Early Destinations of Students Qualifying from Scottish Higher Educations Institutions 2012-13

Statistics on the first destinations of leavers from Scottish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)in 2012-13


Table 2: First destination of leavers from Scottish HEIs by subject area: 2012-13

Leavers from Scottish HEIs

No. of Leavers Study/Training
(%)
UK employment
(%)
Overseas employment
(%)
Believed unemployed
(%)
Other
(%)
All subjects 47,900 18.5 66.0 5.8 5.6 4.1
Medical Studies 7,085 8.9 84.2 2.1 2.7 2.1
Allied Medicine 5,595 8.9 83.1 2.2 3.2 2.5
Medicine and Dentistry 1,490 8.8 88.4 1.6 0.7 0.4
Science and Engineering 14,050 24.4 58.5 6.4 7.0 3.7
Agriculture 460 23.5 60.6 6.1 5.9 4.1
Biological Sciences 4,330 28.6 55.4 5.0 5.7 5.3
Engineering and Technology 3,815 18.9 64.9 7.4 6.6 2.2
Information Technology 2,170 20.3 57.6 7.4 11.1 3.6
Mathematical Sciences 780 26.6 59.4 6.0 4.9 3.2
Physical Sciences 2,280 31.2 50.8 6.8 7.4 3.8
Veterinary Science 215 2.3 86.0 4.7 3.7 3.3
Business and Social Studies 14,995 19.3 63.3 7.4 5.9 4.2
Architecture 1,370 16.9 69.5 7.1 4.3 2.2
Business Administration 6,405 14.6 66.0 9.1 6.1 4.3
Law 2,200 34.3 51.2 6.7 4.0 3.6
Mass Communication 740 9.6 72.9 3.8 8.5 5.3
Social Studies 4,280 21.0 61.7 6.0 6.5 4.8
Education and the Arts 11,160 15.9 69.2 5.2 5.3 4.4
Creative Arts 2,755 19.8 62.9 4.4 8.7 4.1
Education 4,260 2.7 92.7 1.8 1.1 1.7
Humanities 1,950 28.8 49.8 6.1 7.9 7.4
Languages 2,195 25.1 48.5 12.2 6.9 7.3
Multi-Disciplinary Studies 610 19.6 40.8 2.0 4.2 33.2
Supplementary Subject Information
Economics and Politics 1,345 23.6 49.3 11.5 9.6 6.0
English 975 28.3 50.0 7.2 7.7 6.8
Geography 600 26.4 54.3 8.3 7.1 3.8
Psychology 1,470 27.4 57.6 4.4 4.8 5.9

Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
Data weighted according to response rates (see Methodological Notes, Section 3)
Number of leavers rounded to the nearest 5

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