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56 The Review 2009 • The University Profile Distribution of International Professoriate Staff by Country Country Headcount % 2007-08 2008-09 2007-08 2008-09 Mainland China 116 134 23.9% 25.9% Other Asian Countries 55 63 11.3% 12.2% Australia and New Zealand 60 60 12.4% 11.6% European Countries 121 126 24.9% 24.3% North American Countries 128 130 26.4% 25.1% Others (e.g. Central and South America, African Countries) 5 5 1.0% 1% All Countries 485 518 100% 100% * All staff statistics shown above include UGC-funded and self-funded staff, honorary and visiting staff are excluded. RESEARCH Research Funding Received Fund Source HK$ (in Million) % 2007-08 2008-09 2007-08 2008-09 Block Grant from University Grants Committee 1,272.4 1,449.3 54.9% 70.0% Research Grants Council/University Grants Committee 195.1 248.9 8.4% 12.0% Research Grants Council Direct Allocation 13.9 13.7 0.6% 0.7% Other External Sources (Including Government, Private, Industry) 743.6 286.7 32.1% 13.8% University of Hong Kong Foundation Allocation 54.2 1.7 2.3% 0.1% Income from Research-Related Endowment Funds 36.7 70.6 1.6% 3.4% Total Research Funding 2,315.9 2,070.9 100% 100% Research Projects (On-going and new) Broad Disciplinary Areas Research Grants Projects Research Contract Projects All Funding Funding Funding No. of Projects (in HK$ M) No. of Projects (in HK$ M) No. of Projects (in HK$ M) 2007-08 2008-09 2007-08 2008-09 2007-08 2008-09 2007-08 2008-09 2007-08 2008-09 2007-08 2008-09 Biology and Medicine 2,839 2,954 3,353.5 3,181.5 258 261 294.0 330.9 3,097 3,215 3,647.5 3,512.4 Engineering 757 739 468.7 514.6 65 58 28.3 25.4 822 797 497.0 540.1 Humanities, Social Sciences and Business Studies 1,426 1,269 1,111.3 931.8 216 202 184.7 201.3 1,642 1,471 1,295.9 1,133.1 Physical Sciences 628 588 378.3 466.1 24 43 13.2 14.7 652 631 391.6 480.8 All Disciplines 5,651 5,550 5,311.8 5,094.1 563 564 520.2 572.3 6,214 6,114 5,832.0 5,666.4 Patents Granted (since 1998 and up to August 2008) Type Cumulative Number Human Necessities 43 Performing Operations, Transporting 10 Chemistry, Metallurgy 20 Mechanical Engineering, Lighting, Heating, Weapons, Blasting 1 Physics 35 Electricity 39 Multiple* 17 All Patent Types 165 * Multiple types refer to Patent granted which covers more than 1 of those types specified in the above table. 57 The Review 2009 • The University Profile LIBRARIES RESOURCES, IT FACILITIES AND SERVICES Main and Specialist Libraries Number of Bound Volumes General Library 1,312,541 Fung Ping Shan Library 908,878 Medical Library 214,460 Law Library 121,410 Education Library 77,101 Dental Library 60,161 Music Library 35,350 All Libraries 2,729,901 Main Libraries’ E-Resources Number E-journals (Subscriptions) 57,862 E-journals (Titles) 39,902 Databases 707 E-books 1,895,309 Computer files 50,842 Total Number of Registered Libraries Users 102,401 Student Learning Support Resources/Services Number Library seats 2,642 Single study rooms for postgraduate students 64 24 Hours student learning centre 1 Knowledge Navigation Centre 1 Fixed/Wireless network access points over 520 Postgraduate Library Workshop 48 Workshops Information and Referral Service 69,400 Reference Transactions COMPUTING AND NETWORK RESOURCES Type of Resources Number Number of Wired Network Access Points 28,000 Number of Wireless Network Access Points 840 Number of E-mail Addresses for Staff, Students and Graduates 100,800 Total Bandwidth for Direct Connection to the Internet and Research/Education Networks 1,390 (in Mbps) Aggregated Central Computing Power for Teaching and Research Purposes (Theoretical Peak Computing Speed) 6,589 (in GFLOPS)