Numbers sitting Engineering Science and Physics exams 2025 and previous years
Date published:
14/05/2025
FOI reference: FOI24/25 193
Date received: 10/02/2025
Date responded: 11/02/2025
Information requested
I require information regarding the number of candidates that will be sitting Engineering Science(all levels) and Physics(all levels) this year, and previous years.
Response
The number of entries for the two subjects in 2025 is as follows, as at 10 February 2025:
Engineering Science
| Level | Number of entries |
|---|---|
| National 4 | 195 |
| National 5 | 2366 |
| Higher | 1483 |
| Advance Higher | 72 |
Physics
| Level | Number of entries |
|---|---|
| National 3 | 125 |
| National 4 | 1897 |
| National 5 | 15226 |
| Higher | 8949 |
| Advance Higher | 2201 |
Please note that these figures are liable to change.
The number of candidates who sat the exams in previous years is available on our website, in our Statistics pages using the following link: