Metrics
Higher Education
Average funding per science student, at £7,580, is higher than the £6,326 in England (source: Scottish Executive).
The number of student enrolments and number of Scottish Higher Education Institutions offering degrees in physics in each academic year since 1994-95:
Academic Year | Total Enrolments | Number of Higher Education Institutions Offering Degrees |
1994-95 | 1,970 | 12 |
1995-96 | 1,920 | 12 |
1996-97 | 1,890 | 12 |
1997-98 | 1,890 | 13 |
1998-99 | 1,865 | 13 |
1999-2000 | 1,815 | 12 |
2000-01 | 1,705 | 12 |
2001-02 | 1,660 | 12 |
2002-03 | 1,585 | 11 |
2003-04 | 1,630 | 9 |
2004-05 | 1,545 | 9 |
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency.
The data above includes all students on first degree or postgraduate degree courses in physics.
The number of higher education institutes (HEI) offering a particular course has been determined as the number of HEIs teaching one or more students in the subject in the given year. The number of institutions offering these subjects fluctuated during the reporting period as did the total number of HEIs in Scotland: in 2001-02 BellCollege and UHIMI have become higher education institutions.
Physics graduates from Scottish Higher Education Institutions
1999-2000 to 2003-04
Academic Year | Total | Postgraduate | First degree | Other HE |
1999-2000 | 365 | 65 | 295 | 5 |
2000-01 | 380 | 65 | 310 | 5 |
2001-02 | 310 | 70 | 245 | 0 |
2002-03 | 325 | 70 | 245 | 10 |
2003-04 | 330 | 60 | 260 | 10 |
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA)
SUPA has approximately 20 Chairs and Lecturers, 14 SUPA Research Fellowships, and 8 competitive studentships per year, a Chief Executive, and a Director of the new ScottishGraduateSchool in Physics.
Graduate Destinations
- Science graduates are more likely, compared to graduates from other subjects, to enter into managerial and professional roles (47% of science graduates, compared to 42% of other graduates), or associate professional and technical roles (35% of science graduates, compared to 30% of other graduates), occupations; and
- Science graduates are considerably more likely, compared to all graduates, to be in permanent employment in Health and Social Work six months after graduation (49% of science graduates in permanent employment, compared to 32% of all graduates).
Source: Supply of, and demand for, science graduates in Scotland, Scottish Executive, Scottish Funding Council and Futureskills Scotland.
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