Curtin University Overview Statistics1 2017-2021
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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) 2021 | 59,930 | ||||
Student Load (EFTSL) 2021 | 37,432 | ||||
International Student Enrolments 2021 | 12,794 | ||||
Postgraduate Coursework Enrolments 2021 | 8,356 | ||||
Higher Degree by Research Enrolments 2021 | 1,975 | ||||
Undergraduate Enrolments 2021 | 51,615 | ||||
Award Completions 2021 | 11,350 | ||||
Total Staff (FTE) 2021 | 3,643 | ||||
Academic Staff (FTE) 2021 | 1,652 | ||||
Total Expenses 2021 ($'000) | $882,845 | ||||
Net Operating Result 2021 ($'000) | $113,311 | ||||
Journal Articles and Reviews 2020 | 3,444 | ||||
Notes 1. The figures shown here may differ to those published in the 2021 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![]() | |||||
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 | |
Total Students | |||||
TOTAL Curtin Students (Distinct Count2) | 56,646 | 56,686 | 57,789 | 59,202 | 59,930 |
TOTAL Curtin Students (excluding non-award Open University Australia (OUA) students | 51,823 | 51,465 | 51,984 | 52,639 | 53,553 |
GENDER | |||||
Female | 31,620 | 31,833 | 32,540 | 33,545 | 34,214 |
Male | 25,014 | 24,820 | 25,208 | 25,614 | 25,651 |
Indeterminate/Intersex/Unspecified | 22 | 47 | 45 | 57 | 76 |
CITIZENSHIP | |||||
Domestic and permanent residents | 37,801 | 37,918 | 38,440 | 39,802 | 41,738 |
International students studying onshore | 7,554 | 7,208 | 7,338 | 6,638 | 5,670 |
International students studying offshore | 7,121 | 7,074 | 7,142 | 6,958 | 7,124 |
Not Defined (predominantly OUA) | 4,700 | 5,016 | 5,469 | 6,323 | 6,114 |
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STUDY MODE | 2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Internal | 42,473 | 42,009 | 42,368 | 41,371 | 41,853 |
Partially Online | 105 | 94 | 165 | 256 | 322 |
Fully Online | 2,891 | 2,808 | 2,880 | 3,500 | 3,455 |
External | 11,685 | 12,355 | 12,949 | 14,670 | 14,876 |
COURSE LEVEL | |||||
Higher Degree - Research | 2,376 | 2,248 | 2,085 | 2,082 | 1,975 |
Higher Degree - Coursework | 5,302 | 5,164 | 5,467 | 5,988 | 6,165 |
Other Postgraduate | 2,168 | 1,912 | 1,920 | 2,242 | 2,191 |
Bachelor's - Honours | 3,099 | 4,024 | 4,533 | 4,789 | 5,349 |
Bachelor's - Pass | 36,016 | 35,031 | 34,530 | 34,072 | 33,521 |
Other Undergraduate | 30 | 20 | 35 | 336 | 906 |
Non Award Courses | 9,501 | 10,021 | 11,129 | 11,676 | 11,839 |
CAMPUS | |||||
Onshore Location | |||||
Curtin Perth | 37,493 | 37,126 | 37,517 | 37,216 | 37,626 |
Curtin Murray Street | 1,017 | 871 | 752 | 746 | 749 |
Curtin Kalgoorlie | 439 | 345 | 350 | 370 | 454 |
Muresk Institute | 13 | 19 | 24 | ||
Other onshore centres/partners | 411 | 403 | 82 | 52 | 18 |
Open Universities Australia | 11,273 | 12,108 | 12,924 | 14,786 | 15,029 |
Offshore Location | |||||
Curtin Mauritius | 1,398 | 2,457 | 1,573 | 1,681 | 1,648 |
Curtin University Dubai | 10 | 157 | 363 | 439 | 500 |
Curtin University Malaysia | 3,605 | 3,379 | 3,161 | 2,763 | 2,366 |
Curtin Singapore | 1,372 | 1,408 | 1,466 | 1,481 | 1,695 |
Offshore Partners | 783 | 716 | 581 | 591 | 812 |
2. Students may have multiple enrolments during the year. SOURCE: BI Student Datamart (as at 23 March 2022) |
Student EFTSL![]() | |||||
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 | |
Total Students | |||||
TOTAL Curtin Students | 36,660.9 | 36,823.2 | 37,401.8 | 37,759.4 | 37,432.3 |
TOTAL Curtin Students (excluding non-award Open University Australia (OUA) students | 35,121.9 | 35,049.7 | 35,504.8 | 35,711.7 | 35,429.9 |
LIABILITY CATEGORY | |||||
Commonwealth Supported (incl. Contribution Exempt) | 21,628.7 | 21,999.3 | 22,443.8 | 23,055.7 | 23,385.5 |
Domestic Fee Paying | 1,312.5 | 1,287.2 | 1,283.7 | 1,274.9 | 1,343.4 |
International Onshore Fee Paying | 5,157.3 | 5,071.1 | 5,109.0 | 4,761.2 | 3,924.5 |
International Offshore Fee Paying | 34.6 | 30.3 | 25.7 | 36.5 | 49.2 |
Partner Onshore/Outsourced Teaching/Global Online | 234.1 | 49.4 | 52.5 | 48.9 | 339.6 |
Partner Offshore | 4,142.9 | 4,062.2 | 4,006.6 | 3,746.9 | 3,566.9 |
Overseas Partner Fee Paying | 1,279.4 | 1,282.0 | 1,383.8 | 1,548.6 | 1,702.0 |
Research Training Program | 762.2 | 708.4 | 668.0 | 635.4 | 646.9 |
Fee Exempt (predominantly OUA) | 2,109.3 | 2,333.5 | 2,428.7 | 2,651.5 | 2,474.4 |
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ENROLLING FACULTY | 2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Faculty of Humanities | 5,728.9 | 5,616.0 | 5,517.3 | 5,443.9 | 5,343.7 |
Faculty of Business and Law | 7,889.5 | 7,748.3 | 7,819.6 | 7,545.0 | 7,112.3 |
Faculty of Science and Engineering | 6,054.5 | 5,904.7 | 5,892.5 | 6,157.9 | 6,269.0 |
Faculty of Health Sciences | 8,887.8 | 9,078.1 | 9,195.2 | 9,390.7 | 9,584.2 |
Centre for Aboriginal Studies | 97.1 | 97.1 | 122.1 | 88.1 | 101.1 |
Cross Institutional Enrolments | 65.2 | 57.9 | 103.9 | 106.4 | 117.6 |
Centre for Enabling Pathways | 520.0 | 601.4 | 928.9 | 982.9 | 1,262.8 |
Student Services | 4,021.4 | 4,404.4 | 4,739.7 | 5,431.4 | 5,562.4 |
Curtin International Office | 191.7 | 195.8 | 174.9 | 99.6 | 36.8 |
Curtin English | 237.0 | 253.3 | 228.4 | 183.7 | 91.3 |
Curtin Malaysia | 2,962.5 | 2,820.3 | 2,594.1 | 2,262.8 | 1,881.1 |
Curtin Dubai | 5.4 | 45.9 | 85.3 | 67.0 | 70.0 |
COURSE LEVEL | |||||
Higher Degree - Research | 1,503.0 | 1,414.9 | 1,367.3 | 1,280.1 | 1,224.6 |
Higher Degree - Coursework | 3,052.9 | 3,014.1 | 3,194.5 | 3,557.4 | 3,595.8 |
Other Postgraduate | 785.7 | 631.8 | 628.3 | 758.3 | 668.9 |
Bachelor's - Honours | 2,672.8 | 3,467.6 | 3,698.3 | 3,918.6 | 4,278.9 |
Bachelor's - Pass | 25,643.1 | 24,873.9 | 24,805.9 | 24,395.4 | 23,621.6 |
Other Undergraduate | 9.5 | 7.4 | 18.0 | 158.9 | 306.0 |
Non Award Courses | 2,994.0 | 3,413.6 | 3,689.4 | 3,690.8 | 3,736.5 |
SOURCE: BI Student Datamart (as at 23 March 2022) |
Award Completions![]() | |||||
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 | |
Postgraduate Research | 347 | 310 | 326 | 348 | 332 |
Postgraduate Coursework | 2,695 | 2,438 | 2,389 | 2,430 | 2,582 |
Undergraduate | 7,398 | 6,808 | 7,079 | 7,060 | 7,252 |
Other3 | 1,131 | 982 | 1,193 | 1,204 | 1,184 |
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3. Exclude non award and cross institutional/service teaching completions. SOURCE: BI Student Completions Datamart (as at 23 March 2022) |
Staff FTE4![]() | |||||
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 | |
Total | 3,992.9 | 3,847.1 | 3,815.3 | 3,838.5 | 3,643.7 |
ACADEMIC | |||||
Employment Contract | |||||
Full Time | 1,251.0 | 1,171.0 | 1,126.0 | 1,110.0 | 1,072.0 |
Fraction Time (Part Time) | 204.7 | 206.9 | 214.4 | 202.5 | 197.5 |
Casual/Sessional5 | 373.7 | 370.0 | 385.0 | 383.0 | 383.0 |
Gender | |||||
Male | 969.9 | 912.4 | 883.7 | 872.5 | 848.7 |
Female | 858.8 | 834.9 | 840.9 | 822.6 | 803.4 |
Indeterminate/Intersex/Unspecified | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Function | |||||
Teaching only | 662.9 | 659.6 | 675.3 | 661.2 | 655.1 |
Research only | 503.8 | 475.9 | 449.1 | 434.4 | 429.3 |
Teaching and Research | 594.6 | 554.8 | 548.7 | 544.7 | 524.2 |
Other Functions | 68.2 | 57.6 | 52.2 | 55.3 | 44.0 |
PROFESSIONAL | |||||
Employment Contract | |||||
Full Time | 1,649.0 | 1,565.0 | 1,561.5 | 1,613.0 | 1,481.0 |
Fraction Time (Part Time) | 291.3 | 289.9 | 292.9 | 313.3 | 293.5 |
Casual/Sessional5 | 223.2 | 244.2 | 235.6 | 216.6 | 216.6 |
Gender | |||||
Male | 798.2 | 767.6 | 754.4 | 765.9 | 721.4 |
Female | 1,364.8 | 1,330.8 | 1,332.6 | 1,374.3 | 1,266.1 |
Indeterminate/Intersex/Unspecified | 0.5 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
Function | |||||
Teaching only | |||||
Research only | 49.1 | 48.1 | 55.8 | 53.3 | |
Teaching and Research | |||||
Other Functions | 2,163.5 | 2,050.0 | 2,041.8 | 2,087.1 | 1,937.9 |
FTE by Academic and Professional | |||||
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Notes: 4 All data is the sum of the whole year's activities; Staff data is a snapshot Staff data excludes offshore campus and partner locations 5 2021 casual/sessional staff FTE are estimates for the year SOURCE: The Department of Education, Skill and Employment (DESE) Staff Submission August 2021 |
Research Publications![]() | |||||
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 | |
Journal Articles and Reviews6 | 2,746 | 2,935 | 3,097 | 3,498 | 3,444 |
Notes: 6 The number of research publications is taken from the Web of Science Database via InCites, and refers to the number of research journal articles and reviews with at least one author affiliated with the University. As results change over time data is a snapshot taken at the end of the year after the publication date. |
Curtin Income and Expenditure | |||||
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 | |
CURTIN INCOME | ($ '000) | ($ '000) | ($ '000) | ($ '000) | ($ '000) |
Australian Government grants | $347,088 | $354,683 | $361,280 | $366,506 | $428,213 |
HECS-HELP - Australian Government payments | $153,161 | $159,941 | $168,206 | $175,811 | $159,788 |
FEE-HELP | $23,741 | $22,457 | $23,764 | $25,776 | $27,040 |
SA - HELP | $2,588 | $2,674 | $2,896 | $2,198 | $2,413 |
HECS-HELP - student payments | $22,842 | $20,640 | $18,874 | $16,836 | $17,576 |
State and Local Government financial assistance | $27,449 | $28,254 | $17,995 | $11,808 | $11,845 |
Fees and Charges | $221,757 | $208,845 | $207,285 | $195,546 | $172,270 |
Royalties | $20,458 | $21,118 | $21,407 | $20,622 | $18,871 |
Consultancy and contracts | $31,856 | $34,578 | $30,949 | $38,517 | $31,537 |
Other revenue | $30,406 | $27,286 | $38,500 | $38,009 | $36,979 |
Investment revenue | $58,919 | $16,511 | $78,788 | $11,086 | $89,530 |
Total Revenue from continuing operations | $940,265 | $896,987 | $969,944 | $902,715 | $996,062 |
Net (Gain) / Loss on disposal of non-current assets | -$552 | $220 | -$1,015 | -$176 | $94 |
Total revenue and income from continuing operations | $939,713 | $897,207 | $968,929 | $902,539 | $996,156 |
CURTIN EXPENDITURE | ($ '000) | ($ '000) | ($ '000) | ($ '000) | ($ '000) |
Employee related expenses | $536,646 | $540,344 | $540,836 | $571,747 | $531,221 |
Depreciation and amortisation | $60,080 | $62,346 | $70,959 | $73,867 | $75,016 |
Repairs and maintenance | $13,767 | $14,234 | $12,842 | $12,354 | $13,336 |
Borrowing costs | $3,603 | $2,273 | $3,175 | $3,871 | $3,454 |
Impairment of assets | $519 | $304 | $367 | $641 | $1,408 |
Deferred superannuation expense | $386 | $326 | $269 | $292 | $239 |
Other expenses | $245,107 | $250,963 | $258,427 | $240,865 | $258,171 |
Total Expenses from continuing operations | $860,108 | $870,790 | $886,875 | $903,637 | $882,845 |
Net Operating Result for year | $79,605 | $26,417 | $82,054 | -$1,098 | $113,311 |
Total Comprehensive Income | $79,605 | $26,417 | $82,054 | -$1,098 | $113,311 |