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Number Of Full-Time University Students Intake By Sex, Annual

Data from Jan 2011 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 08 Jun 2025, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Data Last Updated: 05/12/2024

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 KB)

Data Series
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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 Intake21370203492130720976207132004118668185521812617870172511619915566
Accountancy1131117213561368143314211508152114701515118512131100
Architecture, Building & Real Estate298338430483492458410419419470404395475
Business & Administration3033351834833378311027852393219621201902178017321637
Dentistry80808172606054545454545348
Education208180196184190220170217294301314417397
Engineering Sciences5396489751165225510152135255499749344938473344364248
Fine & Applied Arts391373376384423410464458466491471436347
Health Sciences114910751093101810451001962798569544541447347
Humanities & Social Sciences3496242427272930331133683173321931913129318625962453

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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())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Number Of Full-Time University Students Intake By Sex, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 21, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1dd7e2c0ea6829dbfb452df2bcfd6e0c/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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