A) The total number of students at universities in the 2017 academic year was 1 036 984.
B) The table below provides the Instructional Research Professionals by rank and qualification:
Highest most relevant qualification |
Professor |
Associate Professor |
Vice Rector |
Director |
Associate Director |
Senior Lecturer |
Lecturer |
Junior Lecturer |
Below Junior Lecturer |
Undesignated/ |
Total |
University Qualification |
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Undergraduate Diploma or Certificate (1 or 2 years) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
Undergraduate Diploma or Certificate (3 years) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
19 |
General Academic first Bachelors Degree |
4 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
57 |
175 |
65 |
16 |
7 |
334 |
Professional first Bachelor's Degree (3 years) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Professional first Bachelors Degree |
11 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
86 |
327 |
87 |
37 |
6 |
563 |
Post-graduate Diploma or Certificate |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
76 |
19 |
4 |
2 |
129 |
Post-graduate Bachelors Degree |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
57 |
101 |
41 |
0 |
3 |
210 |
Honours Degree |
17 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
224 |
654 |
273 |
46 |
15 |
1 245 |
Masters Degree |
113 |
179 |
0 |
1 |
24 |
1 394 |
4 442 |
213 |
66 |
33 |
6 465 |
Doctoral Degree |
2 095 |
1 935 |
0 |
2 |
30 |
2 910 |
1 717 |
35 |
29 |
74 |
8 827 |
Technikon Qualification |
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National Certificate |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
National Higher Certificate |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
National Diploma |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
76 |
43 |
0 |
6 |
133 |
Post-Diploma Diploma |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
National Higher Diploma |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
81 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
107 |
Baccalaureus Technologiae Degree |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
291 |
196 |
1 |
0 |
505 |
Masters Diploma in Technology |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
20 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
48 |
Magister Technologiae Degree |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
68 |
441 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
536 |
Laureatus in Technology |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Doctor Technologiae Degree |
12 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
110 |
50 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
205 |
Other Qualification |
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Pre-tertiary Qualification |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
None of the above |
27 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
49 |
110 |
23 |
12 |
26 |
258 |
Unknown |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
Total |
2 285 |
2 199 |
0 |
4 |
73 |
5 050 |
8 598 |
1 031 |
212 |
179 |
19 631 |
C) Universities are not funded per faculty. The table below illustrates the public higher education institution's annual budgets from 2015 to 2018.
Institution |
2018 |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
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Income |
Expenditure |
Income |
Expenditure |
Income |
Expenditure |
Income |
Expenditure |
|
R'000 |
R'000 |
R'000 |
R'000 |
R'000 |
R'000 |
R'000 |
R'000 |
|
|
2 338 659 |
2 407 142 |
2 227 008 |
2 226 465 |
2 016 362 |
2 022 051 |
1 981 126 |
1 978 082 |
|
808 280 |
765 765 |
736 313 |
689 277 |
635 675 |
609 789 |
593 902 |
559 954 |
|
1 774 001 |
1 754 608 |
1 643 635 |
1 636 974 |
1 433 150 |
1 428 665 |
1 179 974 |
1 174 113 |
|
1 537 317 |
1 517 899 |
1 479 248 |
1 411 272 |
1 297 878 |
116 176 |
1 962 168 |
1 043 105 |
|
328 023 |
417 127 |
302 200 |
363 865 |
245 924 |
245 923 |
244 609 |
241 808 |
|
777 828 |
390 893 |
704 167 |
344 481 |
581 170 |
285 201 |
548 123 |
538 151 |
|
1 777 397 |
1 856 210 |
1 653 473 |
1 720 663 |
1 497 630 |
1 518 388 |
1 404 076 |
1 405 227 |
|
4 213 921 |
4 161 890 |
3 859 871 |
3 820 451 |
3 598 965 |
3 568 123 |
3 453 307 |
3 397 849 |
|
6 927 200 |
6 518 900 |
6 527 700 |
6 207 100 |
6 000 000 |
5 647 200 |
5 406 500 |
5 050 100 |
|
1 159 938 |
1 182 546 |
1 101 280 |
1 079 079 |
1 061 696 |
1 049 909 |
1 013 954 |
1 005 436 |
|
1 110 158 |
1 146 787 |
820 095 |
1 031 158 |
661 919 |
714 519 |
862 813 |
607 635 |
|
310 311 |
310 127 |
212 138 |
212 093 |
160 346 |
160 027 |
78 796 |
78 434 |
|
5 898 273 |
5 884 679 |
5 524 307 |
5 491 538 |
4 960 303 |
5 079 174 |
4 692 971 |
4 672 801 |
|
3 364 040 |
3 423 149 |
3 174 942 |
3 234 612 |
2 760 770 |
2 942 208 |
2 827 182 |
2 824 182 |
|
3 325 170 |
3 272 330 |
3 117 510 |
3 059 740 |
2 841 400 |
2 790 340 |
2 668 510 |
2 616 430 |
|
1 142 451 |
1 142 452 |
1 068 497 |
965 845 |
953 118 |
943 118 |
819 448 |
817 448 |
|
2 060 212 |
1 934 329 |
1 910 068 |
1 743 969 |
1 666 139 |
1 788 638 |
1 621 665 |
1 727 661 |
|
3 616 267 |
3 611 930 |
3 365 875 |
3 384 945 |
3 095 982 |
3 126 319 |
2 890 520 |
2 915 510 |
|
3 695 841 |
3 745 174 |
3 264 683 |
3 116 484 |
3 044 654 |
2 943 088 |
2 798 324 |
2 719 782 |
|
7 170 698 |
7 136 129 |
6 972 490 |
6 968 669 |
4 493 601 |
2 957 297 |
5 752 252 |
5 586 928 |
|
1 166 795 |
1 161 696 |
1 295 907 |
1 291 107 |
985 686 |
901 826 |
909 391 |
756 780 |
|
2 145 683 |
2 108 723 |
1 995 757 |
1 953 412 |
1 813 812 |
1 789 073 |
1 727 346 |
1 654 180 |
|
1 036 021 |
32 544 |
999 136 |
892 079 |
839 416 |
818 763 |
778 474 |
751 935 |
|
1 319 456 |
1 358 968 |
1 167 651 |
1 202 699 |
1 193 657 |
1 229 360 |
1 077 551 |
1 093 209 |
|
4 856 590 |
4 926 995 |
4 440 387 |
4 490 517 |
3 784 553 |
3 777 499 |
3 483 022 |
3 490 050 |
|
1 683 092 |
1 680 479 |
1 543 593 |
1 544 634 |
1 299 905 |
1 299 905 |
1 578 208 |
1 250 844 |