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$9.3 million worth of scholarships

In 2019, Curtin provided scholarships to over 3,000 domestic students, amounting to approximately $9.3 million.

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90 exchange partnerships

Curtin has over 90 exchange partnerships with universities in more than 20 countries.

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80+ partner institutions

We have agreements with more than 80 international partner institutions in almost 20 countries including the University of Aberdeen and 16 Cooperative Research Centres (CRC).

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50,000+ students

Due to our expansion, we are able to reach and provide an enriching learning experience to over 50,000 students.

3,000 staff

Our university has over 3,000 expert staff which make Curtin what it is today.

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Curtin University Statistics

With our network of campuses across the Indian Ocean rim Curtin University teaches over 50,000 students and employs over 3,000 staff each year.

Overview

Category	Amount
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

²Students may have multiple enrolments during the year

Student headcount

Students	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
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

³Students may have multiple enrolments during the year.

Student EFTSL

Faculty/Location/Level	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total Students
TOTAL Curtin Students	36	37	37	37,420.8	35,910.2
TOTAL Curtin Students (excluding non-award Open University Australia (OUA) students	35	35	35	35,419.1	34,202.2
LIABILITY CATEGORY
Commonwealth Supported (incl. Contribution Exempt)	21	22	23	23,380.1	22,138.0
Domestic Fee Paying	1	1	1	1,343.3	1,211.5
International Onshore Fee Paying	5	5	4	3,925.7	3,890.5
International Offshore Fee Paying	303	257	370	41.9	64.6
Partner Onshore/Outsourced Teaching/Global Online	494	525	489	340.1	489.1
Partner Offshore	4	4	3	3,565.8	3,600.1
Overseas Partner Fee Paying	1	1	1	1,701.5	1,783.6
Research Training Program	7.084	6.680	6.354	646.5	630.7
Fee Exempt (predominantly OUA)	2	2	2	2,475.9	2,102.0
ENROLLING FACULTY
Faculty of Humanities	5	5	5	5,341.7	4,981.4
Faculty of Business and Law	7	7	7	7,110.5	6,665.8
Faculty of Science and Engineering	5	5	6	6,270.8	6,341.8
Faculty of Health Sciences	9	9	9	9,581.7	9,446.0
Centre for Aboriginal Studies	971	1.221	881	100.1	68.7
Cross Institutional Enrolments	579	1.039	1.064	115.8	116.1
Centre for Enabling Pathways	6.014	9.291	9.829	1,263.3	1,236.6
Student Services	4	4	5	5,558.8	5,238.7
Global Curtin	1.958	1.749	996	36.8	78.3
Curtin English	2.533	2.284	1.837	91.3	131.2
Curtin University Malaysia	2	2	2	1,880.1	1,512.0
Curtin University Dubai	459	853	670	70.0	93.8
COURSE LEVEL
Higher Degree – Research	1	1	1	1,225.8	1,197.8
Higher Degree – Coursework	3	3	3	3,593.8	3,564.1
Other Postgraduate	6.318	6.283	7.583	668.6	642.9
Bachelor’s – Honours	3	3	3	4,278.6	4,234.1
Bachelor’s – Pass	24	24	24	23,614.5	22,128.9
Other Undergraduate	74	180	1.586	305.0	627.5
Non Award Courses	3	3	3	3,734.5	3,515.0

Award completions

Cohort	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

⁴Exclude non award and cross institutional/service teaching completions.

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 FTE

Category	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	3847.1	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/Sessional ⁶	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	503.8	475.9	449.1	434.4	429.3
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

Staff data is a snapshot taken at 31 of March; and excludes offshore campus and partner locations.

Staff data excludes offshore campus and partner locations.

⁶ 2022 casual/sessional staff FTE are estimates for the year.

Research publications

Category	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Journal Articles and Reviews⁷	2,935	3,097	3,498	3,444	3,986

⁷ 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

Category	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