The Review 2014

The University Profile THE REVIEW 2014 ⎜ 41 NUMBER OF PROGRAMMES* RESEARCH STAFF* Distribution of International Professoriate Staff (Based on Nationality) by Country * All staff statistics shown above include UGC-funded and self-funded staff, honorary and visting staff are excluded. Country Headcount % 2012 - 13 2013 - 14 2012 - 13 2013 - 14 Mainland China 178 204 29.3% 32.1% Other Asian Countries 89 87 14.6% 13.7% Australia and New Zealand 54 54 8.9% 8.5% European Countries 139 139 22.9% 21.9% North American Countries 146 151 24.0% 23.7% Others (e.g. Central and South America, African Countries) 2 1 0.3% 0.2% All Countries 608 636 100% 100% Research Funding Fund Source HK$ (inMillion) % 2012 - 13 2013 - 14 2012 - 13 2013 - 14 Block Grant fromUniversity Grants Committee 1,777.0 1,912.9 49.6% 52.3% Research Grants Council / University Grants Committee 286.3 276.5 8.0% 7.6% Research Grants Council Early Career Scheme (ECS) 22.4 21.9 0.6% 0.6% Other External Sources (Including Government, Private, Industry) 1,096.4 913.2 30.6% 25.0% University of Hong Kong Foundation Allocation 5.5 157.6 0.2% 4.3% Income from Research-Related Endowment Funds 392.4 375.5 11.0% 10.3% Total Research Funding 3,580.0 3,657.6 100% 100% Number of Staff in Headcount Category of Staff Male Female All 2012 - 13 2013 - 14 2012 - 13 2013 - 14 2012 - 13 2013 - 14 Professoriate 769 784 313 314 1,082 1,098 Rsearch and Non-professoriate Teaching 1,052 1,109 1,039 1,129 2,091 2,238 Administrative and Support 648 662 1,870 1,916 2,518 2,578 Technical 733 719 374 367 1,107 1,086 All Staff 3,202 3,274 3,596 3,726 6,798 7,000 * The number of programmes listed above include where applicable, programmes offered in the full-time and part-time modes which are counted as separate programmes. The counting of research postgraduate programmes is based on the academic departments with research postgraduate students enrolled in the year under reference. Any undergraduate programme with enrolments from both new 4-year and old 3-year curriculums is counted once only. Academic Level Undergraduate Taught Postgraduate Research Postgraduate 0 50 100 150 200 2012-13: 388 2013-14: 385 62 61 149 152 177 172 Research Projects (On-going and New) Research Grants Projects Research Contract Projects All Broad Disciplinary Areas No. of Projects Value (in HK$M) No. of Projects Value (in HK$M) No. of Projects Value (in HK$M) 2012-13 2013-14 2012-13 2013-14 2012-13 2013-14 2012-13 2013-14 2012-13 2013-14 2012-13 2013-14 Biology andMedicine 3,091 3,447 4,634.6 5,628.3 312 324 617.5 682.0 3,403 3,771 5,252.2 6,310.3 Engineering 703 742 523.4 602.7 77 92 41.8 62.4 780 834 565.2 665.2 Humanities, Social Sciences 1,201 1,300 1,165.1 1,467.0 171 162 310.0 362.4 1,372 1,462 1,475.1 1,829.4 and Business Studies Physical Sciences 420 443 620.2 639.3 39 43 36.7 42.1 459 486 656.9 681.4 All Disciplines 5,415 5,931 6,943.3 8,337.4 599 621 1,006.0 1,148.9 6,014 6,552 7,949.3 9,486.3 *Multiple types refer to patent granted which covers more than 1 of those types specified. Cumulative Number of Patents Granted (since 1998 and up to June 2013): 343 Human Necessities 100 Performing Operations, Transporting 14 Chemistry, Metallurgy 66 Fixed Constructions 4 Mechanical Engineering, Lighting, Heating, Weapons, Blasting 6 Physics 48 Electricity 58 Multiple* 47