Application statistics 2005-2011
Number of applicants and the percentage distribution between different countries:
| Year | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Applicants | 85 | 246 | 260 | 280* | 148** | 107 |
| Number or admitted students | 7 | 24 | 11 | 20 | 26 | 22 |
| Number of countries | 22 | 28 | 26 | 33 | 29 | 28 |
| % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Algeria | 0,4 | 0,7 | ||||
| Australia | 1,2 | 0,9 | ||||
| Bangladesh | 3,5 | 0,8 | 2,3 | 1,4 | 1,4 | 7,5 |
| Belgium | 0,4 | 0,4 | 0,7 | |||
| Bermuda | 0,7 | |||||
| Brazil | 1,2 | 0,4 | 0,9 | |||
| Cameron | 31,8 | 40,2 | 21,9 | 28,6 | 27,0 | 2,8 |
| Canada | 0,4 | 0,7 | 1,9 | |||
| China | 9,4 | 3,3 | 1,9 | 3,9 | 10,1 | 8,4 |
| Congo | 0,4 | |||||
| Costa Rica | 0,7 | |||||
| Croatia | 0,9 | |||||
| Czech | 0,9 | |||||
| Denmark | 0,4 | 0,7 | ||||
| Egypt | 0,9 | |||||
| Eritrea | 0,7 | |||||
| Ethiopia | 2,4 | 0,4 | 2,3 | 1,4 | 0,7 | 2,8 |
| Finland | 2,4 | 1,2 | 0,8 | 2,9 | 3,4 | 7,5 |
| France | 1,2 | 0,9 | ||||
| Gambia | 0,4 | 0,4 | 0,7 | |||
| Great Britain | 1,2 | 0,4 | 1,4 | |||
| Germany | 0,8 | 0,4 | 0,7 | 1,9 | ||
| Ghana | 3,5 | 9,3 | 8,9 | 8,9 | 13,5 | 7,5 |
| Greece | 0,7 | |||||
| Hong Kong | 0,7 | |||||
| Hungary | 0,7 | |||||
| Iceland | 1,2 | |||||
| India | 1,2 | 3,3 | 4,6 | 1,1 | 4,0 | 4,7 |
| Iran | 1,1 | 4,0 | 4,7 | |||
| Iraq | 0,4 | 0,4 | ||||
| Israel | 0,8 | 0,4 | ||||
| Japan | 0,4 | |||||
| Jemen | 0,4 | |||||
| Jordan | 1,2 | 0,4 | ||||
| Kenya | 2,4 | 0,4 | 0,4 | |||
| Lebanon | 0,4 | |||||
| Libya | 0,4 | |||||
| Lithuania | 1,2 | |||||
| Luxembourg | 0,4 | |||||
| Malaysia | 0,4 | |||||
| Mexico | 0,7 | |||||
| Modova | 0,4 | |||||
| Namibia | 0,4 | |||||
| Nepal | 5,9 | 1,6 | 3,5 | 4,6 | 3,4 | 4,7 |
| Nigeria | 11,8 | 26,0 | 40,4 | 31,1 | 27,7 | 15,9 |
| Norway | 0,4 | |||||
| Pakistan | 8,2 | 3,3 | 5,0 | 5,4 | 8,1 | 11,2 |
| Palau | 0,4 | |||||
| Palestine | 1,2 | |||||
| Peru | 2,4 | 1,2 | 0,7 | 3,7 | ||
| Portugal | 0,4 | |||||
| Ruanda | 0,4 | |||||
| Russia | 1,2 | 0,4 | 0,7 | 0,9 | ||
| Sambia | 0,4 | |||||
| Serbia | 0,7 | 0,9 | ||||
| Slovenia | 0,4 | |||||
| South Africa | 1,2 | 0,8 | 0,4 | 0,9 | ||
| South Korea | 0,9 | |||||
| Spain | 0,8 | 0,9 | ||||
| Sri Lanka | 0,4 | 0,4 | ||||
| Tanzania | 1,2 | 0,8 | 2,3 | 0,4 | 1,4 | 1,9 |
| Thailand | 0,4 | 0,4 | 0,7 | |||
| Turkey | 1,2 | 0,8 | 0,9 | |||
| Uganda | 0,4 | |||||
| Ukraine | 0,8 | 0,4 | 0,7 | |||
| USA | 0,4 | 1,1 | 2,0 | 1,9 | ||
| Vietnam | 0,7 | 2,0 |
* There were 280 students applying for the Programme and altogether 377 applications for the four different specialization fields.
** An application was considered only if it included enclosures. Cases where only the electronical application form was submitted are not included in the statistics.
In 2011 69 % of the applicants were men and 31 % women.
Applications' distribution to different specialization fields
2005-2010 / 2011
Ecotoxicology 21 / 44 %
Quaternary Paleoecology and Environmental Change 7 / 13 %
Geoinformatics in Environmental Research 27 % (last intake 2010)
Tropical Enviroments and Development 44 % (last intake 2010)
Spatial and Ecological Interactions 43 % (first intake 2011, combination of the two earlier fields)
Admitted students' distribution to specialization fields
2005-2010 / 2011
(yearly quota 20 students)
Ecotoxicology 27 / 32 %
Quaternary Paleoecology and Environmental Change 10 / 23 %
Geoinformatics in Environmental Research 31 % (last intake 2010)
Tropical Enviroments and Development 41 % (last intake 2010)
Spatial and Ecological Interactions 45 % (first intake 2011)
The most usual reasons for rejection year after year are (in 2011):
- The documentation provided by the deadline did not prove that you meet the formal requirements concerning the English language proficiency. (38 %)
- Your previous studies were not in line with the programme/subject you applied for, or your success in the previous studies has been inadequate. (37 %)
- Your application did not include all the required documents by the deadline. (9 %)
- The documentation provided by the deadline did not prove that you meet the formal requirements concerning the educational background. (5 %)
- Your application documents were not delivered in the requested way, or were not certified as true copies as requested by the Degree Programme. (5 %)
- Even though your application met our formal requirements, you could not be admitted due to our limited admission quota. (4 %)
- We have not been able to verify the authenticity of all your documents. (1 %)