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Facts & Figures

Facts & Figures are contained in detail on the Statistics web site.

Student Statistics

Student Category Persons
2008* 2007 2006
Total Students 21,311 20,472 19,652
Enrolments
Commencing Students 7,785 7,539 7,126
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Students 167 134 123
International Students - onshore 5,191 4,738 4,196
International Students - offshore 666 731 730
By Level of Program
Postgraduate Research 1,814 1,851 1,846
Postgraduate Coursework 4,218 3,913 3,775
Bachelor Degrees 14,342 13,816 13,086
Other 937 892 945
By Faculty
Engineering, Computer & Mathematical Sciences 3,922 3,744 3,444
Health Sciences 3,326 2,999 2,887
Humanities & Social Sciences 3,791 3,772 3,711
Sciences 2,841 2,948 2,933
Professions 6,927 6,579 6,203
Central Areas 504 430 474
By Gender
Female 10,361 9,884 9,416
Male 10,950 10,588 10,236
By Attendance Type
Full Time 17,268 15,295 14,511
Part Time 4,043 5,177 5,141

*Preliminary Figures based on 2008 Student Submissions.
Source: DEEWR 2007-2008 Student Data Collection

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Staff Statistics

Staff Category Persons
2008* 2007 2006
Total Staff 2,886 2,803 2,665
By Type
Academic 1,293 1,255 1,207
General 1,593 1,548 1,458
Academic Staff by Faculty
Engineering, Computer & Mathematical Sciences 197 187 176
Health Sciences 359 327 327
Humanities & Social Sciences 176 190 174
Sciences 378 380 361
Professions 155 143 141
Central Areas 28 28 28
Academic Staff by Function
Teaching & Research 857 828 815
Research only 424 416 381
Teaching only 2 2 2
Other 10 9 9

Academic Staff by Gender

Female 467 438 405
Male 826 817 802

*Note: Full-time and Fractional Full-time Staff Statistics. Casual staff figures for calendar year.
Source: DEEWR 2007 & 2008 Staff Data Collection

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Research Activity

Research Income

Scheme/Grant 2007
($,000)
2006
($,000)
2005
($,000)
2004
($,000)
2003
($,000)
2002
($,000)
Australian Competitive Grants 60,699 62,038 56,264 50,920 47,763 41,333
Other Public Sector Research Income 28,649 27,462 25,887 19,781 16,612 12,401
Industry & Other Research Income 20,413 18,169 13,016 17,090 17,454 20,623
Cooperative Research Centres 6,011 6,813 6,684 6,193 5,049 4,117
Total University Research Income 115,771 114,482 101,851 93,984 86,878 78,474

Source: DEEWR 2003-2007 Higher Education Research Data Collection

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Research Block Funding

Scheme/Grant 2009
($,000)
2008
($,000)
2007
($,000)
2006
($,000)
2005
($,000)
2004
($,000)
Institutional Grant Scheme 15,744 16,232 16,500 16,371 16,311 15,951
Research Infrastructure Block Grant 12,961 13,641 13,820 14,248 13,773 12,194
Research Training Scheme 27,809 28,127 28,989 29,757 29,640 29,161

Source: DEEWR Research Block Grants funding announcements