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PhDs concluded in Portugal or abroad and recognized by Portuguese universities: total and by scientific area (1980 - 2015)

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2015

2,969

Individuals

1980

116

Individuals

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Years	Scientific Areas
Years	Total	Natural Sciences	Medical and health sciences	Engineering and Technology Sciences	Agricultural Sciences	Social and Human Sciences
1980	116	41	13	28	6	28
1981	112	39	6	33	8	26
1982	130	37	19	37	6	31
1983	177	52	26	53	7	39
1984	214	58	31	62	12	51
1985	207	48	39	59	7	54
1986	216	72	31	47	16	50
1987	274	70	47	57	16	84
1988	275	71	43	62	13	86
1989	341	81	52	74	30	104
1990	337	84	48	73	32	100
1991	319	99	46	65	15	94
1992	351	93	53	71	24	110
1993	493	140	72	105	20	156
1994	453	128	68	93	27	137
1995	567	170	83	122	28	164
1996	607	180	80	152	28	167
1997	579	183	89	119	26	162
1998	719	225	79	141	38	236
1999	772	201	102	182	43	244
2000	859	269	96	152	32	310
2001	909	254	97	174	46	338
2002	985	284	103	216	55	327
2003	1,028	299	93	228	36	372
2004	1,086	294	96	253	46	397
2005	1,199	337	123	273	35	431
2006	1,306	402	133	235	41	495
2007	1,477	410	154	287	32	594
2008	1,534	387	178	332	41	596
2009	1,625	413	192	314	45	661
2010	1,732	384	242	342	48	716
2011	1,866	474	243	367	32	750
2012	2,232	515	300	402	28	987
2013	2,704	580	339	550	32	1,203
2014	2,750	557	402	524	36	1,231
2015	2,969	666	429	544	60	1,270

Sources/Entities: DGEEC/ME-MCTES, PORDATA
Last updated: 2020-01-29

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