In 1991, when Slovenia declared its independence, there were 149 new doctoral graduates, in 2004, when it joined the European Union, 355, and in the year of the entrance into Eurozone (2007) 415.
V letu 1991 je doktoriralo 149 študentov, v 2004,ko je Slovenija postala članica Evropske unije, 355, v 2007, ko je Slovenija uvedla evro, pa 415.