Indicator 2

Staff & Student Statistics: Academic Staff-to-Student Ratio

Academic staff numbers, student enrolment by level and the resulting staff-to-student ratio for the 2025/2026 academic session, university-wide and by faculty.

30,976

Students enrolled, 2025/2026

948

Academic staff incl. visiting & part-time

716

Tenured academic staff

1 : 32.7

Staff-to-student ratio (all staff)

1 : 43.3

Staff-to-student ratio (tenured staff)

University-Wide Ratio, 2025/2026

Measure	Value
Undergraduate students	28,537
Postgraduate students (PGD, Master’s, PhD)	2,439
Tenured academic staff	716
Sabbatical, visiting, part-time and contract staff	232
Total academic staff	948
Total students	30,976

Staff-to-Student Ratio by Faculty

Faculty	Students	Tenured staff	All staff	Ratio (all staff)
Health Sciences	6,338	22	50	1 : 126.8
Education	5,051	157	205	1 : 24.6
Social Sciences	4,227	103	125	1 : 33.8
Science	3,653	83	102	1 : 35.8
Management Sciences	3,446	71	103	1 : 33.5
Engineering	1,957	38	60	1 : 32.6
Arts	1,673	74	87	1 : 19.2
Communication and Media	1,493	32	37	1 : 40.4
Computing and Artificial Intelligence	1,375	16	24	1 : 57.3
Agriculture	1,193	67	83	1 : 14.4
Religion and Philosophy	511	39	55	1 : 9.3
Law	59	14	17	1 : 3.5
All faculties	30,976	716	948	1 : 32.7

Ratio by Academic Session

Session	Students	Academic staff	Ratio
2025/2026	30,976	948	1 : 32.7
2024/2025	—	—	—
2023/2024	—	—	—

Earlier sessions pending: student and staff totals for 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 will be added from the Academic Planning records.

Sources & Notes

Students: student population by faculty, department and level, April 2026 (30,976 students).
Staff: DVC Academic Office, Academic Staff-to-Student Ratio Report, April 2026.

Page last updated: October 2026.