Statistics regarding Admissions

Here are a few tables regarding the entrance examination, the graduate admission and the exchanges from the years 1997-2008. The information is not complete.

  1. Applications sent to take part in the entrance examination, the amount of students who participated in the examination and accepted students (general admission) in the years 1997-2007 (by gender)
  2. New students admitted in the entrance examination by department 1996-2007
  3. New students admitted in the graduate admissions (including International Master's degree programmes from 2008 onwards) 2000-2008
  4. Application submitted to departments in the graduate graduate admission 2000-2008
  5. Application submitted to departments for post-graduate studies (Post-Master´s studies)
  6. Number of incoming exchange students at the departments of the Faculty per annum 2000-2007
  7. Amounts of outgoing exchange students at the departments of the Faculty per annum 2000-2007

More statistics regarding admissions of the Faculty of Social Sciences (inc. those of the general entrance examination (i.e. in Finnish or Swedish) can be found here (information in Finnish).

The Entrance Examination for International Students

Applications sent to take part in the entrance examination, the amount of students who participated in the examination and accepted students (general admission) in the years 1997-2007 :

 
 
Application sent
 
Present at the examination 
 
Accepted 
 
year
women
All
women
All
women
All
1997
   
13
45
8
25
1998
   
27
58
10
27
1999
   
31
54
12
17
2000
83
216
35
68
13
25
2001
106
294
27
59
4
11
2002
99
269
30
64
11
21
2003 117
 352
 30
 39
 6
 16
2004 100
 323
 31
 66
 9
 13
2005 99
 424
 35
 70
 9
 15
2006 149* 506*
 32
 55
 9
 13
2007 * 490*
 26
 42
 9
 12

*Applicants may have applied for several majors.

Admitted new students by department

Year/
Department
Economics
Statistics
Social Policy
Sociology
Social Psychology
Political Science
Social Science History
Philosophy
Communication
Development Studies
 Total
1996
5
   
5
2
7
 
1
1

21
1997
5
1
1
4
2
8
2
1
1

25
1998
4
 
3
5
2
8
4
1
 
27
1999
5
 
1
1
 
7
2
1
 
17
2000
6
1
2
3
1
6
4
2
 
25
2001
6
1
 
1
 
3
     
11
2002
6
2
2
3
2
6
     
21
2003
 6
 2
2
 1
 5



16
2004 2
2
 2
6


1
 13
2005 5

1 (Anthropology)
 2
 6
 1


15
2006 2 1   2 1 3 3

1
 13
2007 1 2   2 2   4 1

12

The Graduate Admission

New students admitted on the grounds of previous university studies taken abroad
Year/
Department
Economics
Statistics
Social Policy
Sociology
Social Psychology
Political Science
Social and Cultural Anthopology
Social Science History
Philosophy
Communication
Development studies
 Ethnic Relations (ERI)
Research Social Sciences (REMS) Total
2000
2
   
4
1
11

2
1
  N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 23
2001
4
1
2
2
1
12

1
4
2
N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 29
2002
3
2
2
1
3
14
1
1
2
3 N/A N/A 32*
2003
 4
 1
 1
 3
 2
 15
2
 4
 4
 5
 N/A
 N/A
 41*
2004
 6

2
 2
 18
 1
 2
5
 8
 N/A
 N/A
 44*
2005
 6
 1
 1
 4
 1
 15 2 2
 1
 6
 4
 N/A
 N/A
 43*
2006
 5
 1
 2
 4
 2
 6 2 4
 2
 6
 4
 N/A
 N/A
 38
2007
 4
 0
 2
 2
 2
 8 0 2
 1
 5
 2
 N/A
 N/A
 28*
2008
 13 0
 0** 1** 1** 6 2 2 1
 8 4 15 13 66

                           

* = includes also those applicants, who were accepted after a rectification appeal.

** From 2008 onwards the departments only arrange Research Master's Degree Programme in Social Sciences in English. The accepted students study according to the Finnish degree requirements.

Application sent to departments in the Graduate admission:

Year/
Department
Economics
Statistics
Social Policy (incl. social work)
Sociology
Social Psychology
Political Science
Anthropology
Social Science History
Philosophy
Communication
Development studies
 Ethnic Relations (ERI)
 Research Social Sciences (REMS)
 Total
2000
5
 0
 2
 7
 2
 15
2
 3
 3
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 39
2001
10
 1
 3
 9
 2
 20
1
 4
 3
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 43
2002
9
 2
 4
 7
 7
 33
2
 1
 15
 6
 N/A
 N/A
 86
2003
 27
 4
 6
 12
 6
 33
5
 6
 13
 13
 N/A
 N/A
 125
2004
 27
 3
 1
 13
 7
 43
 6
 6
 3
 17
 19
 N/A
 N/A
 145
2005
 17
 4
 4
 13
 2
 36
 7
 8
 1
 14
 16
 N/A
 N/A
 122
2006
 44
 4
 11
 17
 6
 40
 9
 8
 6
 22
 22
 N/A
 N/A
 189*
2007
 34
 6
 14
 9
 14
 54
 2
 4
 9
 20
 33
 N/A
 N/A
 199*
2008
 129
 4
 11**
 2** 2** 50
 12
 16
 2
 21
 38
 88
 35
 410*

*Applicants may have applied for several majors.

** From 2008 onwards the departments only arrange Research Master's Degree Programme in Social Sciences in English.

New students admitted for Post-graduate studies (studies leading to Doctor of Social Sciences Degree)

(only those applicants, who applied on the grounds of studies accomplished abroad)

Applications
 Accepted
December 2001
 17
 7
August 2002
 15
 8
November 2002
 25
 8
May 2003
 24
 11
November 2003
 14
 5
May 2004
 29
 15
November 2004
 24
 8
May 2005
 29
 9
November 2005
 34
 7
May 2006
 20 7
November 2006
 29 14
May 2007
 17 5

Student exchanges

Number of incoming exchange students at the departments of the Faculty per annum:

Year/Department
Economics
Statistics
Social Policy
Sociology
Social Psychology
Political Science
Social Science History
Philosophy
Communication

Development studies		 Faculty

 All
2000
21
5
 12
 24
 33
 6
 4
 18

125
2001
21
12
 10
 22
 25
 9
 8
 7
 1
115
2002
22
9
 19
 23
 45
 18
 11
 13
 3
163
2003
 21
5
 17
 21
 32
 12
 8
 16
 3
 5
 140
2004
 18
 1
 11
 12
 22
 52
 10
 9
 20
 3
 8
 166
2005
 18
 1
 3
 15
 20
 51
 15
 17
 29
 3
 0
 172
2006
 23
 0
 8
 14
 20
 39
 13
 20
 23
 4
 1
 165
2007
 21
 0
 9
 18
 16
 55
 7
 14
 11
 0
 0
 151

Number of outgoing exchange students at the departments of the Faculty per annum:

Year/Department
Economics
Statistics
Social Policy
Sociology
Social Psychology
Political Science
Social Science History
Philosophy
Communication
Development Studies
Faculty


 All
2000
9
 2
 7
 10
 7
 21
 11
 2
 11

88
2001
21
8
 21
 15
 26
 25
 6
 11

133
2002
12
8
 25
 10
 40
 15
 3
 12
 2
127
2003
 13
12
 16
 11
 61
 20
 2
 13
 2
 1
 156
2004
 18
11
 14
 5
 56
 25
 3
 17
 7
156
2005
 12 1
 13 29 8 50 12 4 13 2 0 144
2006
 12 1
 6 28 9 50 29 4 25 11 0 175
2007
 15 1
 14 49 5 35 18 6 14 9 0 166