These pages will provide some statistics, facts and figures about the University. Follow the links for financial information and details of our research grants and contracts,

Total student population

	Home	Island	Overseas	Total	FTE* load
All students	12040	17	1729	13786	9791

 *fte = full-time equivalent

You can also find details of our undergraduate and postgraduate student numbers by following these links.

Key facts

Total income: £150 million

Total research income: £24 million

Total research awards: £33 million

Largest increase in world-leading and internationally excellent research activity of any UK university (RAE 2008)

Academic staff and research staff: 933 (fte*)

Over 550 research students; overseas students account for more than 12.5% of students

Total staff fte: 2,225

Total student fte: 9,971

(*fte = full-time equivalent)

Did you know...?

• King George V laid the foundation stone at the University in July 1920.
• Swansea University was the 29th university to be established in the British Isles and began life with just 89 students.
• From the outset, Swansea was both a scientific and a technical institution that was linked to the great industries of South Wales. It was also a centre of excellence in the humanities.
• The city gave its new civic university an enviable site in rolling, coastal parkland. It also donated Singleton Abbey, the neo-Gothic mansion that dates back to 1780.
• In 1921, Swansea appointed the first female professor in a British university.
• Student numbers have grown dramatically since 1920:

(Chart shows the growth in the total student population, 1920-2007)