Universities of applied sciences

The universities of applied sciences (UAS) use 42% of their staffing resources for teaching on average and around 26% for applied R&D (aR&D). The teaching is practice-based and research application-based. The remaining resources are used for services and continuing education and training which are of particular importance at the UAS compared with the universities (UNI). The UAS are very oriented towards the technical and economic sectors (more than a third of staff resources). Research-intensive departments such as technology, IT, chemistry and life sciences account for more than 40% of the available staff resources for aR&D.

 

Staff

Staff of universities of applied sciences (UAS without UTE) by category of staff, 2022

	Total	Female (%)	Foreign (%)
Full-time equivalents*	15 998	43,5	25,9
Lecturers with management responsibility	1 511	27,3	30,7
Other teaching staff	4 862	37,6	28,8
Assistants and scientific staff	4 635	39,2	31,4
Managerial, clerical and technical staff	4 990	58,1	16,6
Persons: 31.12.	25 435	46,0	24,6
Lecturers with management responsibility	1 692	29,0	31,0
Other teaching staff	10 700	40,9	24,5
Assistants and scientific staff	6 600	43,2	30,4
Managerial, clerical and technical staff	6 443	62,0	17,0

* rounded values Sources: FSO - University staff (SHIS-PERS)

The full-time equivalents (FTE), which are based on the calendar year, are an indicator of the staff resources available in an institution. By using data on persons (reference day 31st December), it is possible to analyse the composition of the staff body by sociodemographic characteristics (gender, age, nationality, etc.). A comparison of persons and FTEs highlights the high proportion of part-time employees.

 

Age pyramid

The median age of female lecturers with management responsibility at the UAS is 51 and 53 of male lecturers with management responsability. The median age is used as key data to describe ageing in a given population. Overall, it rose in all types of higher education institution and in almost all personnel categories in the last then years.

 

Student-to-staff ratio

If the ratio between students and teaching staff is measured, indications can be obtained about the conditions of study. The number of students in basic tertiary education per FTE of academic staff teaching in basic tertiary education is the student-teacher ratio presented here. The graphic shows the corresponding student-teacher ratio over the ten-year period. Values above the diagonal line correspond to an increase in the number of students per member of teaching staff in the last then years.

 

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