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SCU at a Glance


2012
Total Number of Students
Total (Persons) 14,858
Total (EFTSL) 9,487.2

Persons by Location
Lismore Campus 3,935
Tweed Gold Coast Campus 2,018
Coffs Harbour Campus 1,584
The Hotel School Sydney 348
Distance Education 5,065
Other Australian Location 214
Offshore Campus 1,694

Internal (EFTSL) 6,117.2
Lismore Campus 2,309.0
Tweed Gold Coast Campus 1,397.4
Coffs Harbour Campus 961.1
Other Australian Locations 398.8
Offshore Campus 1,050.9
External (EFTSL) 3,370.0

International Students (Persons) 2,668
On-shore 1,071
Off-shore 1,694

Total Staff (FTE) 910.7*
Academic Staff (FTE) 347.5
General Staff (FTE) 563.2

Number of Courses (with enrolments)207
- Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples 7
- School of Arts & Social Sciences 23
- Southern Cross Business School 41
- School of Tourism & Hospitality Management 20
- School of Health & Human Sciences 44
- School of Education 23
- School of Environment, Science & Engineering 13
- School of Law & Justice 17
- SCU College 3
- Other Academic Units 16
Undergraduate 86
Postgraduate 108
Other** 13

Number of Units 1,066

Revenue ($'000)
Commonwealth Financial Assistance nya
HECS - Student & Commonwealth payments nya
Total Revenue nya

Total Research Funding ($'000) nya

* These Total FTE figure does not include Sessional or Casual FTE
** Other courses include cross-institutional study, study abroad courses, masters/postgraduate qualifying courses, enabling courses and non-award study

Source: SCU Office of Planning, Quality and Review - DEEWR 2012 Data Submissions

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Updated: 02 May 2013