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A1 students enrolled in higher education

A1.01 Students enrolled in higher education since 1960 (thousands)

 
1960-61 1 1970-71 1 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Change 2013/2012
Universities 214.7 661.2 858.1 1,159.9 1,396.8 1,407.9 1,448.2 1,440.9 1,450.7 1,462.7 1,499.6 +2.5
technological university institutes (IUT) 24.2 53.7 72.3 116.1 117.3 117.3 115.7 115.0 114.7 115.8 +1.0
engineers 8.3 10.5 23.2 23.2 23.1 23.9 24.7 25.1 25.7 +2.7
higher technical sections (STS3 2 8.0 2 26.8 67.9 199.3 238.9 234.2 240.3 242.2 246.0 253.7 255.0 +0.5
CPGE 4 2 21.0 2 32.6 40.1 64.4 70.3 80.0 81.1 79.9 80.4 82.2 83.5 +1.6
Engineering courses (including alternance training programmes) 28.6 57.7 96.5 114.1 121.4 126.2 130.4 134.3 137.3 +2.2
Business, management and accountancy schools (excluding higher technical certificates - BTS) 15.8 46.1 63.4 100.6 116.3 121.3 126.7 131.0 134.2 +2.4
Paramedic and social care schools 5 91.7 74.4 93.4 137.2 136.2 137.4 140.6 140.6 132.9 -5.5
Other institutions and courses 2 66.0 2 130.0 87.1 125.7 224.3 183.4 193.6 195.6 200.7 207.3 213.1 +2.8
All 6 309.7 850.6 1,181.1 1,717.1 2,160.3 2,234.2 2,314.0 2,319.6 2,350.9 2,386.9 2,429.9 +1.8
private 224.1 277.4 371.1 400.8 411.0 422.1 436.1 443.6 +1.7
 

1 Figures for metropolitan France for 1960-61 and 1970-71.
2 Estimate.
3 Including Mayotte, which has been an overseas department (département d'outre-mer - DOM) since 2011.
4 Students studying for a diploma in accountancy and finance (diplôme d'études comptables et financières - DECF) were classified in the CPGE (Class preparing for admission to Grandes Écoles) category prior to 1990 and subsequently in the 'Other institutions and courses' category.
5 Provisional 2013-14 data for paramedic and social care courses (rollover of 2012-2013 data). Change calculated between 2011 and 2011.
6 Excluding double counting of engineers and students on CPGE courses (93 students enrolled on CPGE courses at the University of South Brittany in 2013).

 Coverage: Metropolitan France + overseas departments (DOM).

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A1.02 Number of students enrolled in higher education in 2013-14, by type of course and institution (thousands)

 
BMP qualifications Healthcare professions Engineering courses 3 Technological university diploma (DUT) and post-DUT Advanced technician diploma (BTS) and similar qualifications Class preparing for admission to Grandes Écoles (CPGE) and integrated preparatory courses Other Total
Secondary schools (lycées) 231.6 81.2 14.5 327.2
private 60.9 11.4 4.8 77.2
Universities 2 993.1 176.6 25.7 115.8 2.2 186.1 1,499.6
Other higher education institutions 4 27.5 1.3 32.4 61.3
private 17.0 1.3 17.1 35.5
Teacher training schools (écoles normales supérieures) 5.2 5.2
Engineering schools 8.0 111.6 7.8 5.1 132.5
private 0.5 40.3 4.9 1.2 46.9
Business, management and accountancy schools 2.6 134.2 136.8
private 2.6 134.2 136.8
Law and administration schools 8.8 8.8
private 4.5 4.5
Journalism and literary schools 8.3 8.3
private 8.3 8.3
Non-university paramedic schools 1 100.7 100.7
private 24.3 24.3
Schools preparing students for social care professions 1 32.2 32.2
private 31.3 31.3
Grandes Écoles in arts and cultural subjects 1.3 47.1 48.4
private 1.3 29.8 31.1
Schools of architecture 19.0 19.0
private 1.0 1.0
Schools of veterinary medicine and science 2.6 2.6
Other specialist schools 19.5 2.3 25.5 47.3
private 19.4 2.3 25.2 46.9
Total 1,028.6 278.7 137.3 115.8 255.0 93.5 521.0 2,429.9
private 17.5 25.6 40.3 0.0 84.3 18.5 257.3 443.6
 

1 Provisional 2013-14 data for paramedic and social care courses (rollover of 2012-13 data).
2 Including the University of Lorraine, which was granted grand établissement legal status in 2011.
3 Including alternance training programmes in engineering (which accounted for 10,799 students in 2013).
4 Catholic institutes, Paris-Dauphine, Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (IEP Paris), École nationale supérieure des sciences de l’information et des bibliothèques (ENSSIB), Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO), Observatoire de Paris, École pratique des hautes études, Institut de physique du Globe, École nationale des chartes.

 Coverage: Metropolitan France + overseas departments (DOM).

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