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The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998
Table 5G4 First destination of graduates and diplomates; by subject of study and sector of study, 1996

Level and subject

Full time study
(%)

Permanent home
employment
(%)

Temporary Home employment
(%)

Overseas employment
(%)

Believed unemployed
(%)

Other
(%)

Total known
=100%

Total graduates &
diplomates

Total
All subjects

29.1

41.8

9.3

3.5

7.0

9.4

31,170

50,849

Medicine & Dentistry

10.1

21.6

64.7

1.1

0.1

2.4

884

957

Allied Medicine

12.9

59.6

13.4

1.9

5.1

7.0

1,407

2,620

Biological Sciences

37.9

29.6

9.2

3.0

9.0

11.3

1,524

2,115

Agriculture

25.5

43.3

6.9

9.1

5.8

9.3

889

1,118

Physical Sciences

41.9

29.0

8.0

3.7

7.8

9.6

1,371

1,784

Maths & Computing

39.2

40.1

5.7

3.0

6.6

5.4

1,764

2,684

Engineering & Technology

26.0

44.3

4.1

5.2

6.8

13.6

3,458

5,820

Architecture

28.9

40.1

7.0

3.6

7.4

12.9

995

1,765

Social Studies

39.4

38.0

6.3

2.1

6.1

8.0

3,344

5,421

Business Administration

31.3

46.0

5.8

2.2

6.4

8.4

6,718

10,855

Mass Communication

36.7

34.2

9.9

3.3

8.8

7.2

720

1,021

Languages

29.6

30.3

7.9

10.0

7.2

15.0

1,216

1,561

Humanities

27.7

37.2

8.8

5.5

8.2

12.5

1,021

1,343

Creative Arts

28.2

49.0

5.1

2.5

9.7

5.5

1,540

2,573

Education

3.4

50.7

25.3

2.9

6.2

11.5

1,571

3,683

Multi-Disciplinary Studies

26.1

44.4

6.8

3.8

9.6

9.4

2,748

5,529

Higher Education Institutions
All subjects

21.5

43.1

11.4

4.6

7.0

12.4

22,650

38,547

Medicine & Dentistry

9.9

21.4

65.1

1.1

0.1

2.3

878

947

Allied Medicine

12.7

60.7

12.3

2.1

3.9

8.3

1,069

2,032

Biological Sciences

35.7

30.4

9.5

3.2

9.4

11.9

1,450

1,984

Agriculture

21.9

43.5

7.5

10.5

5.4

11.2

717

914

Physical Sciences

39.3

29.6

8.7

4.0

7.9

10.5

1,260

1,652

Maths & Computing

21.8

51.4

8.0

4.5

6.6

7.7

1,168

1,864

Engineering & Technology

17.6

46.0

4.4

6.9

6.6

18.5

2,529

4,570

Architecture

25.2

41.8

6.6

4.0

7.8

14.6

874

1,550

Social Studies

37.4

34.4

7.3

3.1

6.3

11.6

2,128

3,780

Business Administration

11.4

54.4

8.6

4.0

6.6

15.1

3,381

6,098

Mass Communication

7.9

46.2

17.5

6.4

7.9

14.0

342

452

Languages

29.4

29.9

8.1

10.3

7.0

15.3

1,184

1,509

Humanities

27.7

37.2

8.8

5.5

8.2

12.5

1,021

1,343

Creative Arts

24.2

45.1

7.2

3.8

10.3

9.5

740

1,271

Education

3.0

50.9

25.5

3.0

6.1

11.6

1,550

3,635

Multi-Disciplinary Studies

21.3

45.7

7.5

4.4

10.2

10.9

2,359

4,946

Further Education Colleges
All subjects

49.1

38.3

3.7

0.6

6.8

1.4

8,520

12,302

Medicine & Dentistry

33.3

50.0

-

-

-

16.7

6

10

Allied Medicine

13.6

56.2

17.2

1.5

8.9

2.7

338

588

Biological Sciences

82.4

13.5

2.7

-

1.4

-

74

131

Agriculture

40.7

42.4

4.1

3.5

7.6

1.7

172

204

Physical Sciences

71.2

21.6

0.9

-

6.3

-

111

132

Maths & Computing

73.2

18.0

1.2

-

6.7

1.0

596

820

Engineering & Technology

49.0

39.8

3.4

0.4

7.2

0.1

929

1,250

Architecture

56.2

28.1

9.9

0.8

5.0

-

121

215

Social Studies

43.0

44.2

4.6

0.4

5.9

1.9

1,216

1,641

Business Administration

51.5

37.4

2.9

0.4

6.1

1.5

3,337

4,757

Mass Communication

62.7

23.3

2.9

0.5

9.5

1.1

378

569

Languages

37.5

43.8

-

-

15.6

3.1

32

52

Humanities

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Creative Arts

31.9

52.6

3.1

1.3

9.3

1.9

800

1,302

Education

38.1

33.3

9.5

0.0

14.3

4.8

21

48

Multi-Disciplinary Studies

55.3

36.0

2.1

0.5

5.9

0.3

389

583

Source: SOEID Education Statistics

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