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Pocket Statistics 2004

Students Funding Campuses Outcomes Staff Research International

Pocket statistics from the University of South Australia. This data was prepared in August 2005 and is based on final 2004 figures as submitted to Dest. (Student data as at 31st Aug, Staff data as at 31st March for each year).

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Student 

All Student data as at 31 Aug each year 2003 2004 % total  2004
Equivalent full time student load (EFTSL) 21,384 22,126
Commonwealth supported students 13,973 14,298 65%
International Students 6,455 6,804 31%
Aust. fee paying postgraduate students 560 607 4%
Number of Students (Persons)
Total Students 31,828 32,951
Commencing students 11,546 12,025 36%
Commencing undergrad students 7,906 8,335 25%
Commencing postgraduate students 3,640 3,690 11%
Number of students in selected cohorts
Bachelor degree 23,543 23,527 71%
Total Undergraduate  23,573 24,155 73%
Total Post graduate 8,285 8,796 27%
Female 18,241 18,751 57%
Full time students 19,528 20,880 63%
Part time students 12,300 12,071 37%
Internal students 25,336 25,795 78%
External students 4,112 4,313 13%
Transnational students (Offshore) 7,053 6,855 21%
International students 9,966 10,315 31%
Indigenous (Domestic Only) 305 296 2%
Low SES (Domestic Only) 4,692 4,941 23%
Disability (Domestic Only) 1,130 1,258 6%

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Funding 

Actual Actual B'dgt
Revenue generation 2003 2004 2005
DEST Operating Grant (a) 37% 37% 37%
     HECS 22% 21% 22%
     International Student Revenue 17% 17% 18%
     Other 24% 25% 22%
Total Non DEST 63% 63% 63%
Operating performance  
University operating result (b) $13.4M $13.5M $6.0M
University operating (safety) margin 4.60% 4.40% 1.90%
Consolidated operating result $13.5M $13.3M $6.2M
(a) Revenue generation is measured as  a percentage of total revenue (excluding super supplementation). 
(b) Operating margin is the operating result as a percentage of total operating revenue. 

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Campuses 

Campuses Total Students All Staff (FTE) Academic (FTE)
City West 5,192 656.4 218.4
City East 8,174 342.6 204
Magill 5,798 254.1 141.8
Mawson Lakes 3,383 503.6 215.5
Underdale 2,569 263.8 81.9
Whyalla 608 60.3 25.8

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Outcomes 

Student Completions 2002 2003
Total Completions (Persons) 6,510 7,447
· Undergraduate 4,509 4,642
· Higher Degree - Research 126 128
· Higher Degree - Coursework 1,220 1,846
· Other Postgraduate 675 832
International Completions 2,028 2,828
Transnational Completions 1,501 2,021
Employment of Australian Graduates 2003 2004
Percentage of Bachelor Graduates in full-time employment 0.75%

0.75%

Median Bachelor Graduate starting salary 35,000 37,000

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Staff 

All Staff data as at 31 March each year
Full Time Equivalent (FTE) 2003   2004  
Academic 858.1 891.1
General 1,146.6 1,194.5
Total Staff (FTE) 2,004.7 2,085.6
Staff FTE by Gender
Female 1,074.9 1,136.9
Male 929.8 948.7
Staff FTE by Function
Teaching and Research 693.3 715.8
Research only 167.3 182.8
Other function 1,144.2 1,187.1
Staff FTE by Organisational Unit
Division of Business & Enterprise 264.1 288.1
Division of Ed., Arts & Soc. Science 390.1 393
Division of Health Sciences 270.9 291.4
Division of  Info.Tech., Eng., & Env. 256.3 264.6
Chancellery 26.9 32.2
Portfolio Access & Learning Support 302.4 309.5
Portfolio Org. Strategy and Change 122.6 131.5
Portfolio Research & Innovation 143.5 118.7
Portfolio Resources 197 191
Portfolio International and Development n/a 65.7

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Research 

Research Indicator data   2003 2004
Number of research degree completions 128 117
Total research income ($'000) 22,733 26,534
Total weighted publications 839.7 789.7
 
Research income ($) per Ac staff FTE (B+) 31,177 36,713
Publications per Acad staff FTE (all levels) 0.97 0.89

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International 

International Performance 2003 2004
International (Onshore) load (EFTSU) 2,279 2,700
Transnational (Offshore) load (EFTSU) 4,317 4,464
% change over previous year:  
International (Onshore) 35% 18%
Transnational (Offshore) 9% 3%