University Education Statistic
Annual series
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION 3rd CYCLE - Doctoral thesis passed by  type of presentation, Area and academic year.
Units: Thesis approved

,1995/96,1996/97,1997/98,1998/99,1999/2000,2000/2001,2001/2002,2002/2003,2003/2004,2004/2005,2005/2006,
Absolute values,
    TOTAL GENERAL,5,880,6,140,5,931,5,984,6,408,6,380,6,936,7,467,8,176,6,902,7,159,
    EXPERIMENTAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES AREA,3,158,3,334,3,118,3,045,3,092,2,976,3,251,3,384,3,754,3,085,3,358,
    Sciences,101,35,28,22,24,9,12,6,9,48,52,
    Biology sciences,568,671,614,583,643,581,657,644,737,603,688,
    Physical sciences,278,299,291,263,267,268,304,286,300,247,315,
    Geological sciences,59,51,60,45,52,53,43,66,52,57,47,
    Ocean sciences,10,20,20,12,19,17,45,22,25,18,28,
    Mathematical sciences,154,149,153,184,154,179,187,209,170,141,154,
    Chemical sciences,437,522,487,468,479,576,531,556,552,541,583,
    Pharmacy,247,250,231,332,277,263,295,246,312,239,247,
    Medical,1,174,1,177,1,060,899,969,846,877,892,1,095,753,814,
    Odontology,19,31,25,46,34,34,39,56,80,53,49,
    Medicine and Dentistry,.,.,.,.,.,.,14,.,.,.,6,
    Veterinary medicine,104,108,116,111,92,65,112,146,136,102,110,
    Biochemistry,3,2,17,39,37,54,86,105,123,129,153,
    Biotechnology,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,4,2,
    Food Sciences and Technology,3,11,13,26,19,20,24,23,12,36,20,
    Statistical sciences and techniques,.,.,.,7,5,2,4,14,6,8,8,
    Environmental sciences,1,3,3,8,14,8,4,15,25,34,33,
    Enology,.,.,.,.,1,1,.,.,2,.,.,
    Non distributable,.,5,.,.,6,.,17,98,118,72,49,
    AREA OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY,580,550,687,670,821,741,804,886,1,009,954,851,
    Architecture,52,39,50,38,48,44,49,79,117,103,56,
    Aeronautical engineering,2,2,3,.,22,1,1,10,9,11,7,
    Agronomous engineering,87,85,112,115,72,106,127,152,158,136,115,
    Roads, canals and ports engineering,35,43,31,27,73,49,49,67,58,70,34,
    Industrial engineering,153,142,226,163,185,185,204,188,214,199,163,
    Mine engineering,23,11,15,20,29,12,16,11,13,11,15,
    Mountain engineering,15,11,17,29,48,17,14,26,28,35,28,
    Naval Eng.,5,5,6,.,3,.,4,6,8,5,9,
    Chemical engineering,20,14,19,29,18,38,28,17,32,26,52,
    Communications engineering,68,83,92,69,61,84,67,73,98,91,98,
    Information technology,89,93,100,132,142,147,193,206,209,167,174,
    Civil Navy (1),10,8,9,9,13,9,8,5,9,9,7,
    Electronic engineering,1,5,7,11,15,11,22,20,14,27,25,
    Geodetics and Cartography,.,.,.,2,36,7,4,4,11,5,4,
    Industrial Automation and Electronics,.,.,.,18,15,6,8,7,8,9,16,
    Industrial Organisation,.,.,.,4,31,10,5,6,7,16,18,
    Materials Engineering,.,.,.,4,1,15,1,6,8,1,9,
    Geology Engineering,.,.,.,.,.,.,1,1,1,3,1,
    Non distributable,20,9,.,.,9,.,3,2,7,30,20,
    AREA OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL SCIENCES,1,152,1,283,1,225,1,353,1,431,1,582,1,621,1,746,1,880,1,556,1,612,
    Economics and Business Studies (2),327,337,336,351,391,419,459,478,479,361,403,
    Information Sciences (3),84,95,74,97,98,94,117,150,172,160,160,
    Politics and Sociology Sciences (4),63,78,61,82,117,99,127,102,124,139,104,
    Law,312,382,375,345,376,431,369,371,475,343,330,
    Canon Law,8,7,17,9,5,13,12,8,6,1,7,
    Philosophy and Education Sciences,49,86,42,64,39,84,89,64,57,39,53,
    Psychology,171,166,144,206,200,173,188,260,262,214,232,
    Teaching,118,94,130,138,140,173,123,166,144,146,169,
    Sports and Physical Education,14,22,23,32,38,35,44,68,58,60,67,
    Documentation,.,5,1,5,5,5,16,19,15,10,9,
    Teaching Psychology,6,10,20,24,18,27,45,33,46,34,45,
    Actuarial and financial sciences,.,.,.,.,4,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Work sciences,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,2,.,
    Criminology,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,1,3,
    Market Research and Techniques,.,.,.,.,.,1,6,.,1,1,4,
    Non distributable,.,1,2,.,.,28,26,27,41,45,26,
    AREA OF HUMANITIES,944,953,841,844,887,885,965,1,214,1,238,1,093,1,064,
    Fine Arts,93,82,45,60,61,77,61,93,79,162,95,
    Philology,321,370,329,305,351,326,343,412,406,308,340,
    Philosophy,99,81,83,91,86,104,76,101,115,93,123,
    Philosophy and Arts,56,34,36,25,36,20,61,57,72,77,18,
    Geography and history (5),318,307,265,293,289,281,299,375,382,291,337,
    Translation,5,15,11,14,13,12,17,22,17,22,19,
    Humanities,4,4,5,11,14,13,13,18,23,23,18,
    Social and Cultural Anthropology,6,9,6,14,3,6,28,20,21,19,30,
    Music history and science,.,2,2,3,.,2,2,11,15,9,15,
    Linguistics,4,6,4,1,1,2,23,9,22,14,15,
    Religious Studies (6),33,40,39,23,27,39,39,27,25,31,19,
    Lit. Theory and Comparative Lit.,.,.,.,2,2,2,2,8,2,5,6,
    Non distributable,5,3,16,2,4,1,1,61,59,39,29,
    NON DISTRIBUTABLE BY AREAS,46,20,60,72,177,196,295,237,295,214,274,
Indices (Base 1995/96=100),
    TOTAL GENERAL,100.00,104.42,100.87,101.77,108.98,108.50,117.96,126.99,139.05,117.38,121.75,
    EXPERIMENTAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES AREA,100.00,105.57,98.73,96.42,97.91,94.24,102.94,107.16,118.87,97.69,106.33,
    Sciences,100.00,34.65,27.72,21.78,23.76,8.91,11.88,5.94,8.91,47.52,51.49,
    Biology sciences,100.00,118.13,108.10,102.64,113.20,102.29,115.67,113.38,129.75,106.16,121.13,
    Physical sciences,100.00,107.55,104.68,94.60,96.04,96.40,109.35,102.88,107.91,88.85,113.31,
    Geological sciences,100.00,86.44,101.69,76.27,88.14,89.83,72.88,111.86,88.14,96.61,79.66,
    Ocean sciences,100.00,200.00,200.00,120.00,190.00,170.00,450.00,220.00,250.00,180.00,280.00,
    Mathematical sciences,100.00,96.75,99.35,119.48,100.00,116.23,121.43,135.71,110.39,91.56,100.00,
    Chemical sciences,100.00,119.45,111.44,107.09,109.61,131.81,121.51,127.23,126.32,123.80,133.41,
    Pharmacy,100.00,101.21,93.52,134.41,112.15,106.48,119.43,99.60,126.32,96.76,100.00,
    Medical,100.00,100.26,90.29,76.58,82.54,72.06,74.70,75.98,93.27,64.14,69.34,
    Odontology,100.00,163.16,131.58,242.11,178.95,178.95,205.26,294.74,421.05,278.95,257.89,
    Medicine and Dentistry,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Veterinary medicine,100.00,103.85,111.54,106.73,88.46,62.50,107.69,140.38,130.77,98.08,105.77,
    Biochemistry,100.00,66.67,566.67,1,300.00,1,233.33,1,800.00,2,866.67,3,500.00,4,100.00,4,300.00,5,100.00,
    Biotechnology,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Food Sciences and Technology,100.00,366.67,433.33,866.67,633.33,666.67,800.00,766.67,400.00,1,200.00,666.67,
    Statistical sciences and techniques,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Environmental sciences,100.00,300.00,300.00,800.00,1,400.00,800.00,400.00,1,500.00,2,500.00,3,400.00,3,300.00,
    Enology,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Non distributable,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    AREA OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY,100.00,94.83,118.45,115.52,141.55,127.76,138.62,152.76,173.97,164.48,146.72,
    Architecture,100.00,75.00,96.15,73.08,92.31,84.62,94.23,151.92,225.00,198.08,107.69,
    Aeronautical engineering,100.00,100.00,150.00,.,1,100.00,50.00,50.00,500.00,450.00,550.00,350.00,
    Agronomous engineering,100.00,97.70,128.74,132.18,82.76,121.84,145.98,174.71,181.61,156.32,132.18,
    Roads, canals and ports engineering,100.00,122.86,88.57,77.14,208.57,140.00,140.00,191.43,165.71,200.00,97.14,
    Industrial engineering,100.00,92.81,147.71,106.54,120.92,120.92,133.33,122.88,139.87,130.07,106.54,
    Mine engineering,100.00,47.83,65.22,86.96,126.09,52.17,69.57,47.83,56.52,47.83,65.22,
    Mountain engineering,100.00,73.33,113.33,193.33,320.00,113.33,93.33,173.33,186.67,233.33,186.67,
    Naval Eng.,100.00,100.00,120.00,.,60.00,.,80.00,120.00,160.00,100.00,180.00,
    Chemical engineering,100.00,70.00,95.00,145.00,90.00,190.00,140.00,85.00,160.00,130.00,260.00,
    Communications engineering,100.00,122.06,135.29,101.47,89.71,123.53,98.53,107.35,144.12,133.82,144.12,
    Information technology,100.00,104.49,112.36,148.31,159.55,165.17,216.85,231.46,234.83,187.64,195.51,
    Civil Navy (1),100.00,80.00,90.00,90.00,130.00,90.00,80.00,50.00,90.00,90.00,70.00,
    Electronic engineering,100.00,500.00,700.00,1,100.00,1,500.00,1,100.00,2,200.00,2,000.00,1,400.00,2,700.00,2,500.00,
    Geodetics and Cartography,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Industrial Automation and Electronics,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Industrial Organisation,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Materials Engineering,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Geology Engineering,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Non distributable,100.00,45.00,.,.,45.00,.,15.00,10.00,35.00,150.00,100.00,
    AREA OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL SCIENCES,100.00,111.37,106.34,117.45,124.22,137.33,140.71,151.56,163.19,135.07,139.93,
    Economics and Business Studies (2),100.00,103.06,102.75,107.34,119.57,128.13,140.37,146.18,146.48,110.40,123.24,
    Information Sciences (3),100.00,113.10,88.10,115.48,116.67,111.90,139.29,178.57,204.76,190.48,190.48,
    Politics and Sociology Sciences (4),100.00,123.81,96.83,130.16,185.71,157.14,201.59,161.90,196.83,220.63,165.08,
    Law,100.00,122.44,120.19,110.58,120.51,138.14,118.27,118.91,152.24,109.94,105.77,
    Canon Law,100.00,87.50,212.50,112.50,62.50,162.50,150.00,100.00,75.00,12.50,87.50,
    Philosophy and Education Sciences,100.00,175.51,85.71,130.61,79.59,171.43,181.63,130.61,116.33,79.59,108.16,
    Psychology,100.00,97.08,84.21,120.47,116.96,101.17,109.94,152.05,153.22,125.15,135.67,
    Teaching,100.00,79.66,110.17,116.95,118.64,146.61,104.24,140.68,122.03,123.73,143.22,
    Sports and Physical Education,100.00,157.14,164.29,228.57,271.43,250.00,314.29,485.71,414.29,428.57,478.57,
    Documentation,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Teaching Psychology,100.00,166.67,333.33,400.00,300.00,450.00,750.00,550.00,766.67,566.67,750.00,
    Actuarial and financial sciences,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Work sciences,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Criminology,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Market Research and Techniques,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Non distributable,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    AREA OF HUMANITIES,100.00,100.95,89.09,89.41,93.96,93.75,102.22,128.60,131.14,115.78,112.71,
    Fine Arts,100.00,88.17,48.39,64.52,65.59,82.80,65.59,100.00,84.95,174.19,102.15,
    Philology,100.00,115.26,102.49,95.02,109.35,101.56,106.85,128.35,126.48,95.95,105.92,
    Philosophy,100.00,81.82,83.84,91.92,86.87,105.05,76.77,102.02,116.16,93.94,124.24,
    Philosophy and Arts,100.00,60.71,64.29,44.64,64.29,35.71,108.93,101.79,128.57,137.50,32.14,
    Geography and history (5),100.00,96.54,83.33,92.14,90.88,88.36,94.03,117.92,120.13,91.51,105.97,
    Translation,100.00,300.00,220.00,280.00,260.00,240.00,340.00,440.00,340.00,440.00,380.00,
    Humanities,100.00,100.00,125.00,275.00,350.00,325.00,325.00,450.00,575.00,575.00,450.00,
    Social and Cultural Anthropology,100.00,150.00,100.00,233.33,50.00,100.00,466.67,333.33,350.00,316.67,500.00,
    Music history and science,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Linguistics,100.00,150.00,100.00,25.00,25.00,50.00,575.00,225.00,550.00,350.00,375.00,
    Religious Studies (6),100.00,121.21,118.18,69.70,81.82,118.18,118.18,81.82,75.76,93.94,57.58,
    Lit. Theory and Comparative Lit.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
    Non distributable,100.00,60.00,320.00,40.00,80.00,20.00,20.00,1,220.00,1,180.00,780.00,580.00,
    NON DISTRIBUTABLE BY AREAS,100.00,43.48,130.43,156.52,384.78,426.09,641.30,515.22,641.30,465.22,595.65,
Notes:

.Data protected by statistical secrecy

1) (1) Includes studies of Civil Navy, Naval Machines, Nautical and  Maritime Transport and Naval Radioelectronics.  
  (2) Includes studies of Economics and Business Studies,  Business Management and Administration and Economy.       
  (3) Includes studies of Information Sciences, Audiovisual  Communication, Journalism and Advertising and Public Relations.  
  (4) Includes studies of Political Sciences and Sociology, Political and State Admon.  Sciences and Sociology.  
  (5) Includes studies of Geography and History, Geography, History  and Art History.       
  (6) Includes studies of Religious sciences, Ecclesiastical sciences and  Theology.
Source: National Statistics Institute