Finland: polytechnic students by gender and field 2021

In 2021, there were 156,059 students registered at the universities of applied sciences in Finland. In the field of health and welfare, there were more than 38,800 female students and almost than 7,260 male students. By contrast, engineering, manufacturing and constraction remained a strongly male dominated field of study, together with information and communication technologies (ICT).

Number of students in universities of applied sciences in Finland in 2021, by gender and field of education

Characteristic	Male students	Female students
Education	428	893
Arts and humanities	2,322	6,000
Social sciences, journalism and information	59	124
Business, administration and law	13,872	19,034
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics	76	252
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)	12,590	3,931
Engineering, manufacturing and construction	28,644	7,506
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary	1,757	1,903
Health and welfare	7,267	38,843
Services	4,218	6,340

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April 2022

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Finland

Survey time period

2021

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The source adds the following information: "In the statistics on university of applied sciences education, a university of applied sciences education means and educational institution in category 41 of the classification of educational institutions. Students of university of applied sciences education can obtain university of applied sciences degrees and higher university of applied sciences degrees. University of applied sciences are maintained by municipalities, or by municipal or private limited companies or foundations."

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