In the academic year 2022/2023, there were over 181,200 new students enrolled in higher education in Portugal. Universities welcomed more than 116,300 new students, while polytechnics received almost 65,000. The field of business sciences, administration, and law had the highest figure of new students, with 43,418.
Number of new higher education students enrolled in Portugal during the academic year 2022/2023, by type and field of education
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* Includes establishments that are not part of universities.
** Includes establishments that are not part of polytechnic institutes, as well as organic units of polytechnic education that are part of universities.
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Direção-Geral de Estatísticas da Educação e Ciência. (July 17, 2024). Number of new higher education students enrolled in Portugal during the academic year 2022/2023, by type and field of education [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484785/portugal-new-higher-education-students-by-type-and-field/
Direção-Geral de Estatísticas da Educação e Ciência. "Number of new higher education students enrolled in Portugal during the academic year 2022/2023, by type and field of education." Chart. July 17, 2024. Statista. Accessed August 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484785/portugal-new-higher-education-students-by-type-and-field/
Direção-Geral de Estatísticas da Educação e Ciência. (2024). Number of new higher education students enrolled in Portugal during the academic year 2022/2023, by type and field of education. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484785/portugal-new-higher-education-students-by-type-and-field/
Direção-Geral de Estatísticas da Educação e Ciência. "Number of New Higher Education Students Enrolled in Portugal during The Academic Year 2022/2023, by Type and Field of Education." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484785/portugal-new-higher-education-students-by-type-and-field/
Direção-Geral de Estatísticas da Educação e Ciência, Number of new higher education students enrolled in Portugal during the academic year 2022/2023, by type and field of education Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484785/portugal-new-higher-education-students-by-type-and-field/ (last visited August 16, 2024)
Number of new higher education students enrolled in Portugal during the academic year 2022/2023, by type and field of education [Graph], Direção-Geral de Estatísticas da Educação e Ciência, July 17, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484785/portugal-new-higher-education-students-by-type-and-field/