CUT Annual Report 2011

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| CUT ANNUAL REPORT 2011
In the field of Business and Management Sciences, the student headcount shows a decline of 3.4% compared to the previous year,
while the fields of Education, Other Humanities and Science, Engineering and Technology experienced an increase of 1.6%, 1.1% and 0.8%
respectively. CUT is delighted to report that these changes were in line with the targets set by the Department of Higher Education and
Training.
In the field of SET, postgraduates showed a slight increase in terms of student headcount, and a noticeable increase in terms of graduate
rate. In the case of undergraduates, both student headcount and graduate rate increased. It is encouraging to see a constant and
noticeable improvement in the graduation rate within the field of SET, i.e. from 15.9% in 2009 to 17.7% in 2010 and to 20.4% in 2011.
For the University as a whole, the total graduation rate has increased by 2.6%.
The following table represents enrolments by population group per major field of study
Headcount African Coloured Indian White
CESM Category 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011
BUSINESS/ MANAGEMENT 29.7% 31.5% 27.8% 29.1% 28.7% 27.0% 23.2% 23.7% 27.0% 17.0% 19.8% 17.1%
EDUCATION 9.8% 16.4% 17.8% 4.0% 10.6% 12.9% 1.8% 6.1% 10.4% 3.1% 2.9% 4.2%
OTHER HUMANITIES 15.2% 12.2% 13.7% 22.4% 19.0% 18.7% 16.1% 12.9% 16.3% 14.7% 13.9% 12.5%
SCIENCE/ ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY
45.2% 39.9% 40.8% 44.6% 41.7% 41.5% 58.9% 57.2% 46.3% 65.1% 63.4% 66.1%
Grand Total 10 129 10 592 10 723 457 482 489 41 38 45 1 578 1 471 1 387
The table above gives the success or pass rates by major field of study sorted according race. The following observations are noteworthy.
In Business and Management Sciences, all population groups experienced a decline (as shown in table) with the exception of the Indian
population group, which experienced a 3.3% increase in student headcount. In the field of SET, the number of African and White students
increased by 0.9% and 2.7% respectively.
Success/pass rates by major field of study and population group
CESM Category
African Coloured Indian White
2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011
BUSINESS/MANAGEMENT 69.6% 73.4% 69.1% 80.5% 74.7% 50.2% 78.1% 82.2%
EDUCATION 77.9% 75.9% 66.3% 73.8% 82.3% 52.2% 77.4% 67.4%
OTHER HUMANITIES 77.4% 76.9% 79.1% 76.2% 94.0% 78.4% 82.7% 83.4%
SCIENCE/ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY
70.9% 75.7% 71.1% 74.7% 75.2% 75.9% 77.4% 78.9%
Grand Total 73.1% 75.4% 72.0% 76.3% 79.2% 67.2% 78.4% 79.7%