Student Enrolment Figures

Main Library concourse 1920sAnnual enrolment, 1915-present

1910s / 1920s / 1930s / 1940s / 1950s / 1960s / 1970s / 1980s / 1990s / 2000s

Enquiries about student enrolment numbers are amongst the most frequently asked questions in the University Archives. As a consequence, we have compiled the yearly enrolment figures presented here in chart form. More detailed information (i.e. break-down by faculties) appears in the calendars which are available in the Archives.

The numbers appearing in the “Total” category generally reflect enrolment for the Winter (September-April) session. For approximately the first decade of the University’s existence the “Other” figure represents individuals enroled in short courses. Later the category includes individuals participating in Summer Session (until 2006/07), Extra-Sessional Studies, Correspondence Courses, Intersession, Guided Independent Study, and Spring Session.

Year          Undergraduates     Graduates      Total      Other      Grand
               Men    Women     Men   Women                           Total
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1915/16        228      151      --      --       379         --        379
1916/17        190      179      --      --       369         74        443
1917/18        200      216      --      --       416        258        674
1918/19        265      273      --      --       538        379        917
1919/20        547      341      --      --       890        640      1,530
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1920/21        576      386      --      --       962        677      1,639
1921/22        614      362      13      18     1,014        217      1,231
1922/23        681      464      36      13     1,194        365      1,559
1923/24        705      494      42      12     1,253        499      1,752
1924/25        770      582      35      11     1,398        468      1,866
1925/26        775      584      30      17     1,406        578      1,984
1926/27        844      625      28      18     1,515        663      2,178
1927/28        955      673      42       9     1,679        720      2,307
1928/29        946      675      35      12     1,668        639      2,307
1929/30      1,068      710      35      24     1,837        773      2,610
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1930/31      1,140      726      74      33     1,973        711      2,684
1931/32      1,081      678      80      32     1,880        892      2,772
1932/33        980      567      90      38     1,675        599      2,274
1933/34        931      496      79      39     1,545        555      2,100
1934/35      1,113      548     124      36     1,821        804      2,625
1935/36      1,231      594     141      41     2,007        914      2,921
1936/37      1,246      621     141      41     2,049        872      2,921
1937/38      1,531      785     140      25     2,481        671      3,152
1938/39      1,552      762     131      31     2,476        703      3,179
1939/40      1,625      793     142      34     2,594        745      3,339
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1940/41      1,661      826     136      27     2,658        662      3,280
1941/42      1,697      833     109      32     2,671        507      3,178
1942/43      1,688      806      88      27     2,609        347      2,956
1943/44      1,530      931      82      44     2,509        443      2,552
1944/45      1,829    1,091     106      32     3,038        470      3,528
1945/46      4,998    1,442     203      77     6,720      1,202      7,992
1946/47      6,889    1,802     291      53     9,035      2,411     11,446
1947/48      7,192    1,820     280      82     9,374      1,915     11,189
1948/49      6,699    1,759     365      87     8,810      1,690     10,500
1949/50      5,624    1,565     300      83     7,572      1,756      9,328
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1950/51      4,652    1,445     278      57     6,432      1,528      7,960
1951/52      3,927    1,334     240      47     5,548      1,394      6,700
1952/53      3,869    1,240     216      30     5,355      1,345      6,700
1953/54      3,940    1,302     211      47     5,500      1,684      7,184
1954/55      4,180    1,436     252      46     5,914      1,874      7,788
1955/56      4,632    1,493     240      38     6,403      2,458      8,861
1956/57      5,339    2,058     253      49     7,699      3,459     11,158
1957/58      6,143    2,363     395      85     8,986      5,913     14,899
1958/59      6,781    2,723     353      79     9,950      6,047     15,997
1959/60      7,085    2,903     544     110    10,642      4,947     15,616
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1960/61      7,777    3,290     452     102    11,621      6,856     18,477
1961/62      8,496    3,744     584     126    12,950      5,156     18,106
1962/63      8,757    4,096     639     133    13,598      8,042     21,640
1963/64      9,163    4,584     778     189    14,714      8,393     23,107
1964/65      9,258    5,067     948     216    15,489      9,045     24,534
1965/66      9,571    5,341   1,145     280    16,337      8,832     25,169
1966/67      9,777    5,826   1,305     311    17,219      8,567     25,786
1967/68     10,236    6,125   1,664     401    18,426      7,452     25,878
1968/69     11,313    7,949   1,949     508    21,717      6,267     27,984
1969/70     11,445    8,250   2,096     591    22,382      6,365     28,747
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1970/71     11,370    8,329   2,161     649    22,509      6,826     29,335
1971/72     10,572    7,782   2,122     722    21,198      5,911     27,109
1972/73     10,222    7,601   1,991     769    20,583      5,052     25,635
1973/74     10,467    8,137   1,909     845    21,358      5,276     26,634
1974/75     11,412    8,975   1,922     876    23,185      5,543     28,728
1975/76     11,600    9,504   1,939     946    23,989      6,668     30,657
1976/77     11,382    9,908   1,987   1,058    24,335      7,222     31,557
1977/78     11,258    9,905   1,957   1,138    24,258      7,314     31,572
1978/79     10,800    9,900   1,992   1,205    23,897      7,998     31,895
1979/80     10,855   10,074   2,094   1,321    24,344      8,263     32,607
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1980/81     11,046   10,281   2,062   1,562    25,194      9,419     34,613
1981/82     10,977   10,593   2,602   1,562    25,194      9,419     34,613
1982/83     11,249   10,741   2,192   1,649    25,831      9,333     35,164
1983/84     11,623   11,175   2,371   1,766    26,935      9,296     36,231
1984/85     11,213   10,903   2,367   1,736    26,219      8,518     34,737
1985/86     11,068   10,953   2,272   1,750    25,933      8,388     34,321
1986/87     10,828   10,773   2,314   1,751    25,666      7,687     33,353
1987/88     10,849   11,029   2,362   1,814    26,054      7,900     33,954
1988/89     10,922   11,397   2,350   1,947    26,616      9,544     36,160
1989/90     10,925   11,699   2,437   2,078    27,139      9,849     36,988
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1990/91     11,233   12,257   2,652   2,210    28,352     10,502     38,854
1991/92     11,834   13,551   3,077   2,605    31,067     12,880     43,947
1992/93     11,389   13,574   3,244   2,769    30,949     14,450     45,399
1993/94     11,261   13,908   3,400   3,046    31,615     15,079     46,694
1994/95     10,943   13,760   3,371   3,044    31,118     15,010     46,128
1995/96     11,068   13,978   3,238   3,047    31,331     14,953     46,284
1996/97     11,645   14,640   3,129   3,050    32,464     15,349     47,813
1997/98     12,055   15,237   3,056   3,126    33,474     16,454     49,928
1998/99     11,365   14,378   3,016   3,212    31,971     19,256     51,227
1999/2000   11,779   14,999   2,998   3,399    33,175     19,897     53,072
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2000/01     12,268   16,625   2,956   3,533    35,382     17,817     53,199
2001/02     13,435   17,969   2,970   3,693    38,067     19,046     57,133
2002/03     13,880   18,495   3,164   3,882    39,421     20,313     59,734
2003/04     14,633   19,008   3,374   4,078    41,092     21,550     62,643
2004/05     15,148   19,374   3,678   4,316    42,516     21,894     64,410
2005/06     14,941   18,329   3,472   4,160    40,902     27,881     68,783
2006/07     15,375   18,298   3,568   4,332    41,573      4,230     45,803
2007/08     15,643   18,401   3,589   4,394    42,026      3,458     45,484