Number of graduates from undergraduate engineering subjects in China 2013-2023

* Estimate.

Note: Regular higher education institutions refer to full-time universities, independently established colleges, regular colleges, and institutions of higher professional education.

The category of engineering in the Chinese education system is comparatively broad and includes instrumentation, energy and power, computer science and technology, electronic information science and technology, software engineering, electrical information, transportation, ocean engineering, light industry, textile, aerospace, mechanics, biological engineering, agricultural engineering, forestry engineering, public security technology, plant production, geology and minerals, materials, machinery, food, weapons, civil engineering, water conservancy, surveying and mapping, environment and safety, and chemical and pharmaceutical engineering.

Figures for earlier years have been taken from previous publications.