TERTIARY EDUCATION COMMISSION. Participation in Tertiary Education 2016

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1 TERTIARY EDUCATION COMMISSION Participation in Tertiary Education 2016 October 2017 i

2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This publication has been possible with the support and collaboration of institutions and organisations engaged in tertiary education as well as Embassies/High Commissions based locally. The Tertiary Education Commission would like to express its appreciation to all the organisations and Embassies/High Commissions involved and to their staff for their invaluable assistance in providing the requested information. While every care has been taken in the preparation of this publication, by its nature, it may contain errors which are unintentional. ii

3 Contents Page No. List of Tables List of Figures List of Acronyms II - V VI VII - VIII 1. Introduction 1 2. Methodology 1 3. Higher Education Providers 2 Publicly-funded Institutions (PFIs) 2 Private Post-Secondary Educational Providers (PSEIs) 2 4. Overall Participation in Total Enrolment 3 GTER 4 New Admissions/Intake 4 Enrolment by Field 5 Enrolment by Mode 5 Enrolment by Gender 6 Enrolment by Level 6 Enrolment in PFIs 6 Enrolment in PSEIs 8 Enrolment through Self Study 8 Distance Education 8 International Students Studying in Mauritius 9 Mauritian Students Studying Abroad 10 Tables Annex: Computation of Tertiary Education Enrolment Rate 88

4 List of Tables Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table 5 Enrolment at Tertiary Education Level, both Locally & Overseas, by Source and Field of Study, as at December 2016 New Admissions on Taught Programmes at Tertiary Education Level, both Locally & Overseas, by Source and Field of Study, as at December 2016 New Admissions and Total Enrolment on Tertiary Education Level Programmes by Source, Enrolment in Publicly-Funded Institutions by Institution, Field of Study and Gender, 2016/2017 Enrolment in the Publicly-Funded Institutions by Level and Mode of Study, 2016/2017 Table 6 Enrolment in the Publicly-Funded Institutions by Level and Gender, 2016/2017 Table 7 Table 8 Table 9 Table 10 Table 11 Enrolment in the Publicly-Funded Institutions by Mode of Study and Gender, 2016/2017 New Admissions on Taught programmes in the Publicly-Funded Institutions by Level and Mode of Study, 2016/2017 Enrolment including joint programmes by Faculty, Mode of Study and Gender at the University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 Enrolment including joint programmes by Faculty, Level of Study and Gender at the University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 Enrolment including joint programmes by Faculty, Level and Mode of Study at the University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 Table 12 Enrolment at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 Table 13 Enrolment at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 Table 14 Enrolment at the Faculty of Law & Management, University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 Table 15 Enrolment at the Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 ii

5 Table 16 Table 17 Table 18 Table 19 Table 20 Table 21 Table 22 Table 23 Table 24 Table 25 Table 26 Table 27 Table 28 Table 29 Table 30 Table 31 Enrolment at the Faculty of Social Studies & Humanities, University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 Enrolment on Joint University of Mauritius - Mauritius Institute of Education Programmes, 2016/2017 Enrolment on Joint University of Mauritius - Mahatma Gandhi Institute Programmes, 2016/2017 Enrolment including joint programmes by Faculty, Mode and Year of Study at the University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 New Admissions on Taught Programmes by Mode of Study, Faculty and Gender at the University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 New Admissions on Taught Programmes by Faculty, Level and Mode of Study at the University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 Enrolment by School, Mode of Study and Gender, at the University of Technology, Mauritius, 2016/2017 Enrolment by School, Level of Study and Gender, at the University of Technology, Mauritius, 2016/2017 Enrolment by School, Level and Mode of Study, at the University of Technology, Mauritius, 2016/2017 Enrolment at the School of Business Management and Finance, University of Technology, Mauritius, 2016/2017 Enrolment at the School of Innovative Technologies and Engineering, University of Technology, Mauritius, 2016/2017 Enrolment at the School of Sustainable Development and Tourism, University of Technology, Mauritius, 2016/2017 Enrolment at the School of Health Sciences, University of Technology, Mauritius, 2016/2017 Enrolment by School, Mode and Year of Study at the University of Technology, Mauritius, 2016/2017 New Admissions on Taught Programmes by School, Mode of Study and Gender at the University of Technology, Mauritius, 2016/2017 New Admissions on Taught Programmes by School, Level and Mode of Study at the University of Technology, Mauritius, 2016/2017 iii

6 Table 32 Enrolment at the Fashion and Design Institute, 2016/2017 Table 33 Table 34 Table 35 Table 36 Table 37 Table 38 Enrolment by Programme, Mode, Year of Study and Gender, at the Mauritius Institute of Education, 2016/2017 Enrolment by Programme, Mode, Year of Study and Gender, at the Rabindranath Tagore Institute, 2016/2017 Enrolment by Programme, Mode, Year of Study and Gender, at the Open University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 Enrolment by Programme, Mode and Year of Study and Gender, at the Université des Mascareignes, 2016/2017 Enrolment by Programme, Mode, Year of Study and Gender, at the Mauritius Institute of Training and Development, 2016/2017 Enrolment by Programme, Year of Study and Gender at the Mauritius Institute of Health, 2016/2017 Table 39 List of Examinations Conducted by the Mauritius Examinations Syndicate on Behalf of Overseas Institutions by Country, Level and Field of Study, 2016 Table 40 Table 41 Table 42 Table 43 Table 44 Table 45 Table 46 List of Examinations Conducted from Non-Mauritius Examinations Syndicate Sources and New Entrants by Local Partner, Awarding Body, Country and Programme of Study, 2016 Estimated Enrolment by Field and Level of Study, in Post Secondary Educational Institutions/Distance Education (Private), December 2016 Total Enrolment in Private Post Secondary Educational Institutions, December 2016 Enrolment in the Private Post Secondary Educational Institutions by Field of Study and Gender, 2016/2017 Enrolment by Level, Mode of Study and Gender, in the Private Post Secondary Educational Institutions, 2016/2017 Enrolment by Mode of Study and Gender, in the Private Post Secondary Educational Institutions, 2016/2017 Enrolment by Mode of Study, Programme of Study and Gender, in the Private Post Secondary Educational Institutions, 2016/2017 (cont.) iv

7 Table 47 Table 48 Table 49 Table 50 Table 51 Table 52 Table 53 Table 54 Table 55 Number of Students Pursuing Tertiary Level Studies Locally in Private Institutions and through Distance Education by Field of Study and Mode, 2016/2017 (Estimate) Estimated Number of Students Pursuing Tertiary Education through Distance Education by Source and Field of Study, 2016/2017 Enrolment in the Publicly-Funded Institutions by Distance Education Mode, 2016/2017 Enrolment of International Students in Tertiary Education Locally by Institution, Mode of Study and Gender, 2016/2017 Enrolment of International Students in Tertiary Education locally by Institution, Programme of Study and Mode of Study, 2016/2017 Enrolment of International Students in Tertiary Education locally by Level, Programme, Mode of Study and Gender, 2016/2017 Enrolment of International Students in Tertiary Education locally by Country of Origin, Mode of Study and Gender, 2016/2017 Enrolment of International Students in Tertiary Education locally by Country of Origin, Institution, Mode and Level of Study, 2016/2017 Enrolment in the Publicly Funded Institutions and Private Post Secondary Educational Institutions in the field of Medicine and Biomedical Science, 2016 Table 56 Table 57 Estimated Number of Mauritian Students Going Overseas for Tertiary Education in 2016, by Field of Study and Country Estimated Total Number of Mauritian Students Pursuing Tertiary Education Overseas, by Country and Field of Study, as at December 2016 v

8 List of Figures Figure 1 Evolution of Tertiary Enrolment by Source, Figure 2 New Admissions by Source, Figure 3 Enrolment by Mode of Study ( ) Figure 4 Enrolment in Publicly-funded Institutions ( ) Figure 5 Number of foreign students studying in Mauritius ( ) vi

9 List of Acronyms 1. CTI - Charles Telfair Institute 2. DBA - Doctor in Business Administration 3. DE - Distance Education 4. FDI - Fashion and Design Institute 5. FT - Full-time 6. GTER -Gross Tertiary Enrolment Rate 7. HESA Higher Education Statistics Agency 8. HND - Higher National Diploma 9. HSC-Higher School Certificate 10. IFE -Institut de la Francophonie pour l Entrepreneuriat 11. IGNOU - Indira Gandhi National Open University 12. ISCED - International Standard Classification of Education 13. MES - Mauritius Examinations Syndicate 14. MGI - Mahatma Gandhi Institute 15. MIE - Mauritius Institute of Education 16. MIH - Mauritius Institute of Health 17. MITD - Mauritius Institute of Training and Development 18. MPhil - Master of Philosophy 19. NA Not Available 20. NTER - Net Tertiary Enrolment Rate 21. OU - Open University of Mauritius 22. PFIs - Publicly-Funded Institutions 23. PG Certificate - Post Graduate Certificate 24. PG Diploma - Post Graduate Diploma 25. PhD - Doctor of Philosophy 26. PSEIs - Post Secondary Educational Institutions 27. PT - Part-time 28. RTI - Rabindranath Tagore Institute 29. S&T - Science & Technology 30. SBMF - School of Business Management and Finance 31. SITE - School of Innovative Technologies and Engineering vii

10 32. SSDT - School of Sustainable Development and Tourism 33. SS & Humanities - Social Studies and Humanities 34. TEC - Tertiary Education Commission 35. TEI - Tertiary Education Institution 36. UdM -Université des Mascareignes 37. UK - United Kingdom 38. UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation 39. UoM - University of Mauritius 40. USA - United States of America 41. UTM - University of Technology, Mauritius viii

11 1. Introduction A highly educated human resource base is a key determining factor of a country s international competitiveness and development potential. Hence, the need to take stock of the number of students pursuing tertiary studies. This eighteenth edition of Participation in Tertiary Education, an annual publication of the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC), reports on the state of tertiary education in Mauritius as at December, Methodology Students wishing to study at tertiary level in Mauritius can do so in a number of ways. They can enroll in Publicly-Funded Institutions (PFIs) or Private Post-Secondary Educational Institutions (PSEIs), engage in self-study or they can pursue studies overseas. Enrolment data in the public sector is captured through a return that all PFIs submit to the Commission annually. Likewise, statistics regarding PSEIs is collected through a survey directed at private institutions registered with the TEC. Out of the 54 PSEIs that were targeted in 2016, 52 participated in the survey. Enrolment through Self-study is, on the other hand, gauged from the examination statistics collected in respect of 20 examination centers across the country. These centers which comprise the Mauritius Examinations Syndicate (MES) and the British Council, the two most important ones in the country, conducted examinations for a total of 71 overseas awarding bodies in In order to derive a best estimate of the number of students on Self-study i.e. those enrolled directly with an awarding body overseas, the enrolment data from the PSEIs was reconciled with the examination statistics. Data pertaining to Mauritians pursuing higher studies overseas is estimated from information received from various sources, namely foreign embassies and High Commissions based in Mauritius. For this report, statistics on the number of student visas issued was received from the French Embassy through Campus France, the Australian Embassy through the Australian Trade and Investment Commission, the Chinese Embassy, the High Commission of Pakistan, the Russian Embassy and the US Embassy. Secondary data sources were also consulted, namely the Employees Welfare Fund, the Scholarships Section of the Ministry of Education & Human Resources, Tertiary Education and Scientific Research and private recruiting agents. In parallel, references were made to international databases on higher education. 1

12 3. Higher Education Providers The higher education providers operating in Mauritius can be classified in two broad categories; the Publicly-Funded Institutions (PFIs), and the Private Post-Secondary Educational Institutions (PSEIs). Publicly Funded Institutions (PFIs) As at December 2016, there were ten publicly-funded institutions operating in Mauritius. These include namely four public universities, namely, the University of Mauritius (UoM), University of Technology, Mauritius (UTM), Open University of Mauritius (OU), Université des Mascareignes (UdM), the Mauritius Institute of Education (MIE), Mahatma Gandhi Institute (MGI), Rabindranath Tagore Institute (RTI), Fashion and Design Institute (FDI), Mauritius Institute of Training and Development (MITD) and Mauritius Institute of Health (MIH). Most of these institutions award their own qualifications although some run programmes of other awarding bodies or both. These institutions differ in terms of their mandate, size, student population, and programmes offered. Private Post-Secondary Educational Institutions (PSEIs) In addition to the publicly-funded institutions, there are 54 private institutions registered locally; of these, 37 were fully operational. In line with the Regulatory Framework for Post-Secondary Education, private post-secondary educational institutions need to register with the Tertiary Education Commission, and have their programmes accredited. The PSEIs operating in Mauritius provide tertiary education in diverse fields and at different levels, ranging from Certificate to PhD and DBA, with the awarding bodies generally based overseas. In 2016, 3 PSEIs had the status of International Branch Campuses (Middlesex University and Aberystwyth University, UK and Greenwich University, Pakistan), and 2 PSEIs had Awarding Power- 1 Degree (Charles Telfair Institute), and 1 Sub-Degree (Rushmore Ltd); the remaining institutions were franchising programmes of awarding bodies based either locally or overseas or both. Table 42 shows a list of PSEIs registered with the TEC as at December In 2016, a total of 71 overseas awarding bodies were present locally. These awarding bodies were from the following countries: United Kingdom (43), France/Reunion (9), South Africa (8), India (1), Australia (3), Malaysia (3), Europe (1), New Zealand (1), United States of America (1) and Pakistan (1). It is to be noted that many PSEIs with awarding powers also ran programmes of one or more other awarding bodies. 2

13 4. Overall Participation in 2016 Total Enrolment: Total enrolment in tertiary education fell by 1.8% in December 2016, representing a decrease of 881 students compared with the same period last year. Figure 1: Evolution of Tertiary Enrolment by Source, Figure 1 shows the evolution of enrolment by source for the period After attaining a peak of 50,608 in 2014, total enrolment has taken a declining trend in the last 2 years, falling to 48,970 and 48,089 in 2015 and 2016 respectively. As can be observed, enrolment in PFIs registered a decline, from 21,621 in 2015 to 20,966 in Overall, the share of PFIs in the total tertiary enrolment fell from 54.1% to 43.6% between 2000 and On the other hand, the PSEIs (including Self-study) increased their share from 31.4 % to 35.8%, while that of overseas enrolment went up from 14.5% to 20.6% over the same period. In 2016, 9,911 (20.6 %) students were pursuing their studies overseas and 38,178 (79.4 %) locally (Table 1). Of those based locally, 33,269 (87.1 %) were enrolled with a Tertiary Education Institution (TEI), that is, either a PFI (20,966; 54.9 %) or a PSEI (12,303; 32.2 %); and 4,909 (12.9 %) were undertaking Self-study. 3

14 The distribution of total tertiary enrolment by source and field of study both locally and overseas is given in Table 1. Total local enrolment increased by 0.8 % from 37,871 in 2015 to 38,178 in 2016, with a contraction of 3.0% (from 21,621 to 20,966) for the PFIs and growth of 5.9% (from 16,250 to 17,212) for the PSEIs/Self-study respectively. The number of Mauritians going for higher studies overseas registered a drop of 10.8% from 11,099 in 2015 to 9,911 in Gross Tertiary Enrolment Rate The Gross Tertiary Enrolment Rate (GTER) which is an indicator of the participation level of Mauritians in tertiary education fell from 47.4% in 2015 to 46.6% in It is to be noted that the GTER is computed as a percentage of the total number of Mauritian students pursuing higher studies, locally and overseas to the population in the age group 20 to 24 years. In 2016, out of a total tertiary student population of 48,089, 96.4% or 46,353 were local students and 1,736 were international students. New Admissions/Intake Student intake for 2016 added up to 14,169 (29 % of the total tertiary enrolment): 7,315 students were admitted in the PFIs, 4,250 in the PSEIs/Self-study and 2,604 in institutions overseas. New Admission by Source ,473 18,126 18,564 20,000 16,950 18,000 16,366 15,830 14,585 14,627 16,000 13,643 14,169 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2, PFIs 7,572 7,276 9,702 10,459 9,343 8,444 10,811 8,568 7,892 7,315 Private 2,889 3,223 3,652 4,167 4,600 5,541 5,205 4,360 4,087 4,250 Overseas 3,182 4,086 4,119 3,500 3,007 2,381 2,548 2,902 2,648 2,604 Total 13,643 14,585 17,473 18,126 16,950 16,366 18,564 15,830 14,627 14,169 PFIs Private Overseas Total Figure 2: New Admissions by Source,

15 Compared to the previous year when student intake stood at 14,627, a decrease of 458 (-3%) students can be noted in Table 2 shows the distribution of new admissions by source and field of study. Enrolment by Field Accounting remained the most popular field of study, with student population of 10,912 (22.7%), followed by Administration/Management 6117 (12.7%), Information Technology 3,866 (8.0%), Engineering 3,550 (7.4%), Banking/Finance 2,424 (5.0%), Medicine 2,537 (5.3%), Education 2,544 (5.3%), Law 1,856 (3.9%), Business/Commerce/Marketing 1,968 (4.1%), Languages 1,422 (3.0%), Travel/Hotel/ Tourism 1,460 (3.0%) and Science 9,68 (2.0%) (Table 1). Science & Technology-related subjects with 28.5% overall enrolment in 2016, showed signs of stagnating below the 30 % mark in the last 5 years ( %; %; %; %; %). Amongst those fields which witnessed a decline in 2016 were Pharmacy (- 37 %; 159 to 100), Dentistry (-36 %; from 239 to 153), Textile (-25 %; from 196 to 147), Architecture (- 12 %; from 320 to 281), and Health Sciences (-11 %; from 867 to 770). Enrolment by Mode In 2016, 61.6% (29,602) students were studying full time, 19.0% (9,117) part time and 19.4% (9,370) through the distance education mode. As a share of total enrolment, PFIs enrolled twice a higher percentage of students on the full-time mode than do the PSEIs or 27.5% as opposed to 13.5%. 5

16 Enrolment by Mode of Study, Year FT PT DE Total Figure 3: Enrolment by Mode of Study ( ) Enrolment by Gender Female students continued to predominate in Out of a student population of 33,269 in the TEIs (PFIs and PSEIs), 56.6% were female and 43.4% male, which roughly corresponds to the gender distribution in TEIs for year Enrolment by Level In 2016, the share of students enrolled for bachelor degrees in the four public universities was 68.7% as opposed to 11.7% for Masters-level courses and 1.8% for an MPhil/PhD. Wide differences exist in terms of enrolment by level between PFIs and PSEIs. In the PSEIs, enrolment was concentrated on Professional (50.7%) and Degree (36.6%) courses and much less on Higher Degree (7.9%) and Sub-Degree (4.8%) (Table 5 and 44). At the level of the PFIs, on the other hand, the majority of the students opted for a Degree (68.7%) or a Higher Degree (17.4%). Enrolment in PFIs Although there are 10 TEIs in the public sector, the 4 public universities, namely the UoM, the UTM, OU and the UdM accounted for 83% (17,406 out of 20,966) of the PFIs enrolment. 6

17 Figure 4 below depicts the enrolment trend in the 4 public universities for the period Enrolment in the PFIs constituted 43.6 % of total enrolment in 2016 compared with 44.1% in Of the four public universities, only OU registered positive growth in enrolment (+5.1%) whereas enrolment contracted in the other universities as follows: UOM (-5.2%) and the UdM (-8.5%) and UTM (-10.3%). As can be observed, despite the slackening enrolment growth witnessed by the UOM in the past three years, the latter remained by far the single most important provider of tertiary education in the country It can be noted from Figure 4 below that the OU for the first time in 2016 surpassed the UTM in terms of enrolment. The sustained growth of enrolment at the OU can be attributed to the relative attractiveness of Distance Education and E-learning programmes in terms of their inherent flexibility for non-traditional/learners/mature students/working adults. Of the remaining PFIs, the MIE witnessed a growth of the order of 13.7%, from 1885 to 2144 while enrolment at the MGI/RTI went from 625 to 645. On the other hand, the FDI and the MITD witnessed a decrease in their student number from 345 to 250 (-27.5%) and from 536 to 516 respectively (Table 3). Total Enrolment in UoM, UTM, UdM and OU, / / / / / / / /17 University of Mauritius University of Technology, Mauritius Open University of Mauritius Université des Mascareignes ,199 1, Figure 4: Enrolment in Publicly-funded Institutions ( ) 7

18 Enrolment in PSEIs Enrolment in the PSEIs stood at 12,303 in 2016 as opposed to 10,967 in 2015, which represents an increase of 12.2%. Of the students enrolled in PSEIs, 53.4% were female; while 52.7% were studying full-time (6,483), 41.2% part-time (5,069) and 6.1% through the distance education mode (751). A total of 184 programmes were offered by the PSEIs in 2016 (Table 46). Some 50.7% students were reading for a Professional award, 36.6% for a Bachelor Degree, 7.9% for a Higher Degree (Postgraduate Certificate/ Diploma, Masters, PhD) and 4.8% for a Sub-Degree (Diploma/Certificate) (Table 44). Significant variation could be noted in the size of institutions with the student population ranging from 12 to 4,055. An analysis of the distribution of PSEIs by size shows that: 12 out of 36 (33.3%) institutions had less than 50 students, 3 out of 36 (8.3%) between 50 and 100 students, 15 out of 36 (41.7 %) between 100 and 500 students, 3 out of 36 (8.3 %) between 500 and 1000 students and 2 out of 36 (5.6 %) more than 1000 students; one new institution had yet to enrol students. Enrolment through Self Study In 2016, 4,909 students were undertaking their studies directly with an awarding body overseas, compared with 5,283 in The students on Self-study were following their courses exclusively through the distance education/e-learning mode. The vast majority of students enrolled in selfstudy were in a non-science & Technology related field (89.8%), such as Accounting (57.8%), Banking and Finance (6.4%) and Administration/ Management (4.4%). Amongst the S&T fields, IT (4.8%) was the most popular (Table 47). Distance Education Overall, a total of 9,370 students were pursuing their study through Distance Education or mixedmode in 2016, representing 19.5% of the tertiary student population. Besides the totality of students on Self-study, 3,710 DE students were based in the PFIs and 751 in the PSEIs. Some 3,161 students (55.8%) opted for Accounting, 531 (9.4%) for Administration/ Management and 317 (5.6%) for Banking/Finance. Tables 47 to 49 show the DE enrolment by source and field of study. 8

19 International Students Studying in Mauritius Overall, the number of international students in Mauritius has been on an upward rising trend over the past 10 years (Figure 5). A total of 1,736 international students (47.6% female; 52.4% male) were pursuing their higher studies in Mauritius in 2016 compared with 1,524 in 2015, which represented an increase of 13.9%. A majority of the international students were enrolled in the PSEIs (1,550; 89.3%). Some 1506 (86.8 %) of the international students were studying at undergraduate level and 230 (13.2 %) were studying at postgraduate levels, including MPhil/PhD. Medicine tend to be very popular amongst the international students (692; 39.9 %). Tables show the enrolment of international students by institution, programme of study, mode of study, gender as well as country of origin; while Table 55 shows the enrolment of Mauritian and international students in the PFIs and PSEIs in the field of Medicine and Biomedical Science. The international students came from 69 different destinations (Table 53) with the main source countries being India- 503 (29.0 %), South Africa- 231 (13.3 %), Nigeria- 146 (8.4 %), Madagascar- 122 (7.0 %), France- 110 (6.3%), Tanzania- 82 (4.7 %) and Kenya- 79 (4.6%). Number of foreign students studying in Mauritius Figure 5: Number of foreign students studying in Mauritius ( ) 9

20 Mauritian Students Studying Abroad The total number of Mauritian students overseas stood below the 10,000 mark (9,911) in France/La Reunion emerged as the preferred destination overall with 2,096 students (21.1 %) followed by Australia- 2,016 (20.3 %), United Kingdom (14.7 %), China- 1,278 (12.9 %) and India- 904 (9.1 %). The most popular fields of study for Mauritians studying abroad included inter-alia Medicine- 1,505 (15.2 %), Engineering (14.0 %), Business/Commerce/ Marketing- 724 (7.3 %), Administration/Management- 649 (6.5 %), and Law- 522 (5.3 %) (Table 57). It can be noted that for 2016 the number of Mauritian students going overseas for higher studies went down slightly to 2,604, as opposed to 2,648 in 2015 (Table 56). The number of students going to France/La Reunion decreased from 527 to 406 (23.0%) whilst the number of students going to study in the USA increased considerably by 62.5% from 64 in 2015 to 104 in Australia, which ranks first amongst new Mauritian students, also registered an increase in this respect with 1,002 students going there for studies in 2016 compared to 944 in 2015 (+ 6.1%). 1 It is to be noted that the figures in respect of Mauritians studying in the UK for year 2015 and for year 2016 are not comparable, owing to a change in data collection sources. Unlike previous years, no data was obtained in 2016 from the British High Commission in Mauritius concerning the number of Mauritian students studying in UK. A secondary source has, accordingly, been tapped from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), UK.. The total number of students studying in UK for 2016 was accordingly estimated on the basis of figures obtained there from. 10

21 Table 1: Enrolment at Tertiary Education Level, both Locally & Overseas, by Source and Field of Study, as at December 2016 Field of Study Publicly-Funded Institutions UoM 1 UTM FDI MIE MGI RTI OU UdM MITD MIH Total PFIs Private 2 Overseas Total Research PhD MPhil DBA Ed.D (Professional Doctorate in Education) Masters Degree Research S&T Related 3,969 1, , ,706 Agriculture Architecture Dentistry Engineering 1, , ,550 Health Sciences Information Technology 1, , ,866 Mathematics Medicine ,537 Ocean Study Pharmacy Science Textile Others 5,528 2, , , ,205 14,603 5,141 33,949 Accounting , ,912 Administration/Management 1,210 1, , , ,117 Arts Banking/Finance , ,424 Business/Commerce/Marketing ,968 Communication Counselling Economics Education , , ,544 Humanities Languages ,422 Law ,856 Library Psychology Religious Studies Social Science Travel/Hotel/Tourism ,460 Miscellaneous ,134 Total 9,671 3, , , , ,911 48,089 Note: 1 - Excludes enrolment on joint MIE, MGI Programmes 2 - Private includes enrolment in Private Post Secondary Educational Institutions and private students pursuing studies without going through an intermediary/ Private Post Secondary Educational Institutions locally NB:Considering Statistics received from Chinese Embassy on Total Number of Mauritian students in China, total number of Mauritian students in USA received from USA Embassy and also Statistics received from HESA for total number of Mauritian students in UK(2015). 11

22 Table 2: New Admissions on Taught Programmes at Tertiary Education Level, both Locally & Overseas, by Source and Field of Study, as at December 2016 Publicly-Funded Institutions Field of Study UoM 1 Total Private* Overseas* Total UTM FDI MIE MGI OU UdM MITD (PFIs) MA/MSc Research S&T Related 1, , ,024 4,207 Agriculture Architecture Dentistry Engineering ,084 Health Sciences Information Technology ,474 Mathematics Medicine Pharmacy Ocean Study Science Textile Others 1, , ,057 3,323 1,580 9,960 Accounting ,705 Administration/Management , ,141 Arts Banking/Finance Business/Commerce/Marketing Communication Counselling Economics Education ,423 Humanities Languages Law Library Psychology Religious Studies Social Science Travel/Hotel/Tourism Miscellaneous Total 3,211 1, , ,315 4,250 2,604 14,169 Note: 1 - Excludes enrolment on joint MIE & MGI Programmes * Estimate 12

23 Table 3: New Admissions and Total Enrolment on Tertiary Education Level Programmes by Source, New Admissions Total Enrolment Source PFIs 7,572 7,276 9,702 10,459 9,343 8,444 10,811 8,568 7,892 7,315 15,880 17,372 19,882 21,766 22,442 21,562 23,627 22,793 21,621 20,966 UoM 1 2,932 3,186 4,047 3,648 3,866 4, ,662 8,469 9,663 10,356 11,239 11,318 12,492 11, UTM 900 1,366 1,103 1,813 1,736 1, ,839 2,517 3,018 3,831 4,370 3,727 3,909 3, MIE 2,551 1,717 3,292 3,762 2,261 1, ,959 4,196 4,738 5,032 3,903 3,721 2,943 1, MGI RTI OU ,512 2, FDI UdM ,199 1, MITD MIH Private 2,889 3,223 3,652 4,167 4,600 5,541 5,205 4,360 4,087 4,250 9,612 10,003 10,663 11,661 13,464 18,603 17,994 17,664 16,250 17,212 Overseas 3,182 4,086 4,119 3,500 3,007 2,381 2,548 2,902 2,648 2,604 9,531 11,248 10,939 10,907 10,063 9,460 8,958 10,151 11,099 9,911 Total 13,643 14,585 17,473 18,126 16,950 16,366 18,564 15,830 14,627 14,169 35,023 38,623 41,484 44,334 45,969 49,625 50,579 50,608 48,970 48,089 Note: 1 - Excludes enrolment on joint MIE & MGI Programmes 13

24 Table 4: Enrolment in Publicly-Funded Institutions by Institution, Field of Study and Gender, 2016/2017 UoM UTM FDI MIE MGI RTI OU Universite des Mascareignes MIH Total Field of Study M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T Research PhD MPhil Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Ed.D (Professional Doctorate in Education) Masters Degree (MSc/MA by Research) MITD S&T Related 2,190 1,779 3, , ,913 2,416 6,329 Agriculture Engineering , , ,753 Health Sciences Information Technology , , ,456 Mathematics Medicine Ocean Study Science Textile Others 1,712 3,816 5, ,273 2, ,552 2, ,085 2,005 3, ,569 9,636 14,205 Accounting ,162 Administration/Management , , , ,435 2,295 3,730 Arts Banking/Finance ,462 Business/Commerce/Market ing Communication Counselling Economics Education ,552 2, ,694 2,280 Humanities Languages Law Library Psychology Social Science Travel/Hotel/Tourism Total 3,990 5,681 9,671 1,665 1,626 3, ,569 2, ,372 2,206 3, ,716 12,250 20,966 Key: M - Male, F - Female, T - Tota 14

25 Table 5: Enrolment in the Publicly-Funded Institutions by Level and Mode of Study, 2016/2017 Institution UoM 1 UTM FDI MIE MGI RTI OU UdM MITD MIH Total Level FT PT DE T FT PT T FT PT T FT PT T FT PT T PT FT DE T FT PT T FT FT FT PT DE T PhD MPhil DBA Masters Degree , ,458 PG Diploma PG Certificate Bachelor Degree 7, ,883 2, , ,215 2, ,694 1,323 2,396 14,413 Degree/Diploma Diploma , ,925 Certificate Total 7,757 1, ,671 2,236 1,055 3, , , ,384 3, ,208 4,048 3,710 20,966 Key: FT- Full -Time, PT - Part Time, DE-Distance Education, T - Total Note: 1 - Excludes enrolment on joint MIE & MGI Programmes 15

26 Table 6: Enrolment in the Publicly-Funded Institutions by Level and Gender, 2016/2017 Institution UoM 1 UTM FDI MIE MGI RTI OU UdM MITD MIH Total Level M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T PhD MPhil DBA Masters Degree ,141 1,317 2,458 PG Diploma PG Certificate Bachelor Degree 3,095 4,788 7,883 1,329 1,325 2, ,580 2, ,952 8,461 14,413 Degree/Diploma Diploma ,104 1,925 Certificate Total 3,990 5,681 9,671 1,665 1,626 3, ,569 2, ,372 2,206 3, ,716 12,250 20,966 Key: M - Male, F - Female, T - Total Note: 1 - Excludes enrolment on joint MIE& MGI Programmes 16

27 Table 7: Enrolment in the Publicly-Funded Institutions by Mode of Study and Gender, 2016/2017 Institution UoM 1 UTM FDI MIE MGI RTI OU UdM MITD MIH Total Gender FT PT DE T FT PT T FT PT T FT PT DE T FT PT T PT T FT PT DE T FT PT T FT FT FT PT DE T Male 3, ,990 1, , ,308 1, ,389 1,872 1,455 8,716 Female 4, ,681 1, , , , ,076 2, ,819 2,176 2,255 12,250 Total 7,757 1, ,671 2,236 1,055 3, , , ,384 3, ,208 4,048 3,710 20,966 Key: FT - Full Time, PT- Part Time, DE- Distance Education, T- Total Note: 1 - Excludes enrolment on joint MIE& MGI programmes 17

28 Table 8: New Admissions on Taught Programmes in the Publicly-Funded Institutions by Level and Mode of Study, 2016/2017 Institution UoM 1 UTM FDI MIE MGI OU UdM MITD Total Level FT PT DE T FT PT T FT PT T FT PT T FT PT T FT DE T FT PT T FT T FT PT DE T Masters Degree PG Diploma PG Certificate Bachelor Degree 2, , , ,252 Degree/Diploma Diploma ,145 Certificate Total 2, , , , ,818 1,468 1,029 7,315 Key: FT - Full Time, PT- Part Time, DE-Distance Education, T- Total Note: 1 - Excludes enrolment on joint MIE & MGI programmes 18

29 Table 9: Enrolment including joint programmes by Faculty, Mode of Study and Gender at the University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 Faculty Agriculture Engineering 1 Law & Management 2 Science SS & Humanities 3 Ocean Studies UoM/MGI UoM/MIE Total Mode M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T Full Time , , ,894 2, ,203 1, ,139 5,024 8,163 Part Time ,828 Distance Education Total , ,652 1,294 2,513 3, , ,327 1, ,177 6,140 10,317 Key: M - Male, F - Female, T - Total Note: 1 - Includes 313 students of Life Long Learning Centre, of which 154M 2 - Includes 258 students of Lifelong Learning Centre, of which 122 M 3 - Includes 1 female student of Lifelong Learning Centre 19

30 Table 10: Enrolment including joint programmes by Faculty, Level of Study and Gender at the University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 Faculty Agriculture Engineering 1 Law & Management 2 Science SS & Humanities 3 Ocean Studies UoM/MGI UoM/MIE Total Level M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T PhD MPhil Masters Degree PG Diploma Bachelor Degree , , ,227 3, ,139 1, ,228 5,130 8,358 Degree/Diploma Diploma Certificate Total , ,652 1,294 2,513 3, , ,327 1, ,177 6,140 10,317 Key: M - Male, F - Female, T - Total Note: 1 - Includes 313 students of Lifelong Learning Centre (Master Degree:61 of which 34M, 13 PG Diploma of which 10 M,40 Bachelor Degree of which 14 M, 193 Degree/Diploma of which 94 M and 6 Diploma of which 2 M) 2 - Includes 258 students of Lifelong Learning Centre (19 Master Degree of which 17 F, 141 Bachelor Degree of which 42 M, 22 Diploma of which 18 F and 76 Certificate of which 74 M) 3 - Includes 1 student of Lifelong Learning Centre (1 MPhil- Female) 20

31 Table 11: Enrolment including joint programmes by Faculty, Level and Mode of Study at the University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 Level Faculty Agriculture Engineering 1 Law & Management 2 Science SS & Humanities 3 Ocean Studies UoM/MGI UoM/MIE Total FT PT T FT PT DE T FT PT DE T FT PT T FT PT T FT PT T FT PT T PT T FT PT DE T PhD MPhil Masters Degree PG Diploma Bachelor Degree , ,100 2, , , , , ,358 Degree/Diploma Diploma Certificate Total , ,652 2, , ,006 1, , ,163 1, ,317 Note: 1 - Includes 313 students of Life Long Learning Centre (61 - Masters Level, 13 PG Diploma, 40-Bachelor Degree, 193 Degree/Diploma and 6 Diploma) 2 - Includes 258 students of Lifelong Learning Centre Programmes (19 Masters, 141 Bachelor Degree, 22 Diploma and 76 Certificate) 3 - Includes 1 students of Lifelong Learning Centre Programmes (1MPhil) 21

32 Table 12: Enrolment at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 Programme of Study M F T Full-Time 1. MPhil MSc Agribusiness Management-Year BSc (Hons) Agricultural Science and Technology-Year BSc (Hons) Agricultural Science and Technology-Year BSc (Hons) Agriscience and Aquaculture Technology-Year BSc (Hons) Agriscience and Technology (Minor: Agribusiness Management)-Year BSc (Hons) Agriscience and Technology (Minor: Natural Resource Management)-Year BSc (Hons) Agriscience and Technology-Year BSc (Hons) Agriscience and Technology-Year BSc (Hons) Applied Biochemistry-Year BSc (Hons) Biotechnology-Year BSc (Hons) Crop Technology(Specialisation:Landscape Management)-Year BSc (Hons) Food Science & Technology ( Minor: Seafood Technology or Food Microbiology)- Year BSc (Hons) Food Science & Technology-Year BSc (Hons) Microbiology-Year BSc Agriscience and Technology (with specialisation in Biofarming)-Year Sub-Total (Full-Time) Part-Time 1. MPhil MSc Aquaculture and Ocean Studies-Year MSc Microbiology-Year BSc (Hons) Food Hygiene and Environmental Health (Top-Up)-Year Diploma in Forestry and Fisheries-Year Sub-Total (Part-Time) Total Key: M - Male, F - Female, T - Total 22

33 Table 13: Enrolment at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Mauritius, 2016/2017 Programme of Study M F T Full-Time 1. PhD MPhil MSc/MA by Research-Year Postgraduate Diploma in Virtual Reality and 3D Development-Year BEng (Hons) Chemical and Environmental Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Chemical and Renewable Energy Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering (Minor:Energy Engineering)-Year BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering (Minor:Energy Engineering)-Year BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering (Minor:Energy Engineering)-Year BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering (Minor:Environmental Engineering)-Year BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering (Minor:Environmental Engineering)-Year BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering (Minor:Environmental Engineering)-Year BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Electronic and Communication Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Electronic and Communication Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Electronic and Communication Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Electronic and Communication Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Industrial Engineering -Year BEng (Hons) Manufacturing Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Minor: Energy Systems)-Year BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Minor: Energy Systems)-Year BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Minor: Energy Systems)-Year BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Minor: Industrial Systems)-Year BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Minor: Industrial Systems)-Year BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Minor: Industrial Systems)-Year BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Mechatronics Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Mechatronics Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Mechatronics Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Mechatronics Engineering-Year BEng (Hons) Telecommunications Engineering and Networking-Year BSc (Hons) Applied Computing-Year BSc (Hons) Applied Computing-Year BSc (Hons) Applied Computing-Year BSc (Hons) Applied Computing-Year BSc (Hons) Computer Applications-Year BSc (Hons) Computer Science-Year BSc (Hons) Computer Science-Year BSc (Hons) Computer Science-Year BSc (Hons) Computer Science-Year BSc (Hons) Design and Colour Applications for Industry-Year BSc (Hons) Design and Colour Applications for Industry-Year BSc (Hons) Design and Colour Applications for Industry-Year BSc (Hons) Design and Colour Applications for Industry-Year BSc (Hons) Electronics with Computer Science-Year BSc (Hons) Electronics with Computer Science-Year BSc (Hons) Electronics with Computer Science-Year BSc (Hons) Electronics with Computer Science-Year BSc (Hons) Fashion Technology-Year