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University of PretoriaStatistics at a Glance 2014

ii UP Statistics at a Glance 2014

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.

About the University

141 Academic departments

9Faculties and a business school

100Centres, institutes and bureaux

166Undergraduate programmes

230Qualifications

1 047Postgraduate 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%.

University of Pretoria 1

ContentsNumber 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

Number of student registrations per population/gender group ..............................................................................................................3

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

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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) ..................................................................9Headcount of personnel with permanent appointment according to personnel category (HEMIS figures) ..........................9

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

Number of study programmes (with registrations) and student registrations

LevelProgrammes

with registrations

Headcount

2011 2012 2013 2014

Contact undergraduate 245 31 335 31 873 33 447 33 774

Contact postgraduate 1 034 13 335 13 769 13 995 14 269

Distance undergraduate 4 8 090 6 042 4 625 2 388

Distance postgraduate 2 11 020 10 196 11 451 11 146

Grand total 63 780 61 880 63 518 61 577

Number of student registrations per study programme level

Headcount2011 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

FacultyFirst-time entering students Total student registrations

2011 2012 2013 2014 2011 2012 2013 2014Engineering, 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

Number of student registrations per faculty

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Number of student registrations per population/gender group

Population group

Headcount % of total

2011 2012 2013 2014 2011 2012 2013 2014

Contact

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%

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

Distance

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%

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)


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

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Gender


2011 2012 2013 2014 2011 2012 2013 2014

ContactFemale 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

DistanceFemale 12 930 11 002 10 999 9 196 67,7% 67,8% 68,4% 68,0%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

University total (contact and distance)


2011 2012 2013 2014 2011 2012 2013 2014Female 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

Table 4: Number of student registrations per population/gender group (continued)

Number of international contact students registered per country

Country group Country 2011 2012 2013 2014

SADC Angola 21 25 28 30Botswana 211 185 177 162Congo, The Democratic Republic 125 187 183 183Lesotho 150 142 151 134Madagascar 2 3 4 4Malawi 100 92 72 88Mauritius 15 23 25 28Mozambique 111 104 95 92Namibia 252 240 235 227Seychelles 1 2 4 4Swaziland 308 377 407 419Tanzania, United Republic of 83 84 68 72Zambia 133 121 115 131Zimbabwe 855 1 004 1 171 1 200

SADC total 2 367 2 589 2 735 2 774

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Table 5: Number of international contact students registered per country (continued)

Country group Country 2011 2012 2013 2014

Other Africa Nigeria 157 209 248 262Kenya 145 144 161 148Uganda 85 104 106 98Cameroon 59 70 75 63Ethiopia 34 41 42 41Ghana 34 40 43 38Sudan 25 30 28 22Rwanda 29 22 23 20Eritrea 20 21 14 12Gabon 9 9 8 11Egypt 4 6 9 7Sierra Leone 9 10 10 6Cote d’Ivoire 5 5 6 6Liberia 1 4 6 4Other 39 35 33 26

Other Africa total 655 750 812 764

Other Netherlands 118 114 113 127United States 148 163 166 74Germany 66 76 78 71Korea, Republic of 5 77 75 71India 29 39 46 49United Kingdom 32 52 56 46Iran, Islamic Republic of 21 20 31 35China 41 34 36 33France 30 25 27 29Italy 8 14 16 20Canada 38 35 36 14Australia 10 24 27 13Belgium 11 7 7 11Norway 8 9 10 10Other 246 191 188 183

Other total 811 880 912 786

Grand total 3 833 4 219 4 459 4 324

Number of student registrations per home language*

Home language 2011 2012 2013 2014

English 12 353 12 810 13 508 14 130Afrikaans 15 267 14 784 14 609 13 997Sepedi 8 452 7 385 7 324 6 588IsiZulu 5 342 5 414 5 892 5 831Setswana 4 015 3 871 3 892 3 787Sesotho 2 771 2 840 3 256 3 315IsiXhosa 4 497 3 965 3 741 3 075Xitsonga 2 652 2 444 2 588 2 332SiSwati 2 331 2 130 2 156 2 005Tshivenda 1 564 1 562 1 750 1 621Afrikaans/English 996 1 097 1 174 1 355IsiNdebele 1 248 1 196 1 211 1 117German 336 352 344 344French 253 310 333 333Dutch 51 97 116 123Portuguese 29 60 74 102Chinese 37 56 62 86Korean 12 28 40 77Spanish 4 10 16 23Other languages 1 570 1 469 1 432 1 336

Grand total 63 780 61 880 63 518 61 577

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* Note: Home language refers to first language


Number of graduates per study mode

2011 2012 2013Contact - undergraduate 5 982 5 979 6 481Contact - postgraduate 4 315 4 440 4 724Distance - undergraduate 1 875 1 633 1 435Distance - postgraduate 1 476 1 562 1 753Grand total 13 648 13 614 14 393

Number of graduates per population group (contact and distance)

Graduates

Number of honours, master’s and doctoral graduates

2011 2012 2013Honours 2 171 2 226 2 290Master’s 1 342 1 400 1 476Doctoral 206 200 242Grand total 3 719 3 826 4 008

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graduateAfrican 3 807 2 942 6 749 3 788 3 135 6 923 3 613 3 470 7 083Coloured 103 110 213 113 110 223 125 110 235Indian 264 264 528 246 289 535 255 296 551White 3 682 2 474 6 156 3 462 2 467 5 929 3 918 2 600 6 518Unspecified 1 1 2 3 1 4 5 1 6Grand total 7 857 5 791 13 648 7 612 6 002 13 614 7 916 6 477 14 393

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Number of graduates per faculty

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Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology

977 998 50,5% 1 975 1 023 958 48,4% 1 981 1 198 1 111 48,1% 2 309

Economic and Management Sciences 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

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Headcount of personnel with permanent appointment according to personnel category (HEMIS* figures)

Category descriptionYear %

20132011 2012 2013

Instructional/ research professional employees

1 281 1 281 1 300 39,9%

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

722 723 752 23,1%

Crafts/trades employees

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

PersonnelHeadcount of instruction/research professionals with permanent appointment according to highest most relevant qualification (HEMIS* figures)

2011 2012 2013

Doctoral 617 627 663

Master’s 348 378 382

Honours 165 135 129

Other qualification 151 141 126

Grand total 1 281 1 281 1 300


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Headcount of personnel with permanent appointment according to personnel category and gender group (HEMIS* figures)


Category description2011 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 employees

206 117 323 204 118 322 215 133 348

Specialised/support professional employees 162 154 316 176 184 360 166 189 355

Technical employees 56 30 86 56 33 89 56 34 90Non-professional administration employees 579 143 722 579 144 723 605 147 752

Crafts/trades employees 5 43 48 5 45 50 8 45 53Service 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

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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

Research

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.

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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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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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UP Semester 1: 2 February 2015 – 29 June 2015 UP Semester 2: 20 July 2015 – 7 December 2015

Prepared by the Department of Institutional PlanningData source: UP November profile statistics

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