Sta/Medr/08/2025: Welsh Language in Higher Education 2022/23

Main points

• 4% of students studied at least one credit in Welsh in 2022/23.
• The number of students studying at least one credit in Welsh fell by 3% compared to 2021/22 and 5% compared to 2020/21. However, it was still a higher number than the three years before 2020/21.
• The proportion of students studying at least 5 credits in Welsh fell to 3% in 2022/23, lower than any of the previous five years. The proportion of students studying at least 120 credits in Welsh fell below 1% in 2022/23, lower than any of the previous five years.
• More than twice as many female students studied at least 1 credit in Welsh compared to male students.
• Education and training was the module subject with the highest number and proportion of students studying at least one credit in Welsh.
• 13% of Welsh domiciled students were known to be fluent Welsh speakers in 2022/23.
• The number of teaching staff contracted to teach in Welsh increased by 1% to 565 in 2022/23 after falling year-on-year since 2018/19.