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In brief, the details below show the University’s performance in relation to its student success rate, efficiency and the research output indicators.
Improving our staff/student ratios is an ongoing priority and our ‘Transformed Academia’ plan will drive progress in this area. The third-stream income target was not met, and to note that attention is being focused on implementing the 3rd stream income plan. We successfully achieved our targets for staff with doctoral degrees. We surpassed the target for the number of post-doctoral fellows.
The legend is based on a three-tier arrow sign.
Other Indicators
v An achievement exceeding the target is reflected as
v An achievement meeting the target is reflected as
v An achievement where the target has not been met is reflected as
Key Performance Indicators
2023
2024
Reason/s for Deviation
Target
Achieved (Audited)
Performance
Target
Achieved
Performance
SUCCESS
Graduates UG
7,000
6,971
99.6%
7,437
7,074
95.1%
A 4.5% overall performance decline in 2024 resulted from lower admissions into various qualifications and delays in the approval of some qualifications relative to the faculty enrolment plans.
Graduation rate
25.5%
24.2%
94.8%
26.0%
24.0%
92.5%
In 2024 a 2% drop in graduation rate performance was driven by a 2.6% decrease in graduates (8,294 vs. target of 8,518) and a 5.3% over-enrolment.
Success rate
86%
81%
94%
86%
84%
97%
2024 showed a 3% improvement over 2023, but the success rates in modules require greater
and active monitoring and interventions in 2025 and in the coming years.
UNDERGRADUATE OUTPUT BY SCARCE SKILLS
Life and physical sciences
113
147
130%
115
179
156%
In 2024 a 3% increase in the throughput rate for three-year undergraduate programmes (from 26% to 29%) contributed to a 26% overall undergraduate output performance compared to 2023.
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