| Characteristic | Medicine | Business, management and finance | Engineering | Computer and information science | Law | Other* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 29% | 13% | 10% | 14% | 3% | 31% |
| United Arab Emirates | 28% | 16% | 20% | 9% | 0% | 27% |
| Turkey | 25% | 2% | 16% | 10% | 11% | 36% |
| Mexico | 21% | 10% | 20% | 10% | 3% | 36% |
| Malaysia | 21% | 18% | 25% | 6% | 2% | 28% |
| Brazil | 18% | 6% | 19% | 6% | 12% | 39% |
| Hong Kong | 17% | 19% | 3% | 5% | 14% | 42% |
| Singapore | 16% | 25% | 10% | 10% | 6% | 33% |
| China | 15% | 25% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 42% |
| France | 15% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 5% | 58% |
| India | 14% | 22% | 23% | 16% | 2% | 23% |
| United States | 13% | 15% | 12% | 11% | 4% | 45% |
| Taiwan | 12% | 19% | 4% | 10% | 3% | 52% |
| Canada | 11% | 9% | 11% | 6% | 5% | 58% |
| Australia | 11% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 65% |
| United Kingdom | 10% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 5% | 58% |
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Release date
July 2015
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Region
Worldwide
Survey time period
March and April 2015
Number of respondents
5,550 parents
Supplementary notes
Figures are based on those collected from Ipsos MORI for HSBC.
Interviews were conducted in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the US.
Parents were asked the question, "Which, if any, of the following subject areas would you most like your child to study at university?". Therefore the total share of respondents does not equal to 100%.
*other refers to the percentage of respondents who did not express a preference to one of options shown here.
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