| KPI | TAFSIRAN(DEFINITION) |
| Graduate & Postgraduate Students | Students pursuing a higher-level degree (Master and Doctorate), including both taught and research postgraduates (e.g. PhD students). The count should include students from all branches, affiliations, facilities and institutions that operate under the name of the main university and are situated in the same country as the main university as well as grant diplomas with the main university’s name on it. If the branch/affiliation etc. is situated abroad such students are excluded into the count. Graduate and postgraduate are synonyms to embrace all students pursuing Masters, Doctoral or similar degrees such as ‘Specialist’, mainly referring to Eastern European and Central Asian countries. The term graduate is more broadly used in US institutions and postgraduate in British and European institutions. That refers to programs leading to a second tertiary degree or equivalent qualification (UNESCO ISCED-2011 Level 7) and programs designed primarily to lead to an advanced research qualification, usually concluding with the submission and defense of a substantive dissertation of publishable quality based on original research (UNESCO ISCED-2011 Level 8). |
| Graduate & Postgraduate International Students | Please refer to definitions for International and for Graduate & Postgraduate students. |
| International Students | The total number of International students (see above definitions for International and Students) |
| Number of student nationalities | The total number of nationalities (refer to definition of international*) studying at your institution who satisfy the definitions for students*. |
| Part-time graduate & postgraduate students | Please refer to definition for Graduate & Postgraduate students. It should include: Evening students and weekend students. It should exclude: Online & distance learning students and correspondence students. |
| Part-time undergraduate students | As for undergraduate students, but part-time. It should include: Evening students and Weekend students. It should exclude: Online / distance learning students and Correspondence students. |
| Students (Overall) | The total number of all students |
| Undergraduate students | Total number of students pursuing a Bachelor’s level or equivalent degree*. *This includes programs leading to a first tertiary degree or equivalent qualification (UNESCO ISCED-2011 Level 6). This excludes certificates/diplomas and associate degrees. The count should include students from all branches, affiliations, facilities and institutions that operate under the name of the main university and are situated in the same country as the main university as well as grant diplomas with the main university’s name on it. If the branch/affiliation etc. is situated abroad such students are excluded from the counts. |
| Undergraduate international students | The number of undergraduate students who are foreign nationals and who spend at least three months at the university’s domestic physical campuses. See also *International (related to Staff and Students). |
