Higher Education on Eurostat

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Quelques exemples de statistiques concernant l'Enseignement Supérieur
Taux d'emploi, par plus haut niveau d'enseignement ou de formation atteint.
The indicator is calculated by dividing the number of employed people within age group 25-64 years having attained a specific level of education, by the total population of the same age group. Level is coded according to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED, 1997): Pre-primary, primary and lower secondary education: levels 0-2 . Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education: levels 3-4 . Tertiary education: levels 5-6. The indicator is based on the EU Labour Force Survey (LFS), covering the entire population living in private households and excluding those in collective households such as boarding houses, halls of residence and hospitals. The data refers to the second quarter of each year, except FR and AT (quarter 1 all years) and IT (quarter 4 in 1992).
Part des femmes dans l'enseignement supérieur.
This indicator presents the percentage of women among all students in tertiary education irrespective of field of education and among all students in the fields of mathematics, science and computing and in the fields of engineering, manufacturing and construction. The levels and fields of education and training used, follow the 1997 version of the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED97) and the Eurostat manual of fields of education and training (1999).
Étudiants.
This table includes the total number of persons who are enrolled in tertiary education (including university and non-university studies) in the regular education system in each country. It corresponds to the target population for policy in higher education. It provides an indication of the number of persons who had access to tertiary education and are expected to complete their studies, contributing to an increase of the educational attainment level of the population in the country in case they continue to live and work in the country at the end of their studies.
Mobilité d'étudiants en Europe.
This indicator presents the incoming students and outgoing students for each country, using the figures provided by the host country on foreign students enrolled in tertiary education by nationality. It includes only the EU/EEA/Candidate countries and the nationalities corresponding to these countries. Countries do not have details of the numbers of their home students studying abroad. For a given nationality, the number of students studying abroad is calculated by summing the numbers provided for this nationality by the receiving countries. The lack of data on the distribution of students by nationality in some countries leads to underestimation of the values.
Personnes âgées de 20 à 24 ans ayant atteint au moins un niveau d'éducation secondaire supérieure par sexe.
The indicator is defined as the percentage of young people of the age 20-24 years having attained at least upper secondary education attainment level, i.e. with an education level ISCED 3a, 3b or 3c long minimum (numerator). The denominator consists of the total population of the same age group, excluding no answers to the questions "highest level of education or training attained". Both the numerators and the denominators come from the EU Labour Force Survey (LFS).
Âge médian.
The median age of a given population is the age separating the group into two halves of equal size. In the case of this indicator it means that half of the student population, i.e. persons enrolled in tertiary education (ISCED levels 5 and 6), is younger than the median age and the other half is older.
Autres données disponibles: Indicateurs de Bologne sur le revenu et le niveau d'éducation des parents (données EU-SILC), Indicateurs de Bologne: mobilité étudiante et enseignante (programme ERASMUS), Indicateurs de Bologne: systèmes d'éducation (données UOE), Indicateurs de Bologne: Taux de diplômés (Données OCDE), Indicateurs de Bologne: discordance professionnelle (données REFLEX), Diplômés de l'enseignement supérieur, discordance professionnelle et chômage (données LFS).