Secondary and Post-secondary Education students

This section presents the profiles of students in secondary and post-secondary education, taking into account the indicators number of enrolments and graduations, by municipality, level of education, gender, type of course and educational establishment.

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Students in secondary and post-secondary education

Students enrolled in secondary and post-secondary education

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Category Value
Dec 2025 762080
Dec 2024 953638
Data collected at: 2024/25 Geographic level: Region Centro and Region Norte
Source: DGEEC

Secondary and post-secondary graduates

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Category Value
Dec 2024 57482
Dec 2023 57989
Data collected at: 2023/24 Geographic level: Region Centro and Region Norte
Source: DGEEC

Pupils enrolled by municipality

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Category Value
Porto 49126
Vila Nova de Gaia 42673
Braga 35391
Matosinhos 23791
Coimbra 23397
Guimarães 22152
Leiria 20707
Gondomar 19496
Maia 19164
Vila Nova de Famalicão 18824
Santa Maria da Feira 17379
Viseu 17302
Barcelos 16326
Aveiro 15307
Viana do Castelo 13663
Valongo 12803
Paredes 11651
Póvoa de Varzim 10996
Vila do Conde 10712
Penafiel 10675
Santo Tirso 9909
Paços de Ferreira 8914
Figueira da Foz 8444
Felgueiras 8245
Vila Real 8153
Data collected at: 2024/25 Geographic level: Region Centro and Region Norte
Source: DGEEC

Students enrolled by level of education

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Category Value
1st Cycle of Basic Education 444778
Secondary Education 186888
< 1st Cycle of Basic Education 126833
Post Secondary Education 3581
The highest number of students enrolled is in the 1st Cycle of Basic Education level (58.36%), while the lowest is at the Post Secondary Education level (0.47%).
Data collected at: 2024/25 Geographic level: Region Centro and Region Norte
Source: DGEEC

Students enrolled by gender

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Category Value
Male 387915
Female 374165
The highest number of students enrolled at this level of education are Male (50.9%), while the lowest are Female (49.1%).
Data collected at: 2024/25 Geographic level: Region Centro and Region Norte
Source: DGEEC

Students enrolled by type of course

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Category Value
Apprenticeship Courses 435868
Others 127470
Scientific and Humanities Courses 96662
Professional Courses 59274
RVCC Processes 21149
EFA Courses 10657
Specialized Artistic Courses 3263
Self Planned Courses 2983
CEF Courses 1969
CET Courses 1766
Modular Courses 1019
The highest number of students enrolled at this level of education were in Apprenticeship Courses (57.19%), while the lowest were in Modular Courses (0.13%).
Data collected at: 2024/25 Geographic level: Region Centro and Region Norte
Source: DGEEC

Pupils enrolled by type of educational establishment

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Category Value
Public 605437
Private 156643
The highest number of students enrolled at this level of education were in Public education (79.45%).
Data collected at: 2024/25 Geographic level: Region Centro and Region Norte
Source: DGEEC