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Source
2019
2020
No. of students
Amount
No. of students
Amount
University’s assistance
385 Master’s
R6 003 793.00
286 Master’s
R4 742 450.00
125 Doctoral
R3 226 643.00
84 Doctoral
R2 198 880.00
USAS
579
R7 234 149.40
382
R3 906 511.00
NSFAS
20 879
R1 093 017 728.84
21 999
R1 553 146 511.00
Business and industry
236
R6 883 000.00
626
R38 927 050.00
SRC-administered assistance for registration
159
R618 268.00
121
R512 400.00
SETAs, third-stream income and DUT bursaries
694
R19 044.00
124
R9 588 881.00
NRF and South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO)
401
R24 432 642.53
232
R15 412 500.00
SETAs for WIL and graduate stipends
4 150
R22 264 500.00
3 308
R20 780 600.00
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40 000 35 000 30 000 25 000 20 000 15 000 10 000
5 000 0
2016 2017
2018 2019 2020
35 442
34 061
29 787
31 211
27 023
89%
African
1%
Coloured
9%
Indian
1%
White
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Table 1: Financial assistance to students, 2019 and 2020
SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF THE STUDENT BODY
This section of the report provides descriptive data about the student population in terms of headcount enrolment, qualification level and selected demographic characteristics. 1
The size of the student body as measured by headcount enrolment was 34 061 in 2020. This represents a 4% decrease relative to 2019, when the headcount enrolment was 35 442. The overall decrease in enrolments is attributed to undergraduate enrolment falling by 4%, although the number of postgraduate students enrolled in 2020 increased by almost 3%. While numerous factors may account for this decline in undergraduate enrolments – the first in 5 years – disruptions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic would impact most heavily at undergraduate level, where most of the teaching, learning and assessment is
Figure 1. Total headcount enrolment, 2016 – 2020
done face to face. The 5-year trend in total headcount enrolments is illustrated in Figure 1.
The composition of the student body with respect to race, gender and major field of study will be considered next.
Race
The racial demographics of the student body in 2020 are given in Figure 2. Compared to 2019, enrolments of African students decreased by 2%, Coloured students by 16% and Indian students by 18%. The biggest decrease in enrolments was that of White students (24%). Given the larger declines in enrolments in Coloured, Indian and White students, the percentage of African students in total headcount enrolment increased from 87% in 2019 to 89% in 2020.
Figure 2. Percentage headcount enrolment by race, 2020
1. Unless presented otherwise, the data in this report have been ‘rounded-off’ to the nearest whole number and the race group ‘Other’ has been omitted due it comprising only 0.6% of total headcount enrolments in 2020. Note that rounding off may result in totals not summing to 100% in all cases (e.g. Figure 5).