University of Pretoria Statistics at a Glance 2014
ii UP Statistics at a Glance 2014 About the University The University of Pretoria was established in 1908 as the Pretoria branch of the Transvaal University College. The College became a fully-fledged university in 1930. The University s colloquial name Tuks, or Tukkies, was derived from the acronym TUC for the Transvaal University College. UP's current facilities portfolio consists of more than 790 buildings and structures spread over 33 sites located on six campuses that cover 1 100 hectares of land. In the 106 years of existence the University has produced more than 230 000 alumni. 9 Faculties and a business school 230 Qualifications 141 Academic departments 166 Undergraduate programmes 100 Centres, institutes and bureaux 1 047 Postgraduate programmes Key facts Student headcount enrolments increased from 44 670 in 2011 (excluding distance education) to 48 043 in 2014, registering an annual growth rate of 2.5%. The percentage of black undergraduate and postgraduate contact students increased from 43.4% and 52.1% in 2011 to 48.2% and 55.3% in 2014, respectively. The percentage of international contact students increased from 8.2% in 2011 to 9.0% in 2014. The number of graduates in science, engineering and technology (SET) fields increased from 3818 in 2011 to 4365 in 2013, registering an annual growth rate in graduates of 6.9%.
Contents University of Pretoria 1 1 2 3 Number of study programmes (with registrations) and student registrations...2 Number of student registrations per study programme level...2 Number of student registrations per faculty...2 9 10 11 Number of graduates per population group (contact and distance)...7 Number of graduates per faculty...8 Headcount of instruction/research professionals with permanent appointment according to highest most relevant qualification (HEMIS figures)...9 4 Number of student registrations per population/gender group...3 12 Headcount of personnel with permanent appointment according to personnel category (HEMIS figures)...9 5 6 7 8 Number of international contact students registered per country...4 Number of student registrations per home language...5 Number of graduates per study mode...7 Number of honours, masters and doctoral graduates...7 13 14 15 Headcount of personnel with permanent appointment according to personnel category and gender group...10 National Research Foundation (NRF)-rated researchers...11 Accredited research publication units (journal articles only)...12
2 UP Statistics at a Glance 2014 Students 1 Number of study programmes (with registrations) and student registrations Level Contact undergraduate Contact postgraduate Distance undergraduate Distance postgraduate Programmes with registrations Headcount 2011 2012 2013 2014 245 31 335 31 873 33 447 33 774 1 034 13 335 13 769 13 995 14 269 4 8 090 6 042 4 625 2 388 2 11 020 10 196 11 451 11 146 Grand total 63 780 61 880 63 518 61 577 2 Number of student registrations per study programme level Headcount 2011 2012 2013 2014 Undergraduate certificate 70 88 87 94 Undergraduate diploma 8 954 6 614 4 859 2 561 Undergraduate baccalaureus 30 226 31 073 32 857 33 217 Postgraduate diploma 471 467 479 496 Honours 14 930 14 107 15 481 15 297 Master s 6 318 6 494 6 620 6 728 Doctorate 1 664 1 850 1 963 2 133 Other, including postgraduate certificate 1 147 1 187 1 172 1 051 Grand total 63 780 61 880 63 518 61 577 3 Number of student registrations per faculty Faculty First-time entering students Total student registrations 2011 2012 2013 2014 2011 2012 2013 2014 Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology 1 613 1 604 1 771 1 894 9 796 10 309 10 992 11 430 Economic and Management Sciences 1 596 1 621 1 672 1 638 9 062 8 945 8 750 8 440 Education 864 789 884 915 23 420 20 520 20 465 17 912 Gordon Institute of Business Science 581 550 599 700 Health Sciences 713 504 545 549 5 587 5 966 6 344 6 369 Humanities 1 139 1 106 1 387 1 332 5 782 5 731 6 016 6 113 Law 107 135 169 208 1 889 1 793 1 824 1 972 Natural and Agricultural Sciences 1 502 1 230 1 556 1 442 5 897 6 115 6 586 6 574 Theology 74 46 50 56 730 732 721 730 Veterinary Science 78 84 129 151 1 036 1 219 1 221 1 337 Grand total 7 686 7 119 8 163 8 185 63 780 61 880 63 518 61 577
University of Pretoria 3 4 Number of student registrations per population/gender group Population group Headcount % of total 2011 2012 2013 2014 2011 2012 2013 2014 African 17 643 18 614 19 984 20 519 39,5% 40,8% 42,1% 42,7% Coloured 956 981 1 053 1 122 2,1% 2,2% 2,2% 2,3% Contact Indian 1 992 2 106 2 257 2 530 4,5% 4,6% 4,8% 5,3% White 24 059 23 941 24 123 23 870 53,9% 52,5% 50,9% 49,7% Unspecified 20 25 2 0,0% 0,0% 0,1% 0,0% Contact total 44 670 45 642 47 442 48 043 African 18 775 15 930 15 753 13 215 98,3% 98,1% 98,0% 97,6% Coloured 122 108 104 88 0,6% 0,7% 0,7% 0,7% Distance Indian 71 74 78 77 0,4% 0,5% 0,5% 0,6% White 140 126 141 154 0,7% 0,8% 0,9% 1,1% Unspecified 2 0,0% 0,0% 0,0% 0,0% Distance total 19 110 16 238 16 076 13 534 Grand total 63 780 61 880 63 518 61 577 University total (contact and distance) Headcount % of total 2011 2012 2013 2014 2011 2012 2013 2014 African 36 418 34 544 35 737 33 734 57,1% 55,8% 56,3% 54,8% Coloured 1 078 1 089 1 157 1 210 1,7% 1,8% 1,8% 2,0% Indian 2 063 2 180 2 335 2 607 3,2% 3,5% 3,7% 4,2% White 24 199 24 067 24 264 24 024 37,9% 38,9% 38,2% 39,0% Unspecified 22 25 2 0,0% 0,0% 0,0% 0,0% Grand total 63 780 61 880 63 518 61 577
4 UP Statistics at a Glance 2014 4: Number of student registrations per population/gender group (continued) Contact Headcount Gender % of total 2011 2012 2013 2014 2011 2012 2013 2014 Female 24 581 25 088 26 144 26 374 55,0% 55,0% 55,1% 54,9% Male 20 085 20 553 21 298 21 669 44,0% 45,0% 44,9% 45,1% Unknown 4 1 0,0% 0,0% 0,0% 0,0% Contact total 44 670 45 642 47 442 48 043 Female 12 930 11 002 10 999 9 196 67,7% 67,8% 68,4% 68,0% Distance Male 6 149 5 236 5 077 4 338 32,2% 32,3% 31,6% 32,1% Unknown 31 0,2% 0,0% 0,0% 0,0% Distance total 19 110 16 238 16 076 13 534 Headcount University total (contact and distance) % of total 2011 2012 2013 2014 2011 2012 2013 2014 Female 37 511 36 090 37 143 35 570 58,8% 58,3% 58,5% 57,8% Male 26 234 25 789 26 375 26 007 41,1% 41,7% 41,5% 42,2% Unknown 35 1 0,1% 0,0% 0,0% 0,0% Grand total 63 780 61 880 63 518 61 577 5 Number of international contact students registered per country Country group Country 2011 2012 2013 2014 SADC Angola 21 25 28 30 Botswana 211 185 177 162 Congo, The Democratic Republic 125 187 183 183 Lesotho 150 142 151 134 Madagascar 2 3 4 4 Malawi 100 92 72 88 Mauritius 15 23 25 28 Mozambique 111 104 95 92 Namibia 252 240 235 227 Seychelles 1 2 4 4 Swaziland 308 377 407 419 Tanzania, United Republic of 83 84 68 72 Zambia 133 121 115 131 Zimbabwe 855 1 004 1 171 1 200 SADC total 2 367 2 589 2 735 2 774
University of Pretoria 5 5: Number of international contact students registered per country (continued) Country group Country 2011 2012 2013 2014 Other Africa Nigeria 157 209 248 262 Kenya 145 144 161 148 Uganda 85 104 106 98 Cameroon 59 70 75 63 Ethiopia 34 41 42 41 Ghana 34 40 43 38 Sudan 25 30 28 22 Rwanda 29 22 23 20 Eritrea 20 21 14 12 Gabon 9 9 8 11 Egypt 4 6 9 7 Sierra Leone 9 10 10 6 Cote d Ivoire 5 5 6 6 Liberia 1 4 6 4 Other 39 35 33 26 Other Africa total 655 750 812 764 Other Netherlands 118 114 113 127 United States 148 163 166 74 Germany 66 76 78 71 Korea, Republic of 5 77 75 71 India 29 39 46 49 United Kingdom 32 52 56 46 Iran, Islamic Republic of 21 20 31 35 China 41 34 36 33 France 30 25 27 29 Italy 8 14 16 20 Canada 38 35 36 14 Australia 10 24 27 13 Belgium 11 7 7 11 Norway 8 9 10 10 Other 246 191 188 183 Other total 811 880 912 786 Grand total 3 833 4 219 4 459 4 324
6 Number of student registrations per home language* Home language 2011 2012 2013 2014 English 12 353 12 810 13 508 14 130 Afrikaans 15 267 14 784 14 609 13 997 Sepedi 8 452 7 385 7 324 6 588 IsiZulu 5 342 5 414 5 892 5 831 Setswana 4 015 3 871 3 892 3 787 Sesotho 2 771 2 840 3 256 3 315 IsiXhosa 4 497 3 965 3 741 3 075 Xitsonga 2 652 2 444 2 588 2 332 SiSwati 2 331 2 130 2 156 2 005 Tshivenda 1 564 1 562 1 750 1 621 Afrikaans/English 996 1 097 1 174 1 355 IsiNdebele 1 248 1 196 1 211 1 117 German 336 352 344 344 French 253 310 333 333 Dutch 51 97 116 123 Portuguese 29 60 74 102 Chinese 37 56 62 86 Korean 12 28 40 77 Spanish 4 10 16 23 Other languages 1 570 1 469 1 432 1 336 Grand total 63 780 61 880 63 518 61 577 * Note: Home language refers to first language
University of Pretoria 7 Graduates 7 Number of graduates per study mode 2011 2012 2013 Contact - undergraduate 5 982 5 979 6 481 Contact - postgraduate 4 315 4 440 4 724 Distance - undergraduate 1 875 1 633 1 435 Distance - postgraduate 1 476 1 562 1 753 Grand total 13 648 13 614 14 393 8 Number of honours, master s and doctoral graduates 2011 2012 2013 Honours 2 171 2 226 2 290 Master s 1 342 1 400 1 476 Doctoral 206 200 242 Grand total 3 719 3 826 4 008 9 Number of graduates per population group (contact and distance) 2011 2011 total 2012 2012 total 2013 Undergraduate Postgraduate Undergraduate Postgraduate Undergraduate Postgraduate African 3 807 2 942 6 749 3 788 3 135 6 923 3 613 3 470 7 083 Coloured 103 110 213 113 110 223 125 110 235 Indian 264 264 528 246 289 535 255 296 551 White 3 682 2 474 6 156 3 462 2 467 5 929 3 918 2 600 6 518 Unspecified 1 1 2 3 1 4 5 1 6 Grand total 7 857 5 791 13 648 7 612 6 002 13 614 7 916 6 477 14 393 2013 otal
8 UP Statistics at a Glance 2014 10 Number of graduates per faculty Faculty 2011 Undergraduate Postgraduate 2011 Total 2012 % postgraduate Undergraduate Postgraduate 2012 Total 2013 % postgraduate Undergraduate Postgraduate % postgraduate 2013 Total Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology Economic and Management Sciences 977 998 50,5% 1 975 1 023 958 48,4% 1 981 1 198 1 111 48,1% 2 309 1 612 967 37,5% 2 579 1 604 1 014 38,7% 2 618 1 754 1 082 38,2% 2 836 Education 2 496 1 865 42,8% 4 361 2 289 1 940 45,9% 4 229 2 178 2 142 49,6% 4 320 Gordon Institute of Business Science 271 100,0% 271 278 100,0% 278 304 100,0% 304 Health Sciences 642 340 34,6% 982 696 346 33,2% 1 042 790 360 31,3% 1 150 Humanities 1 008 495 32,9% 1 503 993 455 31,4% 1 448 930 486 34,3% 1 416 Law 402 95 19,1% 497 359 136 27,5% 495 334 121 26,6% 455 Natural and Agricultural Sciences 620 467 43,0% 1 087 558 538 49,1% 1 096 659 534 44,8% 1 193 Theology 57 136 70,5% 193 52 129 71,3% 181 46 144 75,8% 190 Veterinary Science 157 43 21,5% 200 164 82 33,3% 246 164 56 25.5% 220 Grand total 7 971 5 677 41,6% 13 648 7 738 5 876 43,2% 13 614 8 053 6 340 44,0% 14 393
Personnel University of Pretoria 9 Headcount of instruction/research professionals with permanent appointment according to highest most relevant qualification (HEMIS* figures) 2011 2012 2013 11 12 Doctoral 617 627 663 Master s 348 378 382 Honours 165 135 129 Headcount of personnel with permanent appointment according to personnel category (HEMIS* figures) Category description Instructional/ research professional employees Year % 2011 2012 2013 2013 1 281 1 281 1 300 39,9% Other qualification 151 141 126 Grand total 1 281 1 281 1 300 * HEMIS - Higher Education Management Information System Executive/ administration/ management professional employees 323 322 348 10,7% Specialised/support professional employees 316 360 355 10,9% Technical employees 86 89 90 2,8% Non-professional administration employees Crafts/trades employees 722 723 752 23,1% 48 50 53 1,6% Service employees 413 387 362 11,1% Grand totals 3 189 3 212 3 260 100,0% * HEMIS - Higher Education Management Information System
13 Headcount of personnel with permanent appointment according to personnel category and gender group (HEMIS* figures) Category description 2011 2012 2013 Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Instructional/research professional employees 633 648 1 281 642 639 1 281 655 645 1 300 Executive/administration/ management professional 206 117 323 204 118 322 215 133 348 employees Specialised/support professional employees 162 154 316 176 184 360 166 189 355 Technical employees 56 30 86 56 33 89 56 34 90 Non-professional administration employees 579 143 722 579 144 723 605 147 752 Crafts/trades employees 5 43 48 5 45 50 8 45 53 Service employees 134 279 413 129 258 387 121 241 362 Total 1 775 1 414 3 189 1 791 1 421 3 212 1 826 1 434 3 260 * HEMIS - Higher Education Management Information System
Research University of Pretoria 11 14 National Research Foundation (NRF)-rated researchers Faculty 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology 45 48 48 51 59 Economic and Management Sciences 11 14 14 16 19 Education 11 13 12 19 21 Gordon Institute of Business Science 2 3 3 3 3 Health Sciences 16 17 18 21 23 Humanities 26 33 40 41 38 Law 12 14 15 14 15 Natural and Agricultural Sciences 103 113 124 132 149 Theology 5 7 6 9 15 Veterinary Science 18 19 23 25 28 Other centres/units 2 2 3 2 5 Grand total 251 283 306 333 375 Note: The NRF-rating of researchers is based primarily on the quality and impact of their research outputs as evaluated by local and international peers.
12 UP Statistics at a Glance 2014 15 Accredited research publication units (journal articles only) Faculty 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Humanities 164,7 150,9 142,8 115,7 132,0 129,4 160,6 Natural and Agricultural Sciences 235,3 303,8 282,9 295,8 319,1 309,3 354,3 Law 72,3 72,0 61,8 69,8 72,0 101,5 126,3 Theology 130,0 117,1 119,2 108,8 146,5 113,0 157,7 Economic and Management Sciences 57,6 57,7 79,7 60,7 78,9 93,6 96,9 Veterinary Science 62,7 81,6 82,0 83,7 77,7 89,7 112,1 Education 25,5 25,7 29,6 41,1 39,5 47,0 37,4 Health Sciences 139,8 121,6 156,9 154,0 139,7 193,0 172,0 Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology 173,5 154,8 150,4 145,6 161,4 184,4 184,8 Gordon Institute of Business Science 10,8 4,5 6,2 9,3 11,3 13,2 10,5 Other 2,3 2,5 5,0 3,5 3,4 4,6 2,4 Grand total 1 074,8 1 092,1 1 116,3 1 087,9 1 181,6 1 278,7 1 414,9
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