.
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