Find out how many students graduate from medical school each year in Singapore.
Here’s a brief overview of Singapore’s healthcare sector’s manpower training and development statistics, including the number of medical school graduates per year.
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
No. of Medical Graduates1 | 437 | 448 | 456 |
No. of Nursing Graduates2 | 1,818 | 1,958 | 2,102 |
No. of Allied Health Professionals Graduates3 | 0 | 210 | 252 |
No. of Dentists Graduated4 | 52 | 51 | 58 |
No. of Oral Health Therapists Graduated5 | 22 | 24 | 22 |
No. of Pharmacists Graduated6 | 192 | 177 | 171 |
Notes:
1 NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (from 2011 onwards) and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (from 2018 onwards) graduates.
2 NUS (from 2009 onwards), NYP, NP and ITE nursing graduates, including graduates from WSG's Professional Conversion Programmes (from 2005 onwards).
3 Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Diagnostic Radiography and Radiation Therapy graduates from NYP (between 2006 - 2015) and SIT (from 2016 onwards), including graduates from WSG's Professional Conversion Programmes (from 2011 onwards), NUS Speech and Language Pathology (Biennial intake (2-year programme) from 2007 onwards). There are no graduates in 2019 as the first batch of graduates from SIT four-year degree programmes will graduate in 2020.
4 Schools in the schedule refers to overseas Dental and Pharmacy schools recognised by Singapore Dental Council and Singapore Pharmacy Council respectively.
5 NUS Faculty of Dentistry graduates.
6 NYP Dental Hygiene and Therapy graduates. The first batch of Oral Health Therapists graduated in 2008.
7 NUS Department of Pharmacy graduates.
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