| Total | Administration | Higher education teaching | Businesses | PIWLE | Foreign | |
| Total | 1.360.271 | 542.285 | 29.981 | 733.951 | 4.288 | 49.766 |
| Exact sciences | 162.534 | 115.252 | 5.301 | 34.844 | 236 | 6.901 |
| Engineering | 943.062 | 259.420 | 11.450 | 636.439 | 1.720 | 34.033 |
| Medical sciences | 138.019 | 91.626 | 2.061 | 38.323 | 2.020 | 3.989 |
| Agricultural sciences | 31.363 | 21.175 | 118 | 8.368 | 5 | 1.697 |
| Social sciences | 85.293 | 54.812 | 11.051 | 15.977 | 307 | 3.146 |
I.P.S.F.L = Private Institutions without Lucrative Ends
Date November 17, 2011
Source: EUSTAT. Statistics on scientific research and technological development activities.