What are students studying?

The following table shows what subjects students in Thames Valley, the South East and the UK as a whole are studying.  The most frequently studied subjects in Thames Valley are:

  • Business & administrative studies
  • Languages, Subjects allied to medicine
  • Historical & philosophical studies
  • Social studies

The following chart provides a visualisation of the subject studied for the year 2010/11.

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Some facts about what students are studying…

A closer look at the most frequently studied subject in some of the Higher Education institutions in the Thames Valley region show that:

  • Business & administrative studies is among the most frequently studied subject in all HEIs, especially at the University of Buckingham (24% of all students at the University of Buckingham) and Buckinghamshire New University (20% of all students)
  • 42% of all students at the University of Buckingham study Law, which, as it is only a small university, does not have a significant impact on the overall total of law students in the Thames Valley region
  • More than 10% of all students in Oxford, at the University of Buckingham or the University of Reading study languages, which is above the national average of 8%
  • Historical & philosophical studies were more frequently studied at the Universities in Oxford and at the University of Reading.
  • Only few students studied subjects related to the creative art and design at the Thames Valley region with the exception of Buckinghamshire New University where 23% of all students were enrolled in the subject
  • Buckinghamshire New University, as a vocationally orientated Higher Education institution, has also a higher proportion of students studying subjects allied to medicine (23%), which was less frequently studied in other Higher Education institutions in the Thames Valley region

In Thames Valley, the percentage of full-time undergraduate studying:

  • Business and administrative studies, Subjects allied to medicine, Biological sciences, Creative arts and design, Engineering and technology and Computer science have increased.
  • Medicine and dentistry, Architecture, building and planning, mass communication and documentation have remained the same.
  • Agriculture and related subjects, Physical sciences, Mathematical sciences, Social studies, Law, Languages, Historical and philosophical studies and Education have decreased.