Higher education & further education statistics
The Department for Employment & Learning provides statistics on and commissions research into the higher and further education sectors in Northern Ireland.
The sectors are made up of sixteen further education colleges, two universities (Queens University Belfast and University of Ulster) and the two university colleges (St Mary's and Stranmillis). In addition, statistics are available on NI domiciled students who leave NI to study higher education courses in GB or the Republic of Ireland and those who study higher education courses through the Open University.
A summary of NI education statistics providing key statistics from 1992/93 - 2004/05 and a number of statistical fact sheets 
providing key statistics on higher and further education are available from the statistics and research publications section of this site.
Recent Publications
Statistical Bulletins
- Students gaining Higher Education qualifications: Northern Ireland 2007/08
- Longitudinal destination of leavers from higher education
- Destination of Leavers from Higher Education: Northern Ireland 2006/07
- Student enrolments on Higher Education Courses: Northern Ireland 2006/07
- Applicants to Higher Education through the UCAS sytem - 2008 entry
- Students gaining Higher Education Qualifications: Northern Ireland 2006/07
- Applicants to Higher Education through the UCAS system - 2007 entrys
- Student enrolments on Higher Education courses:NI 2005/2006
Summary Report
Research Report
- Northern Ireland Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2004/05
- Occupation Forecasts and Replacement Demand Analysis for Northern Ireland 2005-2015
- Northern Ireland's graduates: the classes of '95 and '99
Future Release Schedule
- Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education: Northern Ireland 2007/08 - August 2009
