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Table 7 Student intake in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of UNTL (2004–2018)

From: Understanding HRH recruitment in post-conflict settings: an analysis of central-level policies and processes in Timor-Leste (1999–2018)

Department

New students

2004

2005*

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010**

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017***

2018***

General Medicine

26

510

47

15

20

30

–

42

58

38

36

36

35

52 (12)

107 (40)

Nursing

    

190

70

–

88

69

83

64

20

73

95 (34)

197 (130)

Midwifery

    

38

99

–

75

68

84

68

22

76

92 (35)

159 (96)

Pharmacy

      

–

   

35

25

70

63

135

Nutrition

      

–

    

20

64

59

103

Biomedical/Lab.

      

–

      

45

120

Total

26

510

47

15

248

199

–

205

195

205

203

123

318

406

821

  1. Source: UNTL Registry
  2. *2005: first mass enrolment for medical education by CMB
  3. **2010: no enrolment of students due to disputes between MoEd and UNTL about UNTL’s accountability in the selection process
  4. ***2017 and 2018: Numbers in parenthesis indicate the intake of new students under the Special Regime, clearly surpassing the statutory 10% of the intake (no data available for 2016 or other cadres)
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