Staff statistics

Take a look at statistics on the makeup of University staff, including total numbers, numbers of academic and professional staff, and academic staff positions.

Our staff come from across the world to teach, research, and support students’ studies at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.

All of the information presented on this page is anonymised and presented to show numerical trends of staff employed by us, using the following measures:

Total number of staff

Staff Total20212022202320242025
Headcount 3,364 3,488 3,3313,1623,322
FTE (Full-time Equivalent) 2,329 2,3552,3292,2022,173

Number of staff by role

Staff by Role (FTE)20212022202320242025
Academic staff: Teaching and Research 883 850 823770732
Academic staff: Research-only 264 260 259248226
Professional staff 1,182 1,2451,2471,1851,215

Academic staff by gender

Academic Staff by Gender (FTE)20212022202320242025
Female 520 509 510486449
Male 624 596 567522464
Another Gender1 3 65946

Academic staff by teaching or research position

Academic staff (Teaching and Research) by position (FTE Percentage)202020212022202320242025
Professors 17% 17% 16% 17%16%18%
Associate professors 17% 18% 17% 19%20%20%
Senior lecturers 31% 30% 30% 32%32%34%
Lecturers 17% 15% 21% 18%19%12%
Other (visiting academic, fellow, etc.) 18% 20% 16%14%14%17%

Notes

  1. Student gender diversity data were reported from 2019 onwards, while staff gender diversity data were reported from 2020.
  2. University staff only, excludes subsidiaries. Staff data as per Annual Workforce Questionnaire provided to the TEC.
  3. Revised following a PBRF audit after the publication of the 2022 Annual Report.
  4. For more information, read our Annual Report.
  5. Check Education Counts for more tertiary education sector statistics.