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The annual census-nature operations University Statistics (EU) and School Activity Statistics (EAE), give information on the education system and its evolution, both in Higher Studies (third grade) and in Preliminary Studies (Primary and Secondary) respectively, supplying the official bodies and society as a whole with the main figures of the education system. They cover all the centres that teach regulated education included in the Register of Education Centres of the Basque Government, whether of the Public or Private Sectors.

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The number of enrolments at universities in the Basque country increased by 2.5% in the 2023/24 academic year (07/31/2025)

Last update > 07/31/2025

Graduated women (2023/2024)

5,905

Graduated men (2023/2024)

4,281

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The number of enrolments at universities in the Basque country increased by 2.5% in the 2023/24 academic year (07/31/2025)	07/31/2025
71,142 people enrolled in universities in the Basque Country in the 2022/23 academic year, 0.9% more than the previous year (07/19/2024)	07/19/2024
There were over 70,000 enrolments at Basque universities in the 2021/22 academic year (07/24/2023)	07/24/2023
The number of enrolments at Basque universities rose by 2.5% in the 2020/21 academic year, the greatest increase in more than 20 years (07/20/2022)	07/20/2022
Universities in the Basque Country increased their student population in the 2019/20 academic year, exceeding 68,000 students (07/20/2021)	07/20/2021
The number of students in Basque universities in the 2018/19 academic year increased for the second consecutive year (07/20/2020)	07/20/2020
In the 2017/18 academic year student numbers at Basque universities increased for the first time in three years (09/12/2019)	09/12/2019
In the 2016-2017 academic year student numbers at Basque universities fell for the third consecutive year (09/14/2018)	09/14/2018
The number of students at universities in the Basque Country fell by 0.3% in the 2015/16 academic year (09/14/2017)	09/14/2017
The number of enrolments at universities in the Basque country decreased by 0.5% in the 2014/15 academic year (07/19/2016)	07/19/2016
University enrollments increased by 1% in the 2013/14 academic year (06/17/2015)	06/17/2015
The number of graduates in the Basque country increased by 6% in the academic year 2012/13 (07/21/2014)	07/21/2014
The number of students enrolled in Basque Universities increased in the academic year 2011/2012 (07/24/2013)	07/24/2013
The number of enrolments increased by 5% due to doctorates (07/06/2012)	07/06/2012
96% of young people who registered passed the University Entrance Exam in 2011 (11/18/2011)	11/18/2011
Eight out of every ten university students were enrolled in publicly-funded universities in the 2009/10 academic year (02/22/2011)	02/22/2011
More women studying at university, including on post-graduate courses (12/23/2009)	12/23/2009
The pass rate in June was 97% (11/17/2009)	11/17/2009
Nearly half of university students enrolled for social sciences and law degrees (03/26/2009)	03/26/2009
The average score for Basque students was close to a B in the 2008 University Access Exam (03/23/2009)	03/23/2009
Eight out of every ten university students decided to carry out their studies in Public Universities (02/29/2008)	02/29/2008
94% of students who sat the university access exams in the A.C. of the Basque Country passed (01/21/2008)	01/21/2008
The declining youth population continues to affect university classes (01/29/2007)	01/29/2007
For the eighth year running, there was a fall in the number of university students in the A.C. of the Basque Country (11/10/2005)	11/10/2005
Rise in the number of pupils in the A.C. of the Basque Country following almost twenty years of decreases (03/17/2005)	03/17/2005
Children in the A.C. of the Basque Country begin school at an increasingly early age (02/17/2004)	02/17/2004

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