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Economy

Number of Full-time University Students Intake by Sex, Annual

Data from Jan 2011 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 08 May 2026, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Data Last Updated: 19/11/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Refers to National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore University of Technology & Design and Singapore University of Social Sciences. Intake figures refer to full-time first degree only. Intake figures include students who entered directly into second and subsequent years. Courses are classified according to course content of the highest weighting. Sum of the components may not add up to the total as there are courses whose main field of study is not elsewhere classifiable.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850761

Data explorer

NumberofFulltimeUniversityStudentsIntakebySexAnnual.csv (48 rows, 5.3 KB)

Data Series
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2024
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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2011
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Total Intake2118121370203492130720976207132004118668185521812617870172511619915566
Accountancy9381131117213561368143314211508152114701515118512131100
Architecture, Building & Real Estate264298338430483492458410419419470404395475
Business & Administration28953033351834833378311027852393219621201902178017321637
Dentistry8080808172606054545454545348
Education223208180196184190220170217294301314417397
Engineering Sciences52975396489751165225510152135255499749344938473344364248
Fine & Applied Arts392391373376384423410464458466491471436347
Health Sciences1148114910751093101810451001962798569544541447347
Humanities & Social Sciences35083496242427272930331133683173321931913129318625962453
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_1dd7e2c0ea6829dbfb452df2bcfd6e0c"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Number of Full-time University Students Intake by Sex, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 3, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1dd7e2c0ea6829dbfb452df2bcfd6e0c/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)