| | 1995 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Number of post-graduate students - total | 1282 | 963 | 982 | 1059 | 1178 | 1318 | 1479 | 1705 |
| including: | | | | | | | | |
| scientific institutions | 709 | 479 | 519 | 540 | 630 | 736 | 839 | 956 |
| with giving up work | 400 | 290 | 348 | 399 | 469 | 574 | 667 | 753 |
| higher educational institutions | 573 | 484 | 463 | 519 | 548 | 582 | 640 | 749 |
| with giving up work | 352 | 280 | 284 | 344 | 352 | 408 | 482 | 596 |
| Admission to post-graduate study - total | 367 | 367 | 292 | 303 | 398 | 470 | 503 | 550 |
| including: | | | | | | | | |
| scientific institutions | 180 | 165 | 168 | 176 | 238 | 281 | 295 | 329 |
| with giving up work | 80 | 117 | 126 | 151 | 188 | 231 | 251 | 275 |
| higher educational institutions | 187 | 202 | 124 | 127 | 160 | 189 | 208 | 221 |
| with giving up work | 109 | 139 | 95 | 92 | 121 | 159 | 180 | 181 |
| Graduates of post-graduates courses - total | 339 | 321 | 244 | 202 | 260 | 320 | 317 | 340 |
| including: | | | | | | | | |
| scientific institutions | 157 | 183 | 114 | 139 | 135 | 164 | 175 | 211 |
| with giving up work | 92 | 94 | 59 | 89 | 104 | 119 | 138 | 191 |
| higher educational institutions | 182 | 138 | 130 | 63 | 125 | 156 | 142 | 129 |
| with giving up work | 90 | 48 | 74 | 27 | 98 | 92 | 100 | 97 |
| Persons defended thesis from total number of graduates - total | 33 | 35 | 19 | 14 | 27 | 31 | 28 | 22 |
| including: | | | | | | | | |
| scientific institutions | 16 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 13 |
| with giving up work | 9 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| higher educational institutions | 17 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 9 |
| with giving up work | 11 | - | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 |