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Key Performance Indicators
2023
2024
Reason/s for Deviation
Target
Achieved (Audited)
Performance
Target
Achieved
Performance
% Staff with doctoral degrees
36%
37%
102%
37%
37%
100%
Target achieved. Despite
staffing constraints, DUT has maintained its strategic focus
on increasing the proportion
of doctoral-qualified staff through incentives for doctoral completion and targeted recruitment of staff with PhDs. Going forward, further strategies will be introduced to retain high-calibre staff, including clearer progression pathways and improved academic support environments.
Ratio of FTE students to FTE instructional/ research staff
27.4
33.7
123%
26.4
43.9
166%
This high ratio is both a symptom of the staff shortfall and a reflection of increased student intake in certain strategic programmes, particularly in high-demand areas aligned with regional
and national skills priorities. While this has placed pressure on current staff, it is part of
a broader growth strategy
in the medium term. As a prescriptive response, the University is introducing adaptive delivery mechanisms, including blended learning and team teaching, supported by AI-assisted pedagogical tools. The student-to-staff ratio will be progressively corrected as new staff appointments are finalised in 2025.
RESEARCH OUTPUT
Publication units per FTE staff
0.56
0.72
130%
0.53
1.10
209%
Publication units per FTE staff surged to 1.10 in 2024, 209%
of the 0.53 target, primarily reflecting the fruit of enhanced research support structures, targeted incentives for publication, strengthened mentorship and supervisory frameworks, and proactive recruitment of research-active staff. Looking ahead, sustaining this trajectory will depend on deepening investments in grant- writing capacity, expanding interdisciplinary research clusters, refining workload allocations to free up scholarly time, and systematically embedding a culture of collaborative publication excellence across all faculties.
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