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 REPORT 0208A - FEBRUARY 2008
A Global Study of Engineering Undergraduate and Doctoral Degrees Awarded in Ninety-One Countries
 

This study was directed at providing a comparison of engineering degrees, both undergraduate and doctoral, on an international scale. Data from ninety-one countries are included. These countries include almost 80% of the world population. Although information from some countries was incomplete, the statistical data presented provide a comprehensive, global view of engineering education.

Undergraduate degrees awarded since the early 1980s for China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States are presented; doctoral degrees over this period are presented for China, France, Germany, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Recent undergraduate degree data for essentially all countries are compared on the basis of total number of degrees, degrees per population of persons 24 years of age and degrees per total population. Recent doctoral degree data for forty-three countries are compared on the basis of total number of degrees and doctoral degrees per total population.

Degrees awarded to women are also compared in terms of both the total number of degrees and the fraction of degrees awarded to women. Undergraduate data are presented for sixty-six countries and doctoral data are presented for thirty-two countries.

Undergraduate and graduate enrollments of foreign national students in Canada, France, Japan and the United Kingdom are compared. The countries of citizenship for these foreign national students are presented.

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