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Curtin University Overview Statistics 2007

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Pocket Statistics 31 December 2007

Number of Students (Headcount) by Division
  Humanities Curtin Business School Engineering, Science & Computing Health Sciences Aboriginal Studies Centre Cross Inst & Extension Curtin Sarawak Total Students
Total Students 7,536 15,624 6,915 7,763 316 2,284 1,744 41,348
COURSE LEVEL
HD - Research 288 259 856 345 9 3 12 1,925
HD - Coursework 582 2,809 548 766 - 14 32 4,744
Postgraduate 437 397 222 595 1 17 - 1,668
Graduate Certificate 175 511 75 347 1 104 - 1,213
Bachelor's - Honours 94 48 44 30 14 - - 230
Bachelor's - Pass 5,467 11,504 5,006 5,444 81 404 1,698 29,432
Other Undergraduate 13 254 31 71 160 - - 529
Not for Degree 532 109 209 206 50 1,711 2 2,850
STUDENT TYPE
Domestic Commonwealth Supported 4,345 4,304 4,098 4,671 305 524 2 18,092
Domestic Fee Paying 863 1,819 761 1,609 4 499 - 5,519
Domestic Research 199 128 270 223 9 - - 829
International Fee Paying (Onshore) 1,285 4,526 1,380 1,047 - 849 182 8,837
International Fee Paying (Offshore) 881 4,897 494 247 - 417 1,560 8,377

Equivalent Full Time Students (EFTSL) by Division

  Humanities Curtin Business School Engineering, Science & Computing Health Sciences Aboriginal Studies Centre Cross Inst & Extension Sarawak (Miri) Total EFTSL
Total EFTSL 5,273.6 10,390.1 5,047.7 5,372.8 332.0 955.8 1,434.4 28,806.4
COURSE LEVEL
HD - Research 157.7 139.1 496.6 190.1 7.9 0.6 7.8 999.8
HD - Coursework 279.6 1,461.5 265.8 419.4 - 4.9 6.5 2,437.7
Postgraduate 209.0 173.9 85.4 240.0 0.3 7.0 - 715.5
Graduate Certificate 49.2 139.5 17.4 94.0 0.1 54.6 - 354.8
Bachelor's - Honours 67.5 36.1 32.8 26.0 10.5 - - 172.9
Bachelor's - Pass 4,224.6 8,223.3 4,054.2 4,239.7 79.6 258.0 1,419.8 22,499.2
Other Undergraduate 4.9 163.4 18.1 68.9 140.6 - - 395.9
Not for Degree 281.1 53.4 77.6 94.7 40.9 630.6 0.3 1,178.5
FUNDING CATEGORY
Domestic Commonwealth Supported 3,355.6 2,938.0 3,203.2 3,629.5 271.6 297.1 0.5 13,695.5
Domestic Fee Paying 288.7 653.1 144.1 626.6 1.4 140.7 0.3 1,854.9
Domestic Research 131.5 87.4 300.5 157.3 7.1 0.6 - 684.4
International Fee Paying (Onshore) 925.7 3,698.7 1,098.2 868.9 - 372.2 153.0 7,116.7
International Fee Paying (Offshore) 572.2 3,011.3 301.8 89.5 0.9 144.4 1,280.6 5,400.7

Other Breakdowns

ONSHORE LOCATIONS
LOCATION STUDENTS EFTSL
Perth & Environs 31,084 21,505.3
Kalgoorlie 539 328.4
Northam 258 163.1
Geraldton 127 81.0
Margaret River 135 77.0
Sydney Curtin 1,243 947.4
Midland 47 35.9
Albany 67 46.0
Esperance 39 20.0
Karratha 19 9.8
South Hedland 14 6.5
SELECTED OFFSHORE LOCATIONS
LOCATION STUDENTS EFTSL
Malaysia 3,384 2,502.4
Hong Kong 1,849 912.1
Singapore 1,723 845.4
Mauritius 670 581.9
Indonesia 229 128.9
Sri Lanka 129 105.5
Pakistan 114 80.5
China (People's Republic of) 105 43.9
Netherlands 72 18.8
GENDER STUDENTS EFTSL
Female (53%) 22,119 15,089.8
Male (47%) 19,229 13,716.6
Total 41,348 28,806.4
AWARD COMPLETIONS - 2006
  STUDENTS EFTSL
Postgraduate Research 238 N/A
Postgraduate Coursework 2,348 N/A
Undergraduate 5,720 N/A
Total 8,306 N/A

Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Staff

Faculty/Area Academic General Total
Humanities 304.5 112.4 416.9
Curtin Business School 290.0 95.6 385.6
Engineering, Science & Computing 387.0 197.0 584.0
Health Sciences 345.5 151.7 497.2
Centre for Aboriginal Studies 30.8 10.6 41.4
Student Support 13.2 59.5 72.7
Library 10.2 104.0 114.1
Central Admin 16.5 371.7 388.2
Buildings & Grounds 2.4 149.5 151.9
Central Computing 10.7 116.2 127.0
Other 19.5 91.8 111.3
Total 1,430.3 1,460.0 2,890.3

Notes:
1. All data is the sum of the whole year's activities and enrolments
2. Students can be enrolled in more than one sub-category, therefore data will not always sum to equal totals
3. Staff data is a snapshot taken at 31 of March 2007.
4. Staff data excludes Curtin VTEC and Curtin Sarawak as well as other offshore locations.
5. Student data include bridging courses not reported to Government