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International Faculty Ratio

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Rationale:

This indicator looks at the ratio of international faculty staff to overall staff. If an institution is
attracting a sizeable population of international faculty this has benefits in terms of the research
and teaching diversity and collaboration. Further, if an institution is attracting a sizeable number
of overseas staff it follows that it is attractive enough to do so.

Calculation:
The number of faculty staff who contribute to academic teaching or research or both at a
university for a minimum period of at least three months and who are of foreign nationality as a
proportion of overall faculty staff.

Important notes:

The term ‘international’ is determined by citizenship.

For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In
Hong Kong SAR, this includes staff from China (Mainland).
In the case of dual citizenship, the deciding criteria should be citizenship obtained through
birth, or first passport obtained.
Visiting international faculty staff who are of foreign origin but members of a university
other than the one under submission are NOT be counted under this category.

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