Statistics Publication Notice: Early Destinations of Students Qualifying from Scottish Higher Education Institutions 2011-12

Statistics on the first destinations of leavers from Scottish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), 6 months after qualifying.


Table 6: Employment location of leavers from Scottish HEIs by subject of qualification: 2011-12

Leavers from Scottish HEIs in UK or overseas employment

Location of Employment
No. of Leavers Scotland
(%)
Other UK
(%)
Overseas
(%)
All subjects 33,355 76.4 15.9 7.7
Medical Studies 6,065 79.6 17.8 2.6
Allied Medicine 4,885 80.1 17.1 2.8
Medicine and Dentistry 1,180 77.7 20.8 1.5
Science and Engineering 8,345 69.4 20.0 10.6
Agriculture 230 63.4 19.8 16.8
Biological Sciences 2,405 77.0 15.8 7.2
Engineering and Technology 2,460 67.7 19.6 12.7
Information Technology 1,345 72.4 17.5 10.3
Mathematical Sciences 515 63.7 26.3 9.9
Physical Sciences 1,225 62.8 23.7 13.4
Veterinary Science 165 33.1 62.6 4.3
Business and Social Studies 10,765 76.2 14.0 9.8
Architecture 1,020 71.7 19.1 9.2
Business Administration 4,790 76.2 12.7 11.1
Law 1,260 78.3 10.6 11.1
Mass Communication 615 74.9 19.2 5.9
Social Studies 3,085 77.0 14.7 8.3
Education and the Arts 7,935 81.2 13.1 5.7
Creative Arts 1,710 77.4 16.1 6.5
Education 3,995 96.4 2.4 1.2
Humanities 1,015 58.3 33.0 8.8
Languages 1,215 55.9 27.4 16.7
Multi-Disciplinary Studies 240 88.4 7.9 3.7
Supplementary Subject Information
Economics and Politics 850 49.3 28.9 21.5
English 530 62.3 27.8 9.8
Geography 405 57.1 30.5 12.4
Psychology 935 78.6 15.6 5.7

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
'Other UK' includes a small number of leavers whose location of employment was unknown

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