In the academic year 2022/2023, of the over 446,000 higher education students in Portugal, almost 99,000 studied business sciences, administration, and law. With 88,500 students, engineering, manufacturing, and construction was the second-most chosen study field. While the engineering field dominated in Northern Portugal, the business one was the most relevant in Greater Lisbon.
Number of higher education students enrolled in Portugal during the academic year 2022/2023, by region and field of education
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Direção-Geral de Estatísticas da Educação e Ciência. (July 17, 2024). Number of higher education students enrolled in Portugal during the academic year 2022/2023, by region and field of education [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484816/portugal-higher-education-students-by-region-and-field/
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