7,082 international

enrolments from over 115 countries2

RANKEDSIXTH

in Australia for Generic Skills of our graduates3

No.1Innovation Connections

for ‘industry collaboration’¹

1. League table 2017, Innovation Connections program, AusIndustry. 2. UON Data Warehouse 7 February 2018 3. Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching 2017 (qilt.edu.au) 4. UON Data Warehouse 7 February 2018 5. 2018 Good Universities Guide (social equity, student retention, overall experience) 6. UON Data Warehouse 7 February 2018 7. The Audited Higher Education Research Data Collection returns 2016 8. School of Medicine and Public Health

$95m NeW Space opened

OVERVIEW THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE BY NUMBERS

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE BY NUMBERS

$15m facility to support

global contamination research opened

1 IN 4 domestic undergraduate

students from low socioeconomic backgrounds4

WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality,

4 years in a row

158undergraduate

101 postgraduate programs

TOP 10 in Australia for research

income (HERDC), $99.3m in total7

37,035 students from more

than 115 nations educated and supported

by 2,754 staff6

RANKEDEIGHTH

in Australia for overall satisfaction3

OVERVIEW THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE BY NUMBERS

5-STAR maximum rating for overall experience,

learning resources, social equity and student retention5

Engineering and Built Environment, Health and Medicine,

Science, Business and Law and Education and Arts

FIVE FACULTIES

142,000 alumni based in

145 countries across the globe

30 YRSleading Indigenous education –

graduating one third of Australia’s Indigenous doctors8

OVERVIEW KEY STATISTICS

KEY STATISTICS

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STUDENT ENROLMENTSEnrolments at the University continue to reflect the University’s reputation and appeal regionally and globally. The strength of our program offerings reflect the University’s strategic focus on the student lifecycle, which includes pathways into higher education, engagement with industry and professional experience, and success beyond university.

STUDENT ENROLMENTS BY FACULTY AND AREA⁴

OVERVIEW KEY STATISTICS

FIXED TERM AND ONGOING STAFF FTE

1,096Academic

1,626Professional

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TOP 10 INTERNATIONAL ENROLMENTS BY COUNTRY⁴

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APPENDICES FIVE YEAR KEY STATISTICS

A: FIVE YEAR KEY STATISTICSCATEGORY 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 % CHANGE

2013-2017% CHANGE 2016-2017

Number of students¹Total 39,128 40,213 38,109 37,186 37,035 -5.3 -0.4

Commencing 18,349 18,777 15,939 16,097 16,381 -10.7 1.8

Student load²

Total 26,192 26,092 25,186 24,509 24,605 -6.1 0.4

Undergraduate 19,094 18,976 18,644 18,202 18,427 -3.5 1.2

Postgraduate 4,568 4,663 4,102 3,872 3,802 -16.8 -1.8

Other (Enabling, ELICOS, Non Award)

2,531 2,454 2,440 2,436 2,376 -6.1 -2.4

Funding type³

Commonwealth-supported

19,392 19,443 19,083 18,730 18,889 -2.6 0.9

Fee-paying overseas

4,908 4,571 4,355 4,295 4,404 -10.3 2.5

Fee-paying domestic

1,891 2,078 1,749 1,484 1,312 -30.6 -11.6

Award completions⁴

Total 7,483 7,408 7,384 7,110 7,273 -2.8 2.3

Undergraduate 4,466 4,500 4,572 4,519 4,689 5.0 3.8

Postgraduate 3,017 2,908 2,812 2,591 2,584 -14.4 -0.3

Full-time staff (FTE)⁵

Total 2,670 2,635 2,644 2,672 2,754 3.2 3.1

Academic 1,066 1,060 1,035 1,068 1,096 2.8 2.7

Professional 1,604 1,576 1,610 1,604 1,658 3.4 3.3

Work function (FTE)

Teaching only 36 35 26 29 24 -33.2 -17.6

Research only 404 412 394 436 454 12.5 4.3

Teaching and research

756 751 751 746 761 0.6 2.0

Other 1,475 1,437 1,473 1,462 1,516 2.8 3.7

Casual staff⁶

Total 472 427 442 469 462 -2.1 -1.5

Academic 296 262 250 264 280 -5.6 6.1

Professional 175 165 192 205 182 3.8 -11.2

Notes Rounding errors may occur. Data subject to revision. Student data source: MIS 7 February 2018. Staff data source: Department of Education Higher Education Staff Statistics. 1 Number of students represents the number of student enrolments in programs, full year. 2 Student load represents the sum of the load for each semester expressed in Equivalent Full-time Student Load (EFTSL), full year. 3 Funding type expressed in Equivalent Full-time Student Load (EFTSL). 4 Award completions represents the number of completed program enrolments for undergraduate and postgraduate award programs. Completion year is based on the official government completion year of April 1 - March 31. Data source: UON Data Warehouse 4 April 2017. 5 Staff full-time equivalent positions occupied by full-time and part-time staff members as at March 31 (excluding Independent Operations). 2016 work function FTE previously submitted to the Department of Education and Training revised as at 13 March 2017. 6 Casual staff full-time full year equivalent positions occupied during year (excluding Independent Operations). 2017 data is preliminary and subject to validation and submission to Department of Education and Training at 30 Jun 2018.

CATEGORY 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 % CHANGE 2013-2017

% CHANGE 2016-2017

Number of students¹Total 39,128 40,213 38,109 37,186 37,035 -5.3 -0.4

Commencing 18,349 18,777 15,939 16,097 16,381 -10.7 1.8

Student load²

Total 26,192 26,092 25,186 24,509 24,605 -6.1 0.4

Undergraduate 19,094 18,976 18,644 18,202 18,427 -3.5 1.2

Postgraduate 4,568 4,663 4,102 3,872 3,802 -16.8 -1.8

Other (Enabling, ELICOS, Non Award)

2,531 2,454 2,440 2,436 2,376 -6.1 -2.4

Funding type³

Commonwealth-supported

19,392 19,443 19,083 18,730 18,889 -2.6 0.9

Fee-paying overseas

4,908 4,571 4,355 4,295 4,404 -10.3 2.5

Fee-paying domestic

1,891 2,078 1,749 1,484 1,312 -30.6 -11.6

Award completions⁴

Total 7,483 7,408 7,384 7,110 7,273 -2.8 2.3

Undergraduate 4,466 4,500 4,572 4,519 4,689 5.0 3.8

Postgraduate 3,017 2,908 2,812 2,591 2,584 -14.4 -0.3

Full-time staff (FTE)⁵

Total 2,670 2,635 2,644 2,672 2,754 3.2 3.1

Academic 1,066 1,060 1,035 1,068 1,096 2.8 2.7

Professional 1,604 1,576 1,610 1,604 1,658 3.4 3.3

Work function (FTE)

Teaching only 36 35 26 29 24 -33.2 -17.6

Research only 404 412 394 436 454 12.5 4.3

Teaching and research

756 751 751 746 761 0.6 2.0

Other 1,475 1,437 1,473 1,462 1,516 2.8 3.7

Casual staff⁶

Total 472 427 442 469 462 -2.1 -1.5

Academic 296 262 250 264 280 -5.6 6.1

Professional 175 165 192 205 182 3.8 -11.2

Notes Rounding errors may occur. Data subject to revision. Student data source: MIS 7 February 2018. Staff data source: Department of Education Higher Education Staff Statistics. 1 Number of students represents the number of student enrolments in programs, full year. 2 Student load represents the sum of the load for each semester expressed in Equivalent Full-time Student Load (EFTSL), full year. 3 Funding type expressed in Equivalent Full-time Student Load (EFTSL). 4 Award completions represents the number of completed program enrolments for undergraduate and postgraduate award programs. Completion year is based on the official government completion year of April 1 - March 31. Data source: UON Data Warehouse 4 April 2017. 5 Staff full-time equivalent positions occupied by full-time and part-time staff members as at March 31 (excluding Independent Operations). 2016 work function FTE previously submitted to the Department of Education and Training revised as at 13 March 2017. 6 Casual staff full-time full year equivalent positions occupied during year (excluding Independent Operations). 2017 data is preliminary and subject to validation and submission to Department of Education and Training at 30 Jun 2018. 1 QS World University Rankings 2017/2018 2 QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017

3 Excellence in Research Australia 2015 4 Higher Education Research Data Collection 2016

TOP 1%universities in the world1

TOP 1006 subjects ranked

in the top 100 globally2

TOP 8in Australia for research

‘well-above world standard’3

OVER 90%of our research is ‘at’ or ‘above world standard’3

TOP 10in Australia for research income4