Medicine: Students

(asked on 23rd January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to data published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency entitled Higher Education Student Statistics: UK 2021/22, published on 19 January 2023, what proportion of medical students that completed their training at UK higher education providers in the academic year 2021-22 were UK nationals.


Answered by
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Robert Halfon
This question was answered on 30th January 2023

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on enrolments and qualifications obtained at UK Higher Education Providers (HEPs). The latest statistics refer to the 2021/22 academic year.

The table below shows the number of students that have qualified from their first degree from a UK HEP in a medical related subject, by domicile.

Full-person-equivalent1 First Degree qualifiers in select subjects at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEPs) by domicile, in the academic year 2021/22

Subject area 2

UK domiciled 3 qualifiers

Non-UK domiciled 3 qualifiers

Total qualifiers

Percentage that are UK domiciled 3 qualifiers

Dentistry (CAH01-01-04)

1,210

100

1,310

92.2%

Medicine (CAH01-01-01, CAH01-01-02, CAH01-01-03)

8,365

1,285

9,650

86.7%

Nursing and midwifery (CAH02-04)

23,545

900

24,445

96.3%

Veterinary sciences (CAH05-01)

1,405

320

1,725

81.6%

  1. Counts are based on full-person-equivalents. Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5, in line with HESA rounding conventions. Numbers may not sum due to rounding. Guidance can be found here: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/definitions/students#rounding-and-suppression-strategy.
  2. Information on qualifiers by principal HECoS code is published by HESA as part of their Open Data Pages can be found here: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-54. Data for 2021/22 will be added to this table on 31 January 2023.
  3. Domicile refers to the permanent home address of the student prior to entry to the course.

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