The UK's Higher Education Policy Institute has released their annual report [PDF] detailing how many hours college students put in towards learning their chosen field. The students are divided by admittedly rough majors; Architecture students are folded in to "Architecture, Building & Planning" while Industrial Design is lumped in (we assume they counted us) with "Creative Arts & Design." The hours are then broken into three categories: Contact Hours (i.e. classroom time), Independent Study (studio time), and Work Outside University as Part of the Course (internships, we assume).

So, whom do you think puts in more hours, Architecture, Design or Law? Here are the results:

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It's not terribly surprising that Med students top the list, but I was surprised to find Design tops Law by one hour a week; assuming a 12-week semester, that's 48 extra hours of instruction per year, nothing to sniff at. I was also surprised that Design students work triple the amount of internship hours that Law students put in.

Of course, the bastards in Architecture kick Design's ass, clocking two more classroom hours a week (96 extra hours a year), a whopping four hours a week of more studio time (192 extra hours a year!), and an hour more each week in internships (48 more hours a year).

Also, this is, kind of depressing: The study lists a lot more survey results than hours logged, and one of the questions was "In which areas would you most prefer your university to save money?" Below you'll see which facilities the majority of students can apparently do without:

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Go team.

Lastly, this study was undertaken in the UK, HEPI being a British outfit. So to the design and architecture students outside of Great Britain, how do your hours stack up? Please let us know your country of study and your average numbers for the three categories.