PORTUGUESE HE REACHES RECORD STUDENT NUMBERS, BUT DECREASING DEMAND IS EXPECTED IN FUTURE
November 22nd, 2023
The number of students at Portuguese higher education (HE) institutions may have peaked in the past academic year (September 2022 to July 2023), say the country’s HE officials, with proactive measures needed to ensure a projected future decline is not too steep.
Figures from the Directorate-General for Statistics of Education and Science (DGEEC - Direção-Geral de Estatísticas da Educação e Ciência) released last month (October 2023) show that Portugal had 446,028 HE students in 2022/3, up 3% year-on-year and up 24% from 2015/16. ...
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