It consists of methodological notes, description of higher education institutions, basic defi nitions, analytical commentary as well as a tabular part grouped in ten chapters which comprise information on applicants for studies, students, graduates, foreigners (students and graduates), university lecturers, PhD studies and postgraduate studies in different cross-sections as well as data on various forms of fi nancial assistance for students. In addition, chapter 10 includes information on finances of public and non-public higher schools in 2013 in the scope of financial sources of higher schools, costs of their activity, investment and repair costs and funds.
Information on higher education by fi eld of studies and on postgraduate studies by subgroup of fields of education is presented according to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED’97).