Institutions of higher education
Students enrolled in STEM courses

Students, by selected subject groups

Area of study	Winter semester
	2021/2022		2022/2023		2023/2024
	total	includes: females	total	includes: females	total	includes: females
Mathematics, natural sciences	314,060	156,910	314,071	158,447	301,197	152,989
Mathematics, natural sciences, general	18,640	10,195	19,825	10,770	20,524	11,212
Mathematics	66,060	31,034	64,780	30,393	59,685	27,517
Physics, astronomy	49,063	14,431	49,275	14,814	45,224	12,986
Chemistry	53,017	24,649	52,064	24,666	48,724	23,462
Pharmacy	16,208	11,209	16,064	11,215	15,793	11,091
Biology	72,716	46,693	73,929	47,806	74,454	48,638
Geosciences (excluding geography)	15,186	6,701	15,030	6,789	13,849	6,213
Geography	23,170	11,998	23,104	11,994	22,944	11,870
Engineering sciences	776,744	190,285	763,971	190,779	748,705	189,389
Engineering, general	56,025	13,087	55,310	12,927	54,902	13,016
Mining, metallurgy	2,892	685	2,730	675	2,664	611
Mechanical engineering, process engineering	162,242	36,029	153,414	35,179	143,879	33,655
Electrical engineering	78,116	11,857	76,742	12,020	73,184	11,414
Traffic engineering, nautical science	27,279	3,603	25,951	3,380	24,929	3,335
Architecture, interior architecture	45,933	27,408	46,456	28,118	46,519	28,640
Spatial planning	9,032	4,681	9,103	4,740	9,073	4,740
Civil engineering	61,474	18,453	61,176	18,456	60,403	18,101
Surveying	5,573	1,717	5,559	1,708	5,344	1,639
Business engineering specialising in engineering sciences	67,388	15,383	63,285	14,387	60,695	13,750
Computer science	253,540	55,341	257,164	57,130	260,078	58,459
Materials (gloss, paper, plastic and wood)	7,250	2,041	7,081	2,059	7,035	2,029
Total	1,090,804	347,195	1,078,042	349,226	1,049,902	342,378

As at 09 August 2024