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Data from Jan 1993 to Dec 2023
Last updated: 13 Jul 2025, 23:00 SGT
Source: SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC, NGEE ANN POLYTECHNIC, TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC, NANYANG POLYTECHNIC, REPUBLIC POLYTECHNIC, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (FROM 2019)
Data Last Updated: 18/02/2025
Update Frequency: Annual
Footnotes: Data prior to 2015 are classified according to the Singapore Standard Educational Classification (SSEC) 2010 while data for 2015 to 2019 and from 2020 are classified according to SSEC 2015 and SSEC 2020 respectively. Covers full-time and part-time post diploma, advanced diploma, management diploma, specialist diploma and postgraduate diploma courses. Includes students who are concurrently enrolled in diploma courses.
Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850521
Data Series Text | 2023 Numeric | 2022 Numeric | 2021 Text | 2020 Text | 2019 Text | 2018 Text | 2017 Text | 2016 Text | 2015 Text | 2014 Text | 2013 Text | 2012 Text | 2011 Text | 2010 Text | 2009 Text | 2008 Text | 2007 Text | 2006 Text | 2005 Text | 2004 Text | 2003 Text | 2002 Text | 2001 Text | 2000 Text | 1999 Text | 1998 Text | 1997 Text | 1996 Text | 1995 Text | 1994 Text | 1993 Text |
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(Null)0.0% | (Null)0.0% | (Null)0.0% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)8.3% | (Null)16.7% | (Null)25.0% | (Null)25.0% | (Null)25.0% | (Null)25.0% | (Null)41.7% | (Null)50.0% |
Total | 8645 | 7844 | 10667 | 9559 | 8639 | 7353 | 5781 | 4680 | 3809 | 3336 | 2945 | 3151 | 3053 | 2642 | 2242 | 2044 | 1417 | 1148 | 1298 | 1690 | 2245 | 2514 | 2307 | 2328 | 2192 | 2046 | 2041 | 2072 | 1605 | 1373 | 1696 |
Education | 1363 | 1552 | 1692 | 1511 | 1404 | 666 | 391 | 388 | 357 | 281 | 376 | 239 | 186 | 82 | 177 | 114 | 106 | 22 | 22 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 30 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
Applied Arts | 390 | 390 | 629 | 609 | 439 | 387 | 237 | 132 | 71 | 48 | 22 | 78 | 51 | 92 | 38 | 34 | 35 | 60 | 49 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 30 | 65 | 52 | 1 | 47 | 29 | 23 | na | na |
Humanities & Social Sciences | 394 | 402 | 551 | 258 | 127 | 79 | 115 | 46 | 27 | 121 | 105 | 128 | 94 | 105 | 57 | 57 | 52 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 15 | na | na | na | na | na | na |
Mass Communication & Information Science | 0 | 7 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
Business & Administration | 1142 | 1172 | 1919 | 1957 | 1443 | 1055 | 782 | 502 | 479 | 491 | 472 | 533 | 521 | 633 | 525 | 468 | 219 | 217 | 255 | 289 | 388 | 401 | 372 | 400 | 482 | 544 | 550 | 668 | 385 | 217 | 215 |
Science & Related Technologies | 1272 | 1142 | 1208 | 974 | 700 | 528 | 282 | 264 | 176 | 197 | 118 | 148 | 180 | 202 | 151 | 137 | 88 | 61 | 109 | 89 | 110 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 18 | 40 | 74 | 55 | 12 | 32 |
Health Sciences | 1857 | 951 | 1561 | 1151 | 1455 | 1376 | 1377 | 1177 | 1176 | 1120 | 1120 | 1203 | 1133 | 646 | 565 | 535 | 235 | 257 | 266 | 320 | 85 | 260 | 168 | 162 | 210 | 133 | 143 | 186 | 172 | 89 | na |
Information Technology | 1143 | 1182 | 1889 | 1894 | 2050 | 2279 | 1771 | 1370 | 886 | 572 | 415 | 288 | 313 | 302 | 206 | 171 | 105 | 82 | 107 | 202 | 455 | 519 | 628 | 796 | 538 | 418 | 340 | 257 | 205 | 266 | 493 |
Architecture, Building & Real Estate | 213 | 274 | 288 | 251 | 224 | 162 | 149 | 87 | 61 | 62 | 37 | 42 | 35 | 36 | 45 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 56 | 104 | 168 | 211 | 235 | 178 |
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This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.
import requests
dataset_id = "d_5980c75b69e5d24d18a5ba0a45898af8"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=" + dataset_id
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())
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