Students completing doctoral degrees in natural and physical sciences in New Zealand

2009–2021

The following information applies to all values in the table. Main field of study: S01
Year	Number of students completing doctoral degrees
2009	260
2010	295
2011	260
2012	305
2013	365
2014	385
2015	370
2016	365
2017	370
2018	360
2019	385
2020	370
2021	435

Notes

Students who complete a qualification that can be assigned to more than one field have been counted in each field, so the sum of the various fields may not add to the total.
Totals include those students with unknown values.

Data calculation/treatment

Data have been rounded to the nearest 5 to protect the privacy of individuals.

Inclusions

Doctoral degrees include PhDs and other doctorates but exclude higher doctorates.

Data provided by

Ministry of Education

Dataset name

Tertiary Education Research: Research Performance 2022

Webpage:

http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/tertiary-education/research

How to find the data

At URL provided, select 'Research Performance' Excel file.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Tertiary Education Research: Research Performance 2022

From the dataset Tertiary Education Research: Research Performance 2022, this data was extracted:

Sheet: RSP.9
Range: C5:P16
Provided: 168 data points

This data forms the table Tertiary Education - Students completing doctoral degrees by field of study 2008–2021.

Dataset originally released on:

September 2022

About this dataset

This dataset includes statistics relating to the nature and amount of research undertaken in tertiary education.

Students completing doctoral degrees in natural and physical sciences in New Zealand

2009–2021

About this data

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