Facts & Figures 2017 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 $539.94 MILLION 21,927 STUDENTS (15,916 EFTSL) 4,698 STAFF INCOME (Consolidated) (2,067 FTE) Australian Based 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 Estate valued at over $1 BILLION Gross Floor Area in excess of 222,500m 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 In 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 & 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 Global Strategy & Engagement DVC Tropical Environments & Societies DVC Tropical Health & Medicine DVC Singapore Mr Bill Tweddell Prof Sandra Harding Prof Stephen Naylor Prof Chris Cocklin Ms Tricia Brand 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 Philip Pearce Distinguished Professor Bob Pressey Distinguished Professor Bette Willis
Consolidated Income 2016 Consultancy & Contracts $24.396m All Other Income $14.423m State Govt. Funding $21.629m HECS-HELP (Student Payments) $7.313m Fees and Charges $135.939m Australian Govt. Grants $194.664m TOTAL $539.944m Other Australian Govt. Grants $61.062m HECS-HELP, FEE-HELP, & SA-HELP (Aust. Govt.) $80.518m
Research Performance 2016 Publications (2016) Books Authored 20 Book Chapters 89 Journal Papers 1658 Conference Papers 60 Total 1827 Research Student Completions PhD 134 Masters 10 Total 144 Research Income (2016) 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 $17.201m $14.245m $10.412m $0.173m $42.031m $3.550m $45.581m $20.994m $66.575m
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 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
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 Australian Tropical Herbarium Cyclone Testing Station Daintree Rainforest Observatory Fletcherview 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
Number of Students by Course Location 2016 TOTAL Domestic 15,336 (69.79%) International 6,639 (30.21%) Total 21,975 BEIJING 122 (0.55%) SINGAPORE 3,246 (14.76%) CAIRNS 4,152 (18.88%) THURSDAY ISLAND 9 (0.04%) MOUNT ISA 20 (0.09%) BRISBANE 1,289 (5.86%) TOWNSVILLE 13,081 (59.47%) MACKAY 77 (0.35%) * 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.
Origin of International Students 2016 (excl. Brisbane and Beijing campuses) France 1.7% India 11.3% China 12.9% Norway 1.5% Myanmar 2.6% Malaysia 3.6% Germany 2.9% Thailand 1.5% Vietnam 5.3% Canada 3.8% USA 6.9% Singapore 21.6% Indonesia 6.3% PNG 2.8% Other 15.3%
Domestic Students 2016 Key Equity Group Participation * Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People + 5.84% Commencing Domestic Students First in Family to University Thursday Island 75.0% Low SES + 22.75% Regional/Remote 87.87% * Statistics for students studying at Townsville, Cairns, Mackay, Mt Isa and Thursday Island Campuses and Study Centres + Compacts definitions and results Mount Isa 75.0% Cairns 59.0% Townsville 56.7% Mackay 84.2%
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 * Far North Stat. Divn 27.6% Northern Stat. Divn 45.2% Mackay Stat. Divn 4.3% Fitzroy 1.3% Central West 1.6% Other QLD 3.8% Brisbane Stat. Divn 4.1% Rest of Australia 12.1% *Statistics for students studying at Townsville, Cairns, Mackay, Mt Isa and Thursday Island Campuses and Study Centres
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 12,000m 2 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 FEMALE 60.7% MALE 39.3% New Students by Age 40+ 0-19 25-39 20-24
Staff Numbers 2016 * Academic 2,382 (47.4%) Prof/Tech 2,642 (52.6%) Number of Staff Staff by Location Townsville 3,483 Staff by Contract Type Continuing 1,465 Contract 1,049 Casual 2,568 Cairns 1,187 Others 243 *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 FTE Statistics 2016 * Staff Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Academic Prof/Tech Total 846 (40.9%) 1,221 (59.1%) 2,067 Staff FTE by Location Townsville Cairns Others 1,503 (72.7%) 477 (23.1%) 87 (4.2%) Staff FTE by Contract Type 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 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
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 1995 Cairns Campus at Smithfield opened 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 2016 JCU Singapore is awarded university status
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