Student Enrolment Trends

2023202420252026
Headcount% of TotalHeadcount% of TotalHeadcount% of TotalHeadcount% of Total
 Gender 35 482100.00% 36 072100.00% 38 228100.00% 40 112100.00%
 Female 20 84558.75% 21 28859.02% 22 60959.14% 23 78859.30%
 Male 14 62941.23% 14 77340.95% 15 60140.81% 16 31040.66%
 Unknown 80.02% 110.03% 180.05% 140.03%
 Race 35 482100.00% 36 072100.00% 38 228100.00% 40 112100.00%
 African 27 56877.70% 28 81879.89% 31 29881.87% 33 50883.54%
 Coloured 6 40618.05% 5 97416.56% 5 77315.10% 5 55613.85%
 Indian 1900.54% 1740.48% 1850.48% 1830.46%
 No Information 800.23% 770.21% 800.21% 850.21%
 White 1 2383.49% 1 0292.85% 8922.33% 7801.94%
 Qualification Level 35 482100.00% 36 072100.00% 38 228100.00% 40 112100.00%
 Occasional 1250.35% 1010.28% 520.14% 690.17%
 Post Graduate 2 6437.45% 2 8547.91% 3 1138.14% 3 5678.89%
 Under Graduate 32 71492.20% 33 11791.81% 35 06391.72% 36 47690.94%

Graduation Trends

2023202420252026
Graduates% of TotalGraduates% of TotalGraduates% of TotalGraduates% of Total
 Gender 7 885100.00% 8 377100.00% 9 857100.00% 00.00%
 Female 4 95462.83% 5 30063.27% 6 24963.40% 00.00%
 Male 2 93037.16% 3 07636.72% 3 60636.58% 00.00%
 Unknown 10.01% 10.01% 20.02% 00.00%
 Race 7 885100.00% 8 377100.00% 9 857100.00% 00.00%
 African 5 82373.85% 6 47277.26% 7 86679.80% 00.00%
 Coloured 1 60920.41% 1 51018.03% 1 63316.57% 00.00%
 Indian 480.61% 470.56% 520.53% 00.00%
 No Information 120.15% 180.21% 210.21% 00.00%
 White 3934.98% 3303.94% 2852.89% 00.00%
 Qualification Level 7 885100.00% 8 377100.00% 9 857100.00% 00.00%
 Occasional 00.00% 00.00% 00.00% 00.00%
 Post Graduate 88811.26% 1 15013.73% 1 23412.52% 00.00%
 Under Graduate 6 99788.74% 7 22786.27% 8 62387.48% 00.00%

Permanent Academic Staff

2023202420252026
Headcount% of TotalHeadcount% of TotalHeadcount% of TotalHeadcount% of Total
 Gender 847100.00% 813100.00% 793100.00% 00.00%
 Female 40047.23% 38747.60% 38648.68% 00.00%
 Male 44752.77% 42652.40% 40751.32% 00.00%
 Unknown 00.00% 00.00% 00.00% 00.00%
 Race 847100.00% 813100.00% 793100.00% 00.00%
 African 31637.31% 30837.88% 31039.09% 00.00%
 Coloured 26531.29% 25631.49% 25331.90% 00.00%
 Indian 586.85% 607.38% 587.31% 00.00%
 No Information 00.00% 00.00% 00.00% 00.00%
 White 20824.56% 18923.25% 17221.69% 00.00%
 Rank 847100.00% 813100.00% 793100.00% 00.00%
 Associate director 384.49% 354.31% 324.04% 00.00%
 Associate professor 424.96% 415.04% 374.67% 00.00%
 Director 40.47% 40.49% 50.63% 00.00%
 Junior lecturer 586.85% 526.40% 415.17% 00.00%
 Lecturer 56366.47% 55668.39% 55569.99% 00.00%
 Professor 141.65% 101.23% 141.77% 00.00%
 Senior lecturer 12815.11% 11514.15% 10913.75% 00.00%
 Nationality 847100.00% 813100.00% 793100.00% 00.00%
 Americas 20.24% 20.25% 20.25% 00.00%
 Asian 91.06% 101.23% 111.39% 00.00%
 Australasia 00.00% 00.00% 00.00% 00.00%
 Europe 10.12% 10.12% 10.13% 00.00%
 Other African 414.84% 384.67% 394.92% 00.00%
 SADC 566.61% 546.64% 496.18% 00.00%
 South African 73887.13% 70887.08% 69187.14% 00.00%

Academic Staff Full-Time Equivalent

2023202420252026
FTE% of TotalFTE% of TotalFTE% of TotalFTE% of Total
 Gender 1 064.691100.00% 1 048.826100.00% 1 044.192100.00% 0.0000.00%
 Female 497.09346.69% 495.78247.27% 502.10148.09% 0.0000.00%
 Male 567.59853.31% 553.04452.73% 542.09151.91% 0.0000.00%
 Unknown 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00%
 Race 1 064.691100.00% 1 048.826100.00% 1 044.192100.00% 0.0000.00%
 African 433.24140.69% 439.04041.86% 438.34841.98% 0.0000.00%
 Coloured 319.19129.98% 309.18029.48% 314.22530.09% 0.0000.00%
 Indian 64.1356.02% 67.2016.41% 67.6806.48% 0.0000.00%
 No Information 0.2900.03% 0.0570.01% 0.2260.02% 0.0000.00%
 White 247.83423.28% 233.34822.25% 223.71321.42% 0.0000.00%
 Rank 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00%
 Associate director 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00%
 Associate professor 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00%
 Director 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00%
 Junior lecturer 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00%
 Lecturer 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00%
 Professor 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00%
 Senior lecturer 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00% 0.0000.00%
 Nationality 1 064.691100.00% 1 048.826100.00% 1 044.192100.00% 0.0000.00%
 Americas 2.0090.19% 2.0000.19% 2.0000.19% 0.0000.00%
 Asian 10.8141.02% 11.2621.07% 11.6731.12% 0.0000.00%
 Australasia 0.9180.09% 1.0000.10% 1.0000.10% 0.0000.00%
 Europe 1.8110.17% 2.3000.22% 2.3000.22% 0.0000.00%
 Other African 74.4246.99% 74.6037.11% 71.0426.80% 0.0000.00%
 SADC 83.8347.87% 82.4697.86% 80.7207.73% 0.0000.00%
 South African 890.88183.68% 875.19283.44% 875.45783.84% 0.0000.00%

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ACCESS 1 st-time entering UG 9 280 24% total 38 228 headcount 2025 postgraduate 3 113 35 063 undergraduate occasional headcount : 52 8% 92%
Science, Engineering, Technology 19 322 51% Business/Management 10 813 28%
Education 4 850 13% Other Humanities 3 243 8%
International headcount :
642
SUCCESS
Graduate output
Graduate
ratio (%)
25% Undergraduate 8 623
40% Postgraduate 1 234
26% All graduates 9 857
Undergraduate
success rate (%)
86%
UG African
success rate (%)
85%
Overall
success rate (%)
85%
Undergraduate Scarce-skills graduate outputGraduate
ratio (%)
22% Engineering 1 656
UG Scarce-skills
success rate (%)
88%
UG Scarce-skills graduate ratio (%)
23%
21% Life and physical sciences 431
75% Animal and human health 4
24% Teacher education 1 003
EFFICIENCY
Permanent instructional/research professional staff
% of total
permanent HC
30% Headcount (HC) 793
30% Full-time equivalents (FTE) 768
% of total
instruction FTEs
Total instructional/research professional staff (FTE)
1 044
% Staff with
masters degrees
47%
% Staff with
doctoral degrees
41%
Student to staff ratio (FTE)
29:1
RESEARCH
Publication units per FTE staff 0.521
Research graduates
Masters M 88 Doctoral D 56
Research outputs
Weighted output per permanent Instruction/Research staff (HC) including postgraduate M&D students
0.828

Graduation Rates

NOTE

Data for 2025 Student Submission 3 and Staff Submission 1 updated on June 08 2026

Success Rates