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Facts & Figures

Officials, Faculty Members and Administrative Staff

Total 339
Academic Year 2012
Officials 7
President 1
Vice Presidents 3
Faculty Members 87
Administrative Staff 243

Current Students

Faculty of Liberal Arts
Student Type Current Students
Total 83,194
Academic year 2012
Regular Students 53,599
One-Year Non-Degree Students 18,131
One-Semester Non-Degree Students 7,838
Special Auditing Students 3,626
School of Graduate Studies
Student Type Current Students
Total 5,707
Academic year 2012
Master's Course Students 1,096
One-Year Non-Degree Master's Course Students 3,721
One-Semester Non-Degree Master's Course Students 890
Students Enrolled in Summer Intensive Course
Student Type Current Students
Total 1,360
Academic year 2012
School Librarianship Certification Program 856
Nurse Qualification Course 504

Credit-Transferring Schools

School Type Number
Total 370
March 2013
Graduate Schools 7
Universities 268
Colleges 84
Higher Professional Schools 11

Student Enrollment

Faculty of Liberal Arts
Student Type 1st Semester 2nd Semester Total
Total 28,639 22,140 50,779
Academic year 2012
Regular Students 7,963 4,448 12,411
One-Year Non-Degree Students 11,866 6,228 18,094
One-Semester Non-Degree Students 7,290 7,838 15,128
Special Auditing Students 1,520 3,626 5,146
School of Graduate Studies
Student Type 1st Semester 2nd Semester Total
Total 3,732 1,952 5,684
Academic year 2012
Master's Course Students 394 - 394
One-Year Non-Degree Master's Course Students 2,632 1,062 3,694
One-Semester Non-Degree Master's Course Students 706 890 1,596

Student Types and Current Students

Student Types and Current Students

Faculty of Liberal Arts Alumni

1st Semester 2nd Semester Total Cumulative Total
Academic Year 2012
1,592 2,911 4,503 74,768

School of GraduateStudies Alumni

1st Semester 2nd Semester Total Cumulative Total
2 311 313 3,857
Academic Year 2012

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