[holding answer 24 October 2006]: The latest information is given in the table. Figures for 2005-06 will be available in January 2007.
Level of course Postgraduate Undergraduate Total 2000-01 445 2,175 2,625 2001-02 465 2,450 2,915 2002-032 450 2,455 2,905 2003-04 500 2,315 2,815 2004-05 580 2,525 3,105 1 Covers UK domiciled and overseas students on full-time and part-time courses. 2 The methodology used to allocate students to subjects was changed in 2002-03, which means that the figures for this and later years are not directly comparable with those for earlier years. The main effect of the change in methodology was to increase the number of students who are allocated to particular named subjects, and reduce the number who are allocated to "combined subjects" courses. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Numbers have been rounded to the nearest five, so components may not sum to totals