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HIGHER EDUCATION

In 2005, there were 28,630 students enrolled in the five ACT higher education institutions. The majority (64%, or 18,254 students) were completing a Bachelor degree. The second largest proportion (25% or 7,224) were completing a Higher degree, followed by other postgraduate studies (11% or 2,553). Most students (69%) were attending higher education institutions full-time. The proportions of male students and female students were similar with 14,354 males and 14,276 females enrolled.

The two largest higher education institutions in the ACT accounted for 90% of enrolments in 2005. Fifty per cent of students (14,317) studied at the Australian National University and 40% (11,498) studied at the University of Canberra. Ten per cent of higher education students studied at the Australian Defence Force Academy, the Australian International Hotel School or the Australian Catholic University.

6.7 Students enrolled in higher education, By broad level of course - ACT - 2005(a)
	Postgraduate		Undergraduate		Other
	Higher degree(b)	Other post- graduate	Bachelor	Other under- graduate	Enabling courses	Non-award courses	Total
	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA)	739	291	987	-	-	62	2 079
Australian International Hotel School	-	-	17	-	-	-	17
Australian National University	4 210	1 030	8 754	65	-	258	14 317
University of Canberra	2 159	1 108	8 028	4	19	180	11 498
Australian Catholic University (Signadou campus)	116	124	468	-	-	11	719
Total	7 224	2 553	18 254	69	19	511	28 630
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Enrolments for the Australian Catholic University are as at 30 June 2005. Enrolments for all other institutions are for the full year 2005.
(b) Comprises Doctorate by Research, Doctorate by Coursework, Master's by Research and Master's by Coursework.
Department of Education, Science and Training, 2005 Students: Selected Higher Education Statistics; Australian Catholic University Limited, Data available on request.

6.8 Students enrolled in higher education, By mode of attendance, type of attendance and gender - 2005(a)
	Internal(b)		External and multi-modal(c)(d)
	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time	Males	Females	Persons
	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA)	1 037	766	11	265	1 694	385	2 079
Australian International Hotel School	1	15	-	1	7	10	17
Australian National University	10 575	3 655	29	58	7 022	7 295	14 317
University of Canberra	2	6	7 752	3 738	5 096	6 402	11 498
Australian Catholic University (Signadou campus)	349	350	-	20	535	184	719
Total	11 964	4 792	7 792	4 082	14 354	14 276	28 630
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Enrolments for the Australian Catholic University are as at 30 June 2005. Enrolments for all other institutions are for the full year 2005.
(b) Under an internal mode of attendance, all units of study for which the student is enrolled are undertaken through attendance at the institution on a regular basis; or, where the student is undertaking a higher degree course for which regular attendance is not required, the student attends the institution on an agreed schedule for the purposes of supervision and/or instruction.
(c) Under an external mode of attendance, all units of study for which the student is enrolled involve special arrangements whereby lesson materials, assignments etc. are delivered to the student, and any associated attendance at the institution is of an incidental, special or voluntary nature.
(d) Under a multi-modal mode of attendance, at least one unit of study is undertaken on an internal mode of attendance and at least one unit of study is undertaken on an external mode of attendance.
Department of Education, Science and Training, Students 2005: Selected Higher Education Statistics; Australian Catholic University Limited, Statistics Unit, Data available on request.

Indigenous students

There were 197 Indigenous students attending higher education institutions in the ACT during 2005 compared with 216 in 2004 and 200 in 2003.

Indigenous persons comprised 0.7% of all ACT higher education students during 2005. The majority of Indigenous higher education students were enrolled at the University of Canberra (93 persons or 47%) and the Australian National University (90 persons or 46%).

6.9 Indigenous students enrolled in higher education, ACT(a)
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Number (no.)
Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA)	1	19	27	28	11
Australian International Hotel School	. .	. .	. .	. .	-
Australian National University	67	75	70	88	90
University of Canberra	67	101	98	97	93
Australian Catholic University (Signadou campus)	7	7	5	3	3
Total	142	202	200	216	197
Proportion(b) (%)
Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA)	0.1	1.0	1.3	1.3	0.5
Australian International Hotel School	. .	. .	. .	. .	-
Australian National University	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6
University of Canberra	0.8	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.8
Australian Catholic University (Signadou campus)	1.1	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.4
Total	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7
. . not applicable
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Enrolments at the Australian Catholic University are as at 30 June for 2005 and as at 31 March for previous years. Enrolments for all other institutions are for the full year.
(b) Proportion of all students attending institution.
Department of Education, Science and Training, Students 2005: Selected Higher Education Statistics; Australian Catholic University Limited, Statistics Unit, Data available on request.

Overseas students

Overseas higher education students are those who are not one of the following:

• Australian citizen (including Australian citizen with dual citizenship); or
• New Zealand citizen or a diplomatic or consular representative of New Zealand, a member of the staff of such a representative, or the spouse or dependent relative of such a representative (excluding those with Australian citizenship); or
• students with permanent residence status (excluding those who have New Zealand citizenship).

The two largest tertiary institutions in the ACT, the Australian National University and the University of Canberra account for the majority of overseas tertiary students. In 2005, 21% of enrolments (3,036 students) at the Australian National University and 22% of enrolments at the University of Canberra (2,573 persons) were for overseas students.

6.10 Overseas higher education students, By gender and onshore/offshore status - ACT - 2005(a)
	Gender		Onshore/offshore status
	Males	Females	Onshore(b)	Offshore(c)	Total overseas students	Overseas proportion of all students
	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	%
Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA)	95	13	108	-	108	5.2
Australian International Hotel School	-	-	-	-	-	-
Australian National University	1 721	1 315	3 036	-	3 036	21.2
University of Canberra	1 402	1 171	1 342	1 231	2 573	22.4
Australian Catholic University (Signadou campus)	-	7	7	-	7	1.0
Total	3 218	2 506	4 493	1 231	5 724	20.0
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Enrolments at the Australian Catholic University are as at 30 June for 2005 and as at 31 March for previous years. Enrolments for all other institutions are for the full year.
(b) Students undertaking programmes of study conducted in Australia by Australian universities.
(c) Students residing overseas for the term/semester who are undertaking programmes of study conducted by off-shore campuses of Australian universities.
Department of Education, Science and Training, Students 2005: Selected Higher Education Statistics; Australian Catholic University Limited, Statistics Unit, Data available on request.