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DefinitionTertiary education builds on secondary education, providing learning activities in specialised fields of education. It aims at learning at a high level of complexity and specialisation....
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DefinitionAgricultural sciences include: agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; animal and dairy science; veterinary science; agricultural biotechnology; and other agricultural sciences.Data sourceR...
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DefinitionIn the context of R&D statistics, the business enterprise sector comprises:• All resident corporations, including not only legally incorporated enterprises, regardless of the residence...
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DefinitionEngineering and technology include: civil engineering; electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; mechanical engineering; chemical engineering; materials...
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DefinitionTotal intramural expenditure on R&D performed during a specific reference period, broken down by current costs (labour costs and other current costs) and capital expenditure (land and...
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DefinitionTotal intramural expenditure on R&D performed during a specific reference period per researcher.Data sourceR&D surveys.Source definitionAdapted from OECD (2015), Frascati Manual...
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DefinitionIn the context of R&D statistics, the Government sector consists of the following groups of resident institutional units:• All units of central (federal), regional (state) or local (...
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DefinitionIn the context of R&D statistics, the Higher education sector comprises:• All universities, colleges of technology and other institutions providing formal tertiary education programmes...