Facts & Figures 2015 Data Snapshot
Creating a brighter future for life in the tropics world-wide through graduates and discoveries that make a difference. 1 University 2 Countries 3 Tropical Locations $509.4 MILLION INCOME 22,784 STUDENTS (16,793 EFTSL) 5,295 STAFF (2,113 FTE*) *Australian Based Cover Image by Kassandra Savage (JCU Alumni), Coming Together and Respecting Difference, acrylic on canvas, 2014, 90cm x 90cm.
JCU Estate Estate valued at over $1 BILLION Gross Floor Area in excess of 202,600m 2 (Combined) Land area in excess of 469 HECTARES (Combined) Future investment of $1.9 BILLION over the next 20 years (Discovery Rise project + Private Investment)
Achievements Rankings James Cook University (JCU) was ranked in the top 400 universities in the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities. JCU is the top institution in the world for citations in coral reef science according to ISI essential science indicators. In 2014 JCU ranked 2nd in Australia for Life Sciences in the citations based Leiden rankings. Other JCU awarded 5 stars for "graduates getting a full time job" (Source: The Good Universities Guide 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) 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.
Teaching & Research James 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.
Key People Chancellor Vice-Chancellor and President Chair of Academic Board Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor DVC Services & Resources DVC Academic & Student Life DVC Global Strategy & Engagement DVC Tropical Environments & Societies DVC Tropical Health & Medicine DVC Singapore Lt Gen John Grey AC (Ret d) Prof Sandra Harding Prof Stephen Naylor Prof Chris Cocklin Ms Tricia Brand Prof Sally Kift Prof Robyn McGuiggan Prof Iain Gordan Prof Ian Wronski AO Dr Dale Anderson
JCU Distinguished Professors 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 Bob Pressey Distinguished Professor Bette Willis
Income 2014 Other Commonwealth Funding $33.605m Other Revenue $24.892m Contracts & Consultancies $33.069m Commonwealth Capital Funding $15.254m State Govt. Funding $6.705m State Government Capital Funding $4.000m Australian Govt. Grants $216.817m Fees and Charges $90.633m TOTAL $509.474m Student Contribution $84.499m
Research Performance 2014 Publications (2014) Books Authored 15 Book Chapters 178 Journal Papers 1,548 Conference Papers 129 Total 1,870 Research Student Completions PhD 93 Masters 12 Total 105 Research Income (2014) National Competitive Other Public Sector Industry and Other Funding Co-operative Research Centre Funding Total HERDC Income Other Research Total Research Project Income Block Research Grants Total Research Income $25.594m $23.565m $9.215m $4.629m $63.003m $6.951m $69.954m $17.955m $87.909m
Research Institutes and Centres 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 Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) in the Prevention of Chronic Conditions in Rural & Remote Populations 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 Centre for Biosecurity and Tropical Infectious Diseases Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention Centre for Disaster Studies Centre for Nursing and Midwifery research Centre for Research & Innovation on Sustainability Education Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries & Aquaculture Centre for Tropical Biodiversity & Climate Change Centre for Tropical Environmental & Sustainability Science
Research Facilities Centre for Tropical Water & Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWater) Comparative Genomics Centre Economic Geology Research Centre (EGRU) Macro the Centre for Macroalgal Resource & Biotechnology Language and Culture Research Centre Queensland Research Centre for Peripheral Vascular Disease (QRC PVD) eresearch Centre Advanced Analytical Centre Australian Coastal Radar Network Australian Tropical Herbarium Cyclone Testing Station Daintree Rainforest Observatory Fletcherview Tropical Veterinary Research Station JCU High Performance Computing Kirrama Field Stations Marine & Aquaculture Research Facilities Unit Orpheus Island Research Station Research Vessel James Kirby Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network Tower Tropical Data Hub
Number of Students by Course Location 2014 TOTAL Domestic 15,210 (66.76%) International 7,574 (33.24%) Total 22,784 BEIJING 286 (1.26%) SINGAPORE 3,366 (14.77%) CAIRNS 4,187 (18.38%) THURSDAY ISLAND 14 (0.06%) TOWNSVILLE 13,077 (57.40%) MOUNT ISA 29 (0.13%) BRISBANE 1,749 (7.68%) MACKAY 76 (0.33%) *External students (e.g. online) are allocated to the campus where the course they are enrolled in is domciled.
Origin of International Students 2014 (excl. Brisbane and Beijing campuses) France 1.5% India 11.5% China 15.1% Norway 1.7% Myanmar 2.6% Malaysia 3.5% Germany 2.8% Thailand 1.5% Vietnam 5.0% Canada 3.1% USA 8.2% Others 16.9% Singapore 16.6% Indonesia 7.2% PNG 2.8%
Domestic Students 2014 Key Equity Group Participation * Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People + 4.50% Low SES + 22.80% Regional/Remote 21.90% Mount Isa 72.4% First in Family to University Thursday Island 57.1% Cairns 56.0% Townsville 52.8% Mackay 72.4% * Statistics for students studying at Townsville, Cairns, Mackay, Mt Isa and Thursday Island Campuses and Study Centres + Compacts definitions and results
Graduate Destination Survey Students Staying in Region Far North 27.7% Northern 48.0% North West 1.6% Mackay 4.1% TOTAL 81.4% % of surveyed JCU graduates who were subsequently employed in each region. Origin of Domestic Students * Far North Stat. Divn 28.5% Northern Stat. Divn 44.3% Mackay Stat. Divn 4.2% Fitzroy 1.6% Central West 1.7% Other QLD 3.9% Brisbane Stat. Divn 3.9% Rest of Australia 11.9% *Statistics for students studying at Townsville, Cairns, Mackay, Mt Isa and Thursday Island Campuses and Study Centres
Student Profile 2014 Number of Students by Course Level All Students by Gender 18,000 16,000 INTERNATIONAL DOMESTIC FEMALE 60.1% MALE 39.9% 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 UG PG HDR Other New Students by Age 40+ 0-19 25-39 20-24
Students on Placement 2014 Discipline Northern (QLD)* Far North (QLD)* Mackay (QLD)* Remaining (QLD) Interstate International Business 19 21 0 1 1 0 Creative Media 26 8 0 1 1 0 Dentistry 21 257 10 14 51 0 Education 412 381 60 111 34 1 Marine Biology 10 8 0 2 1 0 Med. Lab. Science 50 0 0 0 0 0 Medicine 321 223 122 116 106 25 Nursing Sciences 598 378 64 27 0 0 Occupational Therapy 177 33 18 32 8 3 Pharmacy 52 13 10 15 6 1 Physiotherapy 197 15 12 22 3 1 Psychology 14 1 0 2 3 0 Social Work 59 59 8 17 11 0 Speech Pathology 61 4 3 7 0 0 Sport & Exercise Science 39 6 0 0 0 0 Veterinary Sciences 60 78 46 171 136 19 TOTAL 2116 1485 353 538 361 50 *Northern, Far North and Mackay statistical divisions.
EFTSL Statistics 2014 Equivalent Full Time Student Load (EFTSL) by Location Domestic International Total Townsville 8,050 (86.41%) 1,266 (13.59%) 9,316 (55.48%) Singapore 7 (0.22%) 3,116 (99.78%) 3,123 (18.60%) Cairns 2,398 (87.20%) 352 (12.80%) 2,750 (16.38%) Brisbane 53 (4.18%) 1,216 (95.82%) 1,269 (7.56%) Beijing 0 (0.00%) 266 (100.00%) 266 (1.58%) Mackay 39 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 39 (0.23%) Mount Isa 20 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 20 (0.12%) Thursday Is 10 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 10 (0.06%) TOTAL (%) 10,577 (62.98%) 6,216 (37.02%) 16,793
EFTSL Statistics 2014 Equivalent full time student load (EFTSL) by Course Level Domestic International Total UG 9,368 (74.77%) 3,161 (25.23%) 12,468 (74.61%) PG 791 (29.94%) 1,851 (70.06%) 2,530 (15.73%) HDR 354 (57.37%) 263 (42.63%) 593 (3.67%) Other 64 (6.37%) 941 (93.63%) 938 (5.98%) TOTAL(%) 10,577 (62.98%) 6,216 (37.02%) 16,793
Staff Numbers 2014 * Academic 2,408 (45.5%) Prof/Tech 2,887 (54.5%) Number of Staff Total 5,295 Townsville 3,650 Staff by Contract Type Continuing 1,413 Contract 1,162 Casual 2,806 Staff by Location Cairns 1,280 Others 184 *Data refers to staff located at Townsville, Cairns, Mackay, Mt Isa, Thursday Island
Staff FTE Statistics 2014 * Staff Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Academic Prof/Tech Total 879 (41.6%) 1,234 (58.4%) 2,113 Staff FTE by Location Townsville Cairns Others 1,555 (73.6%) 490 (23.2%) 68 (3.2%) Staff FTE by Contract Type Continuing Contract Casual 1,113 (52.7%) 730 (34.5%) 270 (12.8%) *Data refers to staff located at Townsville, Cairns, Mackay, Mt Isa, Thursday Island
History 1960 University College of Townsville proclaimed 1966 Foundation stone of University Hall laid by the Hon. Harold Holt 1969 Parliament passed James Cook University of North Queensland Bill and Townsville Teachers' College opened 1987 Cairns Campus at TAFE College opened 1961 University College opened at Pimlico Campus 1967 First Building occupied at Douglas Campus and University Hall opened 1970 Dr Kenneth Back appointed as Vice-Chancellor and James Cook University of North Queensland proclaimed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1995 Cairns Campus at Smithfield opened
1997 Parliament passed James Cook University Act and Name Changed to James Cook University 2008 Eddie Koiki Mabo Library named and release of Reconciliation Statement 2011 JCU acquires full ownership of JCU Singapore 2013 JCU Thursday Island and Singapore Campuses celebrate 10 years 2003 International Campus in Singapore opened and JCU named in top 500 universities in the world 2010 JCU Celebrates 40 years, and 50 years since a University College 2012 JCU celebrates 25 years in Cairns 2015 Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott opens new JCU Singapore Campus JCU Singapore awarded the EduTrust Star Cairns Campus at Smithfield celebrates 20 years
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