Please read carefully the footnotes below to correctly interpret the data

RU: Research Universities
UAS: Universities of Applied Sciences
Ratio: Total/(1,000,000 inhabitants)
tbp: Data will be published soon
n.a.: Data is not available due to non-existence/changes in the national archival system

In all countries included in this study, except Ireland, Norway and Portugal, PhD degrees are only awarded by traditional Universities and not by University of Applied Sciences/University Colleges.

(RU) Belgium

Numbers are not available since the statistics on Doctoral (PhD) students is reported combined across the entire field of Sciences or Engineering [BE3, BE4].

(RU) Belgium

Numbers are not available since the statistics on Doctoral (PhD) students is reported combined across the entire field of Sciences or Engineering [BE3, BE4].

(RU) Denmark

Numbers are not available since the statistics on Doctoral (PhD) students is reported combined across the entire field of Natural or Technical Sciences.

(RU) Denmark

Numbers are not available since the statistics on Doctoral (PhD) students is reported combined across the entire field of Natural or Technical Sciences.

(RU) France

Statistics reported covers only public higher education institutions supervised by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l’Innovation) which are granted to deliver national diplomas (diplômes nationaux) [FR1]. The data from private higher education institutions (e.g. École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées - EPITA, etc.) and institutions supervised by other Ministries (e.g. École Polytechnique, Institut Mines Télécom, etc.) which represent approximately 10% of all reputable Informatics higher education institutions in France is not available.

(RU) France

Statistics reported covers only public higher education institutions supervised by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l’Innovation) which are granted to deliver national diplomas (diplômes nationaux) [FR1]. The data from private higher education institutions (e.g. École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées - EPITA, etc.) and institutions supervised by other Ministries (e.g. École Polytechnique, Institut Mines Télécom, etc.) which represent approximately 10% of all reputable Informatics higher education institutions in France is not available.

(RU) Lithuania

Numbers are not available since the statistics on Doctoral (PhD) students is reported combined across the entire field of Technological sciences [LT3].

(RU) Lithuania

Numbers are not available since the statistics on Doctoral (PhD) students is reported combined across the entire field of Technological sciences [LT3].

(RU) Netherlands

Numbers are not available since the statistics on Doctoral (PhD) students is reported across the entire field of Engineering or Natural Sciences [NE4].

(RU) Netherlands

Numbers are not available since the statistics on Doctoral (PhD) students is reported across the entire field of Engineering or Natural Sciences [NE4].

(RU) Poland

Numbers are not available since the statistics on Doctoral (PhD) students is reported combined across the entire field of Technical sciences [PL1].

(RU) Poland

Numbers are not available since the statistics on Doctoral (PhD) students is reported combined across the entire field of Technical sciences [PL1].

(RU) UK

Numbers are not available since the statistics on Doctoral (Postgraduate research) students is reported combined with Master of Research (MRes) students [UK1].

(RU) UK

Numbers are not available since the statistics on Doctoral (Postgraduate research) students is reported combined with Master of Research (MRes) students [UK1].