In Croatia, Overall Number of Students Decreases, but the Number of Female Students Increases

More than 900 students are studying at Croatian higher education institutions this year compared to the previous academic year, and the proportion of female students has maintained an upward trend at 57%, according to data from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS).

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DZS published data on Thursday indicating that in the winter semester of the 2017/2018 academic year, a total of 159,430 students were enrolled in higher education institutions across all years of study, which is 931 students fewer than in the 2016/2017 academic year.

The proportion of female students increased to 57%, which is 0.3% higher than the previous year and shows a continuation of the trend of female students outnumbering their male counterparts.

Of the total number of students enrolled in higher education institutions, 80.6% were enrolled in faculties, 13.8% in polytechnics, and 4.2% in higher schools, while 1.4% were enrolled in art academies, which is consistent with trends from previous years.

72.7% of students were enrolled in regular studies, while 27.3% were in part-time studies.

The highest number of regular students was enrolled in faculties, 84.6% (6.9% in professional studies and 77.7% in university studies of faculties), 10.2% in polytechnics, 3.3% in higher schools, and 1.9% in art academies.

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In the winter semester of the 2017/2018 academic year, 0.1% of the total number of students were still studying under the pre-Bologna program.

According to the Bologna program, 99.9% of students are studying (less than 0.1% of students are enrolled in short professional studies, 25.2% in undergraduate professional studies, 4.4% in specialist graduate professional studies, 36.0% in undergraduate university studies, 18.0% in graduate university studies, and 16.4% in integrated undergraduate and graduate studies).