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Admissions to engineering and computing courses

  • Between 2014 and 2022, the total number of students enrolling in undergraduate courses in Brazil grew from 3.1 million to 4.8 million
  • In the same period, the number enrolling in engineering and related fields decreased from 469,000 to 344,000, while in computing and ICT1, it grew from 146,000 to 410,000, thus surpassing engineering
  • In 2014, engineering and related courses accounted for 15.1% of admissions, compared to 7.2% in 2022; computing and ICT admissions increased from 4.7% to 8.6% in the same period
  • As a result, engineering and related fields fell from 3rd position to 5th, while computing and ICT rose from 5th to 4th.
  • The total number of admissions in face-to-face courses fell from 2.4 million to 1.7 million, but in distance courses the number grew steeply: from 728,000 to 3.1 million
  • In engineering and related fields, the number of new students taking onsite courses decreased from 442,000 to 176,000, but enrollment in distance-learning courses increased from 28,000 to 169,000. Almost half of new students in the area joined distance-learning programs in 2022, but this growth did not offset the drop in face-to-face programs
  • In computing and ICT, there was a slight rise in enrollment in face-to-face programs (from 114,000 to 120,000 new students) and a significant increase in distance learning (from 32,000 to 290,000 new students)

Note (1) ICT: Information and Communication Technologies. Source Microdata from the INEP/MEC Higher Education Census. Prepared by the FAPESP Studies & Indicators Team

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