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Graduates From Higher Degree Courses By Type Of Course, Annual

Data from Jan 1993 to Dec 2022Updated 7 months ago

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN (FROM 2013), SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (FROM 2017), SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (FROM 2017)

Data Last Updated: 05/02/2024

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 postgraduate diploma and higher degree courses offered by National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University and Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore Institute of Technology, and higher degree courses offered by National Institute of Education. From 2013, data includes students enrolled in Singapore University of Technology and Design. With effect from 2013, there are courses whose main field of study is not elsewhere classifiable.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850551

Data explorer

GraduatesFromHigherDegreeCoursesByTypeOfCourseAnnual.csv (13 rows, 2.8 KB)

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Graduates From Higher Degree Courses By Type Of Course, Annual (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 25, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_e3b14fab155741fdc20f43912a039c1c/view

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24 Oct 2024

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