ICT: Higher Education
(asked on 3rd June 2015) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students at UK universities are studying (a) computer science degrees, (b) computer science masters degrees, (c) video games degrees and (d) video games masters degrees.
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The numbers of full-person equivalent enrolments studying Computer Science and ‘Games’ subjects at UK HEIs in the academic year 2013/14 are provided in the table.
Information on enrolments at UK HEIs for the academic year 2014/15 will become available from HESA in January 2016.
Full-person equivalent (1) Computer Science enrolments (2) by level of study
UK Higher Education Institutions
Academic year 2013/14
Subject of study | First Degree | Masters | All levels of study (3) |
Computer Science | 69,815 | 11,610 | 91,565 |
...of which 'Games' (4) | 3,260 | 80 | 3,515 |
Source: HESA Student Record 2013/14
Notes:
(1) Subject level counts are shown in terms of Full Person Equivalents (FPEs). FPEs are derived by apportioning each student between the different subjects that made up their course.
(2) Enrolments refer to students in all years of study
(3) All levels of study include Higher Education qualifications at both sub-degree and postgraduate research level.
(4) Courses categorised as ‘Games’ include the studies of computer game programming, design, graphics, generated visual & audio effects, and imagery.