Total amount of medical and nursing students from 2010-2021: FOI release

Information requested

The capped number of medical and nursing students at Scottish Universities from 2010 to 2021 intake and the nursing students split by speciality course.

Response

The target student intake figures for nursing students at Scottish Universities from 2010 to 2021 by field of study are as follows:

Target intake	Not including honours*				Including honours
Field	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Adult	2211	1937	1677	1727	2025	2100	2216	2307	2574	2701	2813	2954
Mental Health	404	400	360	360	420	420	443	465	515	602	655	740
Learning Disability	60	60	90	100	100	100	110	110	122	144	151	151
Children	203	203	203	203	245	245	258	267	287	302	317	317
Midwifery	182	100	100	140	160	173	182	191	206	257	270	287
Total	3060	2700	2430	2530	2950	3038	3209	3340	3704	4006	4206	4449

* Prior to 2014, a number of universities offering honours degrees in nursing were not included in the capped numbers.

The target student intake figures for medical students at Scottish universities from 2010 to 2021 are as follows:

Medicine	Target intake
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
	900	900	845	848	848	848	898	898	953	1013	1038*	1117

*Revised to 1138 due to factors caused by the pandemic.

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