2020 RMIT Statistics at a glance

Key statistics 2020

1887 Year founded and 1992 year established as a university
96,125 Student enrolments (80% HE; 15% VE)
18,642 HE and 4,480 VE program completions
63% Research Income from industry and other sources
4,072 peer-reviewed research outputs
39.4% in top 25% most-cited research publications
3rd ranked globally in THE Impact Rankings

206th globally in QS World University Rankings (2022)
20% International Onshore; 19% International Offshore
5th ranked in Australia in Student Global Mobility
9,150 Staff including casual (headcount)
$1,459m Total revenue; $4,052m Total assets
465k total graduates (alumni) living in 149 countries
120% More Open Educational Resources at RMIT Library

Student Enrolments HE and VE 5-year Snapshot (headcount)

	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020
Higher Education	10,875	13,837	26,306	31,604	39,301	53,350	62,138	77,015
Vocational Education	17,293	16,481	16,804	23,911	22,357	20,554	15,179	14,558
Total	28,168	30,318	43,110	55,515	61,658	73,904	77,317	91,573

Student Enrolment by Sector/Entity (headcount)

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Higher Education (HE)	64,182	68,097	71,903	75,361	77,015
Vocational Education (VE)	14,573	14,783	14,936	15,750	14,558
Foundation Studies (FS)	1,292	1,267	1,387	1,344	1,119
Open Universities Australia (OUA)	4,235	3,296	2,847	2,459	2,180
ELICOS	3,023	2,888	2,515	2,281	1,253
Total RMIT	87,305	90,331	93,588	97,193	96,125

Student Load (EFTSL/EFTS)

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Higher Education	47,336	49,408	51,701	54,004	52,491
Vocational Education	9,419	9,773	9,427	9,999	9,064
Foundation Studies	1,479	966	1,008	970	793
Open Universities Australia	1,348	917	782	686	578
ELICOS	468	456	396	364	214
Total RMIT	60,049	61,520	63,314	66,022	63,140

Note: EFTS as Equivalent Full Time Student is a VE measurement of a standard load based on SCH/720. SCH - Student Contact Hours

Fee type

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
HE Domestic	35,148	37,409	39,141	40,202	42,652
HE International Onshore	12,590	14,722	16,830	18,901	16,884
HE International Offshore	10,352	9,845	9,262	8,526	8,134
HE Vietnam	6,092	6,121	6,670	7,732	9,345
VE Domestic	13,378	13,270	13,365	13,857	13,074
VE International Onshore	1,090	1,309	1,431	1,797	1,417
VE International Offshore	105	204	140	96	67

Attendance Type/Mode

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Full-time	56,382	58,257	60,423	59,788	61,324
Part-time	21,015	21,088	22,059	26,294	23,665
Distance/Online	1,358	3,535	4,357	5,029	6,584

College/Location, 2020

	Onshore	Offshore	Total
STEM College	22,742	2,680	25,422
College of Design and Social Context	19,319	3,282	22,601
College of Business and Law	17,175	10,602	27,777
College of Vocational Education	14,491	67	14,558

Campus, 2020

	HE	VE	Total
City	43,760	13,622	57,382
Bundoora	1,977	246	2,223
Brunswick	7,504	458	7,962
Off-campus	6,281	165	6,446
Vietnam	9,359	N/A	9,359
Other Offshore	8,134	67	8,201

Level of Education

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
HE Doctorate by Research	1,952	2,035	2,165	2,237	2,249
HE Master's by Research	247	220	212	222	232
HE Master's by Coursework	9,187	10,257	11,238	12,478	12,175
HE Other Postgraduate	1,430	2,227	2,836	3,355	5,026
HE Bachelor	44,975	46,670	48,736	50,399	51,202
HE Sub-Degree	5,354	5,262	4,947	5,031	4,788
HE Other Undergraduate	120	306	310	237	228
HE Enabling Courses	14	46	26	30	39
HE Non-award Courses	903	1,074	1,433	1,372	1,076
VE Diploma and Advance Diploma (AQF 5-6)	7,730	8,316	8,212	8,221	8,046
VE Certificates III and IV (AQF 3-4)	5,265	4,900	4,713	5,235	4,767
VE Certificates I and II (AQF 1-2)	333	318	332	301	157
VE VCE/VCAL	534	615	569	547	476
VE Other	711	634	1,110	1,446	1,112

Broad Discipline Group, 2020 (EFTSL/EFTS)

	HE	VE	Total
Agriculture, Environmental and	341	61	402
Architecture and Building	3,276	1,247	4,523
Creative Arts	58	511	570
Education	13,398	1,378	14,776
Engineering and Related Technologies	7,165	1,144	8,308
Health	1,023	111	1,134
Information Technology	5,001	290	5,291
Management and Commerce	8,195	1,099	9,294
Natural and Physical Sciences	4,290	411	4,700
Society and Culture	7,262	967	8,229
Related Studies	2,482	941	3,422

Fee Type, 2020 (EFTSL/EFTS)

	HE	VE	Total
Government Supported	50%	87%	56%
Australian Fee Paying	6%	2%	5%
International	44%	11%	39%

Level of Education, 2020 (EFTSL/EFTS)

	HE/VE
HE Doctorate by Research	1,510
HE Master's by Research	125
HE Master's by Coursework	7,709
HE Other Postgraduate	1,800
HE Bachelor	37,792
HE Sub-Degree	3,159
HE Other Undergraduate	51
HE Enabling Courses	9
HE Non-award Courses	336
VE Diploma and Advance Diploma (AQF 5-6)	4,151
VE Certificates III and IV (AQF 3-4)	3,529
VE Certificates I and II (AQF 1-2)	85
VE VCE/VCAL	251
VE Other	142

Gender

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Female	35,904	37,605	39,596	41,450	41,981
Male	41,196	43,431	45,365	47,422	47,156
Unspecified	5	59	91	139	170

Home Country/Region, 2020

	HE	VE	Total
Australia - Victoria	36,561	12,117	48,678
Australia - Interstate	4,618	481	5,099
South East Asia	17,439	267	17,706
North East Asia	9,983	704	10,687
Southern / Central Asia	4,167	285	4,452
Middle East	868	46	914
Europe	395	35	430
Americas	347	45	392
Africa	303	30	333
Oceania	153	6	159
Antarctica	3	1	4
Not available	28	6	34

All Students, 2020

	HE	VE	Total
% Female	48%	43%	47%
% Domestic by citizenship-residency status	55%	90%	61%
% International Onshore by citizenship-residency status	22%	10%	20%
% International Offshore by citizenship-residency status	23%	0%	19%

Age Group, 2020

	HE	VE	Total
% Age Group of Young People 15 to 19 Years	26%	27%	26%
% Age Group 20 to 24 Years	47%	37%	45%
% Age Group for Mature Students 25 to 44 Years	25%	28%	25%
% Age Group for Mature Students 45 and over	3%	8%	4%

Domestic Students, 2020

	HE	VE	Total
% School Leavers	46%	7%	27%
% VE Student Admissions to Higher Education	14%	N/A	14%
% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders	1%	1%	1%
% Non-English Speaking Background	6%	12%	8%
% Rural Remote	9%	10%	9%
% Low Socio-Economic Status	14%	18%	15%
% Disability	10%	9%	10%

Note: Only undergraduate for HE

Completions 5-year Snapshot

	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020
Higher Education	1,603	4,024	5,656	6,933	7,780	13,762	16,432	18,642
Vocational Education	1,065	1,229	2,589	3,950	5,820	6,497	5,659	4,480
Total	2,668	5,253	8,245	10,883	13,600	20,259	22,091	23,122

Program Completions

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Doctorate by Research	246	305	260	326	334
Master's by Research	34	37	36	31	21
Master's by Coursework	2,875	3,057	3,407	3,684	3,542
Other Postgraduate	653	961	1,318	1,517	1,954
Bachelor	11,175	11,642	12,001	12,063	11,284
Associate Degree	972	1,042	1,051	1,018	983
Other Undergraduate	776	755	664	774	524
Diploma and Advance Diploma (AQF 5-6)	3,031	3,078	2,930	2,926	2,072
Certificates III and IV (AQF 3-4)	2,195	1,880	1,668	1,712	1,441
Certificates I and II (AQF 1-2)	204	156	136	182	49
Other	611	605	875	1,200	918

Graduate Outcomes

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Full-time Employment	70%	72%	75%	75%	70%
Part-time Employment	28%	28%	27%	27%	30%
Further Full-time Study	20%	17%	15%	14%	14%
Enterprise Formation	7%	6%	6%	6%	5%
Employed after Training	69%	68%	70%	64%	60%
Further Study	52%	53%	46%	55%	55%
Enterprise Formation	9%	7%	7%	8%	8%

Note: Graduate Outcome categories are not mutually exclusive.

RMIT Graduate Alumni

Australia	349,055
Americas	1,446
Asia - Central and South Asia	2,578
Asia - East Asia	23,671
Asia - South East Asia	82,240
Europe	3,102
Middle East and Africa	1,743
New Zealand and Pacific Islands	1,058
Total	464,893

Research

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Number of Peer-reviewed Research Outputs	3,535	3,437	3,673	3,912	4,072
International Collaboration	49.3%	52.0%	54.9%	55.4%	56.9%
Field-Weighted Citation Impact	1.6	1.7	1.9	1.6	1.5
Publications in Top 25% most-cited in the World	37.1%	37.5%	38.7%	39.4%	39.4%
Research Income	$41.2m	$52.7m	$54.1m	$66.4m	$74.2m
% Research Income from Australian Competitive Grants	37.3%	40.7%	40.5%	31.7%	37.5%
% Research Income from Industry and Other Sources (Category 2-4)	71.1%	62.3%	62.9%	68.3%	62.5%
Higher Degree by Research Completions	280	342	296	357	355
Provisional Patent Applications	15	7	12	14	12
HDR Industry Engagement			12	22	44

Global Activity

	2018	2019	2020
International Institutional MOUs	202	154	144
Global Education Delivery Partners	13	13	12
Programs delivered through Global Education Delivery Partners	33	33	29
Student Exchange Agreements	246	272	189
Credit Agreements and Arrangements	840	896	818
RMIT International Industry Experience and Research Program	187	197	23
Collaborative Research Training Agreements	22	34	34
Number of Countries with Funded Research Projects	30	26	25
Number of Birth Countries for Student Population	214	197	199
Number of Birth Countries for Staff Population	97	100	103
International travels	3988	3827	76
Number of Languages Spoken by Student Population	184	185	186
International Onshore Students (EFTSL)	21%	23%	22%
International Offshore Students (EFTSL)	18%	18%	17%
	2017	2019
Outbound Student Mobility (Australian Universities Rank)	5th	5th

QS World University Rankings

	2020	2021	2022
Overall Rank	238	223	206
Academic Reputation	222	220	227
Employer Reputation	117	130	122
Citations per faculty	444	381	268
International Faculty	39	33	34
International Students	95	89	83

QS World University Rankings by Sub-discipline (RMIT)

	2019	2020	2021
Accounting and Finance	101-150	101-150	101-150
Architecture / Built Environment	22	25	28=
Art and Design	12	11	15=
Communication and Media Studies	37	44	41
Computer Science and Information Systems	101-150	101-150	141=
Development Studies	51-100		51-100
Education	51-100	51-100	101-150
Engineering - Civil and Structural	51-100	51-100	51-100
Engineering - Electrical and Electronic	51-100	101-150	127=
Engineering - Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing	101-150	101-150	134
Engineering - Mineral and Mining			51-60
Geography	101-150	101-150	101-150
Library and Information Management	25	49	40=
Materials Science			101-150

THE Impact Rankings (RMIT)

	2019	2020	2021
Overall rank	82	10	3
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities	13	1	2
SDG 10: Partnership for the goals	53	15=	3
SDG8: Decent Work and Economic Growth	67	5=	5

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG	RMIT Measure	2018	2019	2020
1 No Poverty	Number of Students receiving scholarship and assistance packages	4,744	4,822	4,843
2 Zero Hunger	Number of Active Research Projects Contributing to the SDG2	43	50	76
3 Good Health and Well-being	Number of Active Research Projects Contributing to the SDG3	124	142	157
4 Quality Education	Students Participating in Global Leadership Programmes HE Graduates satisfaction (%) VE Graduates satisfaction (%)	4,256 79.3% 85.3%	5,236 79.9% 83.9%	7,190 81.9% 83.1%
5 Gender Equality	Females Commencing a First Degree Women in Leadership Roles	46.8% 53.0%	45.7% 54.0%	45.7% 55.9%
6 Clean Water and Sanitation	Potable Water consumption (kL) Potable Water consumption per student (kL/EFTSL)	232,016 4.9	220,310 4.1	136,265 2.7
7 Affordable and Clean Energy	End-Use Energy Consumption (GJ) Renewable energy consumed (generated and purchased) (%)	304,827 0.3%	298,515 9.8%	233,742 8.6%
8 Decent Work and Economic Growth	HE Graduates in Employment VE Graduates in Employment	75.4% 70.1%	74.7% 64.2%	69.6% 60.1%
9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure	Research Commercialisation - invention disclosures Postgraduate research completions	44 296	47 357	45 355
10 Reduced Inequalities	First Generation Students Starting a First Degree Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Staff (headcount)	61.6% 31	61.4% 34	57.4% 39
	% of commencing students from Low socio-economic backgrounds (access to HE)	13.5%	13.9%	12.5%
	% of commencing students from Low socio-economic backgrounds (access to VE)	18.4%	18.3%	17.8%
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities	Number of Active Research Projects Contributing to the SDG11	68	82	101
12 Responsible Consumption and Production	Operational Waste Recycled (%) Construction and Demolition Waste Recycled (%)	22.4% NA	24.0% NA	23.1% 90.3%
13 Climate Action	Greenhouse gas emissions (tCO2-e) Greenhouse gas emissions reduction since 2007 (%)	42,555 -45.5%	40,540 -48.1%	29,853 -62.0%
14 Life Below Water	Number of Active Research Projects Contributing to the SDG14	28	29	47
15 Life On Land	Number of Active Research Projects Contributing to the SDG15	57	62	89
16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions	Number of Active Research Projects Contributing to the SDG16	64	64	91
17 Partnership for the Goals	Active Research projects in partnership with developing countries International co-authored publications (co-authored from developing countries)	17 34.2%	23 36.4%	32 37.7%

Staff FTE

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
HE Academic	1,948	2,069	2,187	2,416	2,180
VE Education	678	611	593	753	704
Professional	2,401	2,593	2,765	3,807	3,227
All	5,027	5,273	5,545	6,976	6,111

Staff FTE (Australia), 2020

	Female	Male	Other	Total
Academic Higher Education
Teaching and Research	470.0	706.8	-	1,176.8
Research only	251.8	251.1	-	502.9
Casual	242.9	256.5	1.2	500.7
Vocational Education
Teachers	238.9	277.1	-	515.9
Casual	106.2	82.0	-	188.3
Professional
Executive and College / School Support	527.9	305.6	3.0	836.6
Central Support	1,424.0	832.1	1.0	2,257.1
Casual	77.4	55.4	0.5	133.3

Staff FTE (Vietnam), 2020

	Female	Male	Other	Total
HE Academic	50.2	92.9	-	143.1
English Teaching	16.2	51.0	-	67.2
Industry Fellow	-	0.8	-	0.8
Professional	288.4	142.0	-	430.4
Total	354.8	286.7	-	641.5

Staff Profile

	2017	2018	2019	2020
Academic Staff born outside Australia	46%	44%	43%	41%
HE Academic Staff holding PhDs	80%	80%	84%	84%

Building and space: campus, 2020

	Building	Space m²	UFA m²	GFA m²	GFA %
City	71	80,400	219,377	358,064	64%
Bundoora	33	556,648	79,405	111,184	20%
Brunswick	6	38,949	15,383	21,369	4%
Other sites	12	74,110	3,902	5,577	1%
Barcelona	1	0	576	641	0.1%
Saigon South	12	124,314	31,433	47,460	9%
Saigon North	6	4,983	1,299	1,637	0.3%
Danang City	1	0	543	945	0.2%

Hanoi	1	0	5,926	9,264	1.7%
Total	143	879,404	357,844	556,141

Building and space: Amount of Floor Area (m2) per EFTSL, 2020

	UFA m²	GFA m²
Onshore	6.1	9.6
Offshore (Vietnam)	7.5	11.4

Finance

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Total Revenue	$1,226m	$1,307m	$1,433m	$1,519m	$1,459m
Total Assets	$3,025m	$3,329m	$3,394m	$3,661m	$4,052m

Library

	2016	2017		2018		2019		2020
Spotlight Series Attendees								1,217
Open Educational Resources ($ savings for students)					$80k		$175k
Micro-credential badges issued						11,507		19,034
Reading lists views						625,880		308,017
Learning Lab views				1,235,313		1,210,455		1,331,824
Skills for Higher Degree Research Candidates views			6,558		9,565		14,930
eJournal usage				4,923,951		6,048,920		3,624,352
Searches in Databases	1,077,659	1,157,195		1,195,366		1,178,174		1,733,882
Streaming Media Viewed	566,731	687,175		829,975		1,094,404		876,540

Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Luwaytini' by Mark Cleaver, Palawa.

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2020 RMIT Statistics at a glance

2020 RMIT Statistics at a glance

Key statistics 2020

Enrolments at a glance

Enrolments HE and VE (headcount)

Student load HE and VE (EFTSL)

Students, diversity and inclusion HE and VE (headcount)

Graduate outcomes

Research impact

Global, connected and making impact

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Staff, building and space

Finance

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