Facts & Figures 2017Data Snapshot

1 University2 Countries3 Tropical Locations

21,927STUDENTS

(15,916 EFTSL)

4,698S T A F F

(2,067 FTE) Australian Based

$539.94M I L L I O N

INCOME (Consolidated)

Creating a brighter future for life in the tropics world-wide through graduates and discoveries that make a difference.

We acknowledge Australian Aboriginal People and Torres Strait Islander People as the first inhabitants of the nation and acknowledge Traditional Owners of the lands where our staff and students live, learn and work.

JCU Estate

Gross Floor Area in excess of

222,500m2

Land area in excess of

469 HECTARES(Combined)

(Combined)

Estate valued at over

$1 BILLIONFuture investment of

$1.9 BILLIONover the next 20 years(Discovery Rise project + Private Investment)

AchievementsRankingsIn the top 300 universities (2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities)

Ranked 1st in the world for Marine and Freshwater biology, and 2nd in the world for biodiversity conservation in the Centre for World University Rankings 2017 subject rankings.

The highest cited institution in the world for coral reef science (Scopus, 2011-2015).

In the top 300 universities in the 2016-2017 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and ranked 95th in the world for the Life Sciences.

Ranked 2nd in Australia and equal 15th in the world (tied with Princeton University) for environment/ecology in the US News & Global Report – Best Global Universities Ranking 2017.

Other JCU awarded 5 stars for "graduates getting a full time job" (Source: The Good Universities Guide 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)

Teaching & ResearchJames Cook University was established to conduct teaching and research on areas of importance to the tropics. Our focus is on producing graduates who have the expertise to make a difference in their profession and their communities. We are also committed to providing the professional workforce for under-served communities and providing access and opportunity to those people who may not have previously been able to access higher education.

At James Cook University our high quality research informs our teaching. Staff and students benefit from our tropical location in being able to conduct nationally and internationally significant research in environmental science and management, marine science, ecology, biology and biochemistry, geosciences, tropical health and medicine, high speed wind engineering, Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge, linguistics, and tourism studies. Our extensive network of research stations and facilities includes sites on two UNESCO World Heritage areas – the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet tropics rainforests of Northern Queensland.

Chancellor Mr Bill Tweddell

Vice Chancellor and President Prof Sandra Harding

Chair of Academic Board Prof Stephen Naylor

Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor Prof Chris Cocklin

DVC Services & Resources Ms Tricia Brand

DVC Global Strategy & Engagement Prof Robyn McGuiggan

DVC Tropical Environments & Societies Prof Iain Gordan

DVC Tropical Health & Medicine Prof Ian Wronski AO

DVC Singapore Dr Dale Anderson

Key People

Distinguished Professor Sasha Aikhenvald

Distinguished Professor David Bellwood

Distinguished Professor Michael Bird

Distinguished Professor Terry Hughes

Distinguished Professor Geoff Jones

Distinguished Professor Mike Kingsford

Distinguished Professor Bill Laurance

Distinguished Professor Helene Marsh

Distinguished Professor Philip Pearce

Distinguished Professor Bob Pressey

Distinguished Professor Bette Willis

JCU Distinguished Professors

Consolidated Income 2016

State Govt. Funding $21.629m

HECS-HELP (Student Payments) $7.313m

Australian Govt. Grants $194.664m

Other Australian Govt. Grants $61.062m

HECS-HELP, FEE-HELP, & SA-HELP (Aust. Govt.)$80.518m

TOTAL $539.944m

Fees and Charges$135.939m

All Other Income $14.423m

Consultancy & Contracts $24.396m

Research Performance 2016

Publications (2016)

Books Authored 20

Book Chapters1658Journal Papers

89

Conference Papers 60

Total 1827

Research Income (2016)

National Competitive $17.201m

Other Public Sector $14.245m

Industry and Other Funding $10.412m

Co-operative Research Centre Funding

$0.173m

Total HERDC Income $42.031mOther Research $3.550m

Total Research Project Income $45.581mBlock Research Grants $20.994m

Total Research Income $66.575m

Research Student Completions

PhD 134

Masters 10

Total 144

ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies

ARC Research Hub for Advanced Prawn Breeding

NHMRC National Centre of Research Excellence to Improve Management for Peripheral Arterial Disease

The Cairns Institute

Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine (AITHM)

Anton Breinl Research Centre for Health Systems Strengthening

Centre for Biodiscovery & Molecular Development of Therapeutics

Economic Geology Research Centre (EGRU)

Centre for Biosecurity and Tropical Infectious Diseases

Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention

Centre for Disaster Studies

Centre for Nursing and Midwifery research

Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries & Aquaculture

Centre for Tropical Biodiversity & Climate Change

Centre for Tropical Environmental & Sustainability Science

Centre for Tropical Water & Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWater)

Comparative Genomics Centre

Research Institutes and Centres

Australian Tropical Herbarium

Cyclone Testing Station

Daintree Rainforest ObservatoryFletcherview Tropical Veterinary Research Station

Marine & Aquaculture Research Facility

Orpheus Island Research Station

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) FNQ Supersite

Advanced Analytical Centre

eResearch Centre

Tropical Data Hub

Macro – the Centre for Macroalgal Resource & Biotechnology

Language and Culture Research Centre

Queensland Research Centre for Peripheral Vascular Disease (QRC – PVD)

Mount Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health (MICRRH)

Research Facilities & Enabling Centres

TOWNSVILLE13,081 (59.47%)

MOUNT ISA20 (0.09%)

CAIRNS4,152 (18.88%)

SINGAPORE3,246 (14.76%)

BRISBANE1,289 (5.86%)

* External students (e.g. online) are allocated to the campus where the course they are enrolled in is domiciled.* Students can be located at multiple locations throughout the year, creating duplicate counts.* There were an additional 76 Medical Students located at Mackay on placements in 2016.

BEIJING122 (0.55%)

MACKAY77 (0.35%)

THURSDAY ISLAND9 (0.04%)

TOTAL

Domestic 15,336 (69.79%)International 6,639 (30.21%)Total 21,975

Number of Students by Course Location 2016

Origin of International Students 2016 (excl. Brisbane and Beijing campuses)

Singapore 21.6%

Indonesia 6.3%

France 1.7%

Norway 1.5%

India 11.3%

PNG 2.8%

Malaysia 3.6%

Other 15.3%

Germany 2.9% Vietnam 5.3%Thailand 1.5%

Myanmar 2.6%

China 12.9%

USA 6.9%

Canada 3.8%

Number of Students by Course Location 2016

Key Equity Group Participation*

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderPeople+

5.84%

Low SES+

22.75%

Regional/Remote87.87%

* Statistics for students studying at Townsville, Cairns, Mackay, Mt Isa and Thursday Island Campuses and Study Centres

+ Compacts definitions and results

Domestic Students 2016

Townsville 56.7%

Cairns 59.0%

Mackay 84.2%Mount Isa75.0%

Thursday Island 75.0%

Commencing Domestic Students First in Family to University

Graduate Destination Survey – Students Staying in Region

Far North 25.5%

Northern 43.1%

North West 2.4%

Mackay 4.1%

TOTAL 75.1%% of surveyed JCU graduates who were subsequently employed in each region.

Origin of Domestic Students*

*Statistics for students studying atTownsville, Cairns, Mackay, Mt Isa and Thursday Island Campuses andStudy Centres

Northern Stat. Divn 45.2%

Mackay Stat. Divn 4.3%

Fitzroy 1.3%

Brisbane Stat. Divn 4.1%

Central West 1.6%

Other QLD 3.8%

Far North Stat. Divn 27.6%

Rest of Australia 12.1%

The Science Place

State-of-the-art and newest science facility in Australia

Total project cost of over $88m, with a construction cost of $67m

Construction commenced in August 2015, and was ready for students in first semester 2017

In excess of 12,000m2 of gross floor space, over five floors.

The internal aquarium contains 24,000 litres of water, and is home to dozens of tropical fish species and aquatic creatures

7,493 cubic metres of concrete was used in construction

1.45 tonnes of recycled timber, and 2.2 tonnes of plastic fibres for concrete reinforcement was used in construction

Sustainable features include a 25kW solar energy system, smart energy management and award winning energy efficient design

EFTSL Statistics 2016

Equivalent Full Time Student Load (EFTSL) by Location

Domestic International Total

Townsville 8,024 (88.57%) 1,036 (11.43%) 9,060 (56.92%)

Singapore 0 (0.00%) 3,020 (100.00%) 3,020 (18.97%)

Cairns 2,442 (86.47%) 382 (13.53%) 2,824 (17.74%)

Brisbane 4 (0.46%) 869 (99.54%) 873 (5.49%)

Beijing 0 (0.00%) 68 (100.00%) 68 (0.43%)

Mackay 54 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 54 (0.34%)

Mount Isa 13 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 13 (0.08%)

Thursday Is 4 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 4 (0.03%)

TOTAL (%) 10,541 (66.23%) 5,375 (33.77%) 15,916

NOTE: The Singapore Campus International Student EFTSL can be further split to identify Singaporean Domestic Students, which in 2016 were 650 EFTSL or 21.54%.

Equivalent full time student load (EFTSL) by Course Level

Domestic International Total

UG 9,398 (76.52%) 2,883 (23.48%) 12,281 (77.16%)

PG 762 (37.15%) 1,289 (62.85%) 2,051 (12.89%)

HDR 337(55.61%) 269 (44.39%) 606 (3.81%)

Other 44 (4.50%) 934 (95.50%) 978 (6.14%)

TOTAL(%) 10,541 (66.23%) 5,375 (33.77%) 15,916

All Students by Gender

60.7%39.3%

MALEFEMALE

New Students by Age

20-24

0-1925-39

40+

Staff Numbers 2016*

*Data refers to staff located at Townsville, Cairns, Mackay, Mt Isa, Thursday Island.* Staff can be located at multiple locations, and in multiple roles throughout the year creating duplicate

counts in Number of Staff, Staff by Location and Staff by Contract Type Categories

Staff by Contract Type

Staff by Location

Numberof Staff

Academic2,382

(47.4%)

Townsville3,483

Cairns1,187

Contract1,049

Others 243

Casual2,568

Continuing1,465

Prof/Tech2,642

(52.6%)

Staff FTE Statistics 2016*

Staff Full Time Equivalent (FTE)

Staff FTE by Location

Staff FTE by Contract Type

Academic Prof/Tech Total

846 (40.9%) 1,221 (59.1%) 2,067

Townsville Cairns Others

1,503 (72.7%) 477 (23.1%) 87 (4.2%)

Continuing Contract Casual

1,197 (57.9%) 614 (29.7%) 256 (12.4%)

*Data refers to staff located at Townsville, Cairns, Mackay, Mt Isa, Thursday Island.* Staff can be located at multiple locations, and in multiple roles throughout the year

History

1961 University College opened at Pimlico

Campus

1966Foundation stone of University Hall laid by the Hon. Harold Holt

1970Dr Kenneth Back appointed

as Vice Chancellor and James Cook University of North Queensland

proclaimed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1987Cairns Campus at TAFE College opened

1969Parliament passed James Cook University of North Queensland Bill and Townsville Teachers' College opened

1960University College of Townsville proclaimed

1967First Building occupied

at Douglas Campus and University Hall

opened

2010JCU Celebrates 40 years,

and 50 years since a University College

2016JCU Singapore is awarded

university status

1997Parliament passed James Cook University Act and Name Changed to James Cook University

2008Eddie Koiki Mabo Library named and release of Reconciliation Statement

2011JCU acquires full ownership of JCU Singapore

1995Cairns Campus at

Smithfield opened

2003International Campus

in Singapore opened and JCU named in top

500 universities in the world

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Prepared by Quality, Planning & Analytics DirectorateContact: 07 4781 4311Email: statistics@jcu.edu.auProduction Date : July 2017

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