19 April 2006 The role of Commerce at Lincoln University

In 2005 Lincoln University had a total of 4268 students enrolled (that is the "head count" figure), made up of 2403 male and 1865 female.

The figure for Equivalent Full Time Students (EFTS), which takes into account part-time enrolments, single paper enrolments and other enrolments that are less than full time, and aggregates these into a "full time equivalent" figure was 3396, for 2005.

In 2005 the Commerce Division at Lincoln University (responsible for the teaching of all Commerce and Commerce and Management qualifications) had an EFTS enrolment figure of 1442. That is, 42 percent of the University's Equivalent Full Time Students (EFTS) were enrolled in the Commerce area.

Commerce is the largest single area of enrolment at Lincoln University.

In the 2005 Graduation Ceremony 684 degrees, diplomas and certificates were awarded. Over 33 percent of this total number were in the Commerce area.

The primary sector qualifications – that is, agriculture, horticulture, viticulture and forestry – made up the next largest single group, around 20 percent of the total.

Commerce qualifications have been the largest single group of awards made at Lincoln University graduation ceremonies for more than the past 10 years.

To keep things in perspective – enrolments in the primary sector qualifications, particularly agricultural science and agriculture have increased for the past two years, up 20 percent in 2005 over 2004, and up 24 percent in 2006 over 2005.

Ian Collins, Communications Group, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand