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Curtin University Overview Statistics1 2018-2022

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| Overview | Student Headcount | Student EFTSL | Award Completions | Surveys | Staff FTE | Research Activities |
| Curtin Income and Expenditure |

Overview Statistics

Student Enrolments (Distinct Count2) 2022 58,589
Student Load (EFTSL) 2022 35,910
International Student Enrolments 2022 13,332
Postgraduate Coursework Enrolments 2022 8,321
Higher Degree by Research Enrolments 2022 1,965
Undergraduate Enrolments 2022 50,366
Award Completions 2022 10,931
Total Staff (FTE) 2022 3,715
Academic Staff (FTE) 2022 1,687
Total Expenses 2022 ($'000) $950,965
Net Operating Result 2022 ($'000) -$36,120
Journal Articles and Reviews 2021 3,986
Notes
1. The figures shown here may differ to those published in the 2022 Pocket Guide and Annual Report due to data revisions which occurred after the two documents were published.
2. Students may have multiple enrolments during the year.

Student Headcount

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Total Students
TOTAL Curtin Students (Distinct Count3) 56,687 57,794 59,199 59,907 58,589
TOTAL Curtin Students (excluding non-award Open University Australia (OUA) students 51,467 51,988 52,638 53,538 53,092
GENDER
Female 31,833 32,542 33,542 34,202 33,838
Male 24,821 25,210 25,613 25,640 24,651
Indeterminate/Intersex/Unspecified 47 46 57 76 111
CITIZENSHIP
Domestic and permanent residents 37,920 38,445 39,800 41,724 40,872
International students studying onshore 7,208 7,338 6,638 5,680 6,061
International students studying offshore 7,074 7,142 6,959 7,110 7,271
Not Defined (predominantly OUA) 5,015 5,469 6,320 6,106 5,215
STUDY MODE
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Internal 42,003 42,360 41,367 41,835 41,074
Partially Online 94 165 256 321 229
Fully Online 2,813 2,886 3,497 3,439 3,411
External3 12,354 12,950 14,666 14,869 14,428
COURSE LEVEL
Higher Degree - Research 2,250 2,089 2,087 1,982 1,965
Higher Degree - Coursework 5,164 5,467 5,987 6,162 6,266
Other Postgraduate 1,912 1,920 2,242 2,191 2,055
Bachelor's - Honours 4,024 4,533 4,788 5,349 5,324
Bachelor's - Pass 35,031 34,530 34,070 33,516 31,495
Other Undergraduate 20 35 335 903 2,159
Non Award Courses 10,020 11,131 11,672 11,826 11,388
CAMPUS
Onshore Location
Curtin Perth 37,128 37,521 37,218 37,618 36,504
Curtin Murray Street 871 752 745 749 694
Curtin Kalgoorlie 345 350 370 454 519
Muresk Institute 0 13 19 24 25
Other onshore centres/partners 403 82 52 18 18
Open Universities Australia 12,107 12,925 14,781 15,020 14,612
Offshore Location
Curtin Mauritius 2,457 1,573 1,681 1,648 1,644
Curtin University Dubai 157 363 439 500 611
Curtin University Malaysia 3,379 3,161 2,763 2,365 1,937
Curtin Singapore 1,408 1,466 1,481 1,695 2,081
Offshore Partners 716 581 591 812 898
3. Students may have multiple enrolments during the year.
SOURCE: BI Student Datamart (as at 23 March 2023)

Student EFTSL

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Total Students
TOTAL Curtin Students 36,823.9 37,402.4 37,758.8 37,420.8 35,910.2
TOTAL Curtin Students (excluding non-award Open University Australia (OUA) students 35,050.9 35,504.9 35,711.8 35,419.1 34,202.2
LIABILITY CATEGORY
Commonwealth Supported (incl. Contribution Exempt) 21,998.6 22,443.8 23,054.0 23,380.1 22,138.0
Domestic Fee Paying 1,287.2 1,283.7 1,274.6 1,343.3 1,211.5
International Onshore Fee Paying 5,071.1 5,107.0 4,760.6 3,925.7 3,890.5
International Offshore Fee Paying 30.3 25.7 37.0 41.9 64.6
Partner Onshore/Outsourced Teaching/Global Online 49.4 52.5 48.9 340.1 489.1
Partner Offshore 4,062.2 4,006.6 3,746.4 3,565.8 3,600.1
Overseas Partner Fee Paying 1,282.0 1,383.8 1,548.6 1,701.5 1,783.6
Research Training Program 708.4 668.0 635.4 646.5 630.7
Fee Exempt (predominantly OUA) 2,334.7 2,431.4 2,653.3 2,475.9 2,102.0
ENROLLING FACULTY
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Faculty of Humanities 5,615.4 5,517.1 5,443.3 5,341.7 4,981.4
Faculty of Business and Law 7,748.3 7,819.5 7,545.3 7,110.5 6,665.8
Faculty of Science and Engineering 5,906.5 5,894.7 6,159.8 6,270.8 6,341.8
Faculty of Health Sciences 9,078.1 9,193.2 9,390.2 9,581.7 9,446.0
Centre for Aboriginal Studies 97.1 122.1 88.1 100.1 68.7
Cross Institutional Enrolments 57.9 103.9 106.4 115.8 116.1
Centre for Enabling Pathways 601.4 929.1 982.9 1,263.3 1,236.6
Student Services 4,403.9 4,740.2 5,430.3 5,558.8 5,238.7
Global Curtin Office 195.8 174.9 99.6 36.8 78.3
Curtin English 253.3 228.4 183.7 91.3 131.2
Curtin University Malaysia 2,820.3 2,594.1 2,262.3 1,880.1 1,512.0
Curtin University Dubai 45.9 85.3 67.0 70.0 93.8
COURSE LEVEL
Higher Degree - Research 1,416.7 1,369.5 1,282.5 1,225.8 1,197.8
Higher Degree - Coursework 3,014.1 3,194.5 3,557.0 3,593.8 9,830.1
Other Postgraduate 631.8 628.3 758.3 668.6 642.9
Bachelor's - Honours 3,467.6 3,698.3 3,918.1 4,278.6 4,234.1
Bachelor's - Pass 24,873.3 24,803.7 24,394.3 23,614.5 22,128.9
Other Undergraduate 14,703.6 15,076.0 14,979.5
Non Award Courses 3,413.1 3,690.2 3,690.0 3,734.5 3,515.0
SOURCE: BI Student Datamart (as at 23 March 2023)

Award Completions

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Postgraduate Research 310 326 348 333 304
Postgraduate Coursework 2,438 2,389 2,430 2,583 2,488
Undergraduate 6,809 7,079 7,060 7,250 7,028
Other4 982 1,193 1,204 1,184 1,111
3. Exclude non award and cross institutional/service teaching completions.
SOURCE: BI Student Completions Datamart (as at 23 March 2023)

Surveys

KPI Measure
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Student Experience (Graduates) Overall Satisfaction (CEQ) 81% 83% 83% 80% 79%
Good Teaching Scale (CEQ) 66% 64% 68% 67% n/a
Graduate Qualities Scale (CEQ) 84% 87% 87% 85% n/a
Generic Skills Scale (CEQ) 81% 83% 83% 81% n/a
Student Experience (Current) Overall Satisfaction (SES) (undergraduate) 82% 80% 72% 73% 75%
Teaching Quality (SES) (undergraduate) 84% 82% 79% 78% 79%
Skills Development (SES) (undergraduate) 83% 83% 79% 79% 78%
Learner Engagement (SES) (undergraduate) 62% 62% 47% 51% 49%
Student Support (SES) (undergraduate) 74% 75% 74% 70% 70%
Learner Resources (SES) (undergraduate) 88% 87% 82% 75% 80%
Freedom of Expression (SES) (undergraduate) n/a n/a n/a 84% 84%
Graduate Outcomes Graduate employment rate (GOS) (domestic) 88% 87% 87% 88% 92%
Further study rate (GOS) (domestic) 19% 17% 19% 21% 18%
    Student Experience
    • The CEQ & GOS surveys graduates, while the SES surveys current students.
    • Learner Engagement (SES) is based on ENGAGSAT (includes external and internal students).


    Graduate Outcomes
    • Employment Rate: Number of graduates working full-time, part-time or casual as a proportion of graduates that are available for work.
    • Further Study Rate: Number of graduates who state that they are enrolled in further study (full-time or part-time), as a proportion of all graduates who answered the further study question.
    • Domestic status is determined by residency at time of enrolment.

Staff FTE5

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Total 3,847.1 3,815.3 3,838.5 3,663.3 3,715.4
ACADEMIC
Employment Contract
Full Time 1,171.0 1,126.0 1,110.0 1,072.0 1,072.0
Fraction Time (Part Time) 206.9 214.4 202.5 197.5 232.6
Casual/Sessional6 370.0 385.0 383.0 382.7 382.7
Gender
Male 912.4 883.7 872.5 845.5 857.1
Female 834.9 840.9 822.6 805.9 829.5
Indeterminate/Intersex/Unspecified 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5
Function
Teaching only 659.6 675.3 661.2 654.8 671.0
Research only 475.9 449.1 434.4 429.3 429.7
Teaching and Research 554.8 548.7 544.7 524.2 549.4
Other Functions 57.6 52.2 55.3 43.9 37.3
PROFESSIONAL
Employment Contract
Full Time 1,565.0 1,561.5 1,613.0 1,481.0 1,420.0
Fraction Time (Part Time) 289.9 292.9 313.3 293.5 371.5
Casual/Sessional6 244.2 235.6 216.6 236.6 236.6
Gender
Male 767.6 754.4 765.9 747.5 756.0
Female 1,330.8 1,332.6 1,374.3 1,258.9 1,265.8
Indeterminate/Intersex/Unspecified 0.5 3.4 2.8 3.7 5.3
Function
Teaching only
Research only 49.1 48.1 55.8 53.3 46.7
Teaching and Research
Other Functions 2,050.0 2,041.8 2,087.1 1,953.2 1,976.8

FTE by Academic and Professional

Notes:
5 All data is the sum of the whole year's activities;
Staff data is a snapshot
Staff data excludes offshore campus and partner locations
6 2022 casual/sessional staff FTE are estimates for the year
SOURCE: The Department of Education, Skill and Employment (DESE) Staff Submission August 2022

Research Publications

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Number of Articles and Reviews7 2,935 3,097 3,498 3,444 3,986
7Notes:
  • These figures were adopted from Research KPI Report (17/01/2023), which were originally taken from the Web of Science Database via InCites and only include the number of articles and reviews (i.e. research journal articles) with at least one author affiliated author.
  • These numbers change over time but a "snapshot" was taken, for non-historical data, at the end of the year after the publication date (2013-2020).
  • The number of research publications for 2021 was extracted from InCites dataset that was updated on 16/12/2022.

Curtin Income and Expenditure

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
CURTIN INCOME ($ '000) ($ '000) ($ '000) ($ '000) ($ '000)
Australian Government grants $354,683 $361,280 $366,506 $428,213 $410,730
HECS-HELP - Australian Government payments $159,941 $168,206 $175,811 $159,788 $159,737
FEE-HELP $22,457 $23,764 $25,776 $27,040 $24,894
SA - HELP $2,674 $2,896 $2,198 $2,413 $2,102
State and Local Government financial assistance $28,254 $17,995 $11,808 $11,845 $28,231
HECS-HELP - student payments $20,640 $18,874 $16,836 $17,576 $14,738
Fees and Charges $208,845 $207,285 $195,546 $172,270 $170,628
Investment revenue $16,511 $78,788 $11,086 $89,530 -$20,485
Royalties, trademarks and licences $21,118 $21,407 $20,622 $18,871 $21,466
Consultancy and contracts $34,578 $30,949 $38,517 $31,537 $44,491
Other revenue $27,286 $38,500 $38,009 $36,979 $58,313
Total Revenue from continuing operations $896,987 $969,944 $902,715 $996,062 $914,845
CURTIN EXPENDITURE ($ '000) ($ '000) ($ '000) ($ '000) ($ '000)
Employee related expenses $540,344 $540,836 $571,747 $531,221 $531,430
Depreciation and amortisation $62,346 $70,959 $73,867 $75,016 $77,765
Repairs and maintenance $14,234 $12,842 $12,354 $13,336 $13,255
Finance Cost $2,273 $3,175 $3,871 $3,454 $15,341
Impairment of assets $304 $367 $641 $1,408 $363
Net (Gain) / Loss on disposal of non-current assets $220 $1,015 $176 -$94 $516
Deferred superannuation expense $326 $269 $292 $239 $168
Other expenses $250,963 $258,427 $240,865 $258,171 $312,127
Total Expenses from continuing operations $871,010 $887,890 $903,813 $882,751 $950,965
Net Operating Result for year $25,977 $82,054 -$1,098 $113,311 -$36,120
Total Comprehensive Income $25,977 $82,054 -$1,098 $113,311 -$36,120