Education — Moscow

Number of postgraduate research students (aspirantura) in Moscow

Number of postgraduate research students (aspirantura) — Moscow: dynamics chart 2000–2024, latest value 48 787 people
Number of postgraduate research students (aspirantura) in Moscow, 2000–2024. Source: Rosstat.

Number of postgraduate research students (aspirantura) in Moscow in 2024: 48 787 people. Over the year the indicator rose by 7,3%.

Over five years (since 2019) the indicator rose by 94,4%. Since 2000, the start of the available series, the indicator rose by 33,2% (from 36 632 to 48 787 people).

By this indicator Moscow is among the three regions with the largest values among 82 federal subjects in 2024 (table for all regions). The Russia-wide figure is 125 947 people: the region is below the national average.

Maximum over the full observation period — 48 787 people in 2024, minimum — 25 094 people in 2019. Data are updated annually as Rosstat releases the yearbook.

Number of postgraduate research students (aspirantura) in Moscow at checkpoint years

  • 2000 — 36 632 people
  • 2005 — 43 037 people
  • 2010 — 45 536 people
  • 2015 — 31 344 people
  • 2020 — 25 777 people
  • 2024 — 48 787 people

Number of postgraduate research students (aspirantura) by year

Yearpeople
202448 787
202345 464
202239 061
202126 507
202025 777
201925 094
201827 207
201726 993
201628 350
201531 344
201434 597
201338 518
201242 973
201144 775
201045 536
200944 867
200842 799
200743 749
200643 867
200543 037
200442 398
200341 346
200240 635
200138 790
200036 632

Questions and answers

What is “Number of postgraduate research students (aspirantura)” in Moscow?

According to Rosstat for 2024 — 48 787 people.

Where does Moscow sit in the list by indicator magnitude?

1 of 82 federal subjects when ordered by descending value for 2024.

How did the indicator change over the last year?

From 2023 to 2024 the indicator rose by 7,3%.

Where do the data come from and how often are they updated?

Source — the official Rosstat yearbook "Regions of Russia. Socio-economic indicators". Figures are annual and update after each new yearbook release.

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Data source

Rosstat yearbook "Regions of Russia. Socio-economic indicators". Values for 2000–2024, units: people. Each region has a page with the full indicator series since 1990.

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