staffandstudents

The Royal University of Phnom Penh consists of a broad cross-section of both students and staff. The student population is diverse - hailing from city and provinces, fee-paying and scholarship, as well as some international students. All 200 teaching staff have undergraduate qualifications, some possess Masters degrees or PhD's. Each Faculty has a number of skilled international staff each year, who contribute as Lecturer's and Curriculum Advisors. There are also over 176 administrative and support staff.

The following student information is for Years 2001-2002.
F = number of female students
Scholarship = Non Fee-Paying
Total Staff = includes only staff on the University payroll who teach full-time, not administrative staff who also teach of guest lecturers from external institutions.

Total Students

Student Type	Year I		Year II		Year III		Year IV		Total Students
	Total	F	Total	F	Total	F	Total	F	Total	F
Scholarship	864	254	629	204	596	178	574	178	2651	814
(Fee-Paying)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	(2540) 48.7%
Grand Total Students & Staff									5132	1239 (24%)

Students Studying English and French
All students at RUPP (except those majoring in English or French) are required to study a second language, either English (run by the English Language Support Unit - ELSU) or French (run by AUPELF). Depending on the course, students may be able to choose their language of study when they enroll. (back to top)

The following table represents non fee-paying scholarship students only:

English/French	Year I	Year II	Year III	Year IV	Total Students
English	677	469	466	448	2060
French	188	143	131	141	603

Students in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSH)

Department	Year I		Year II		Year III			Year IV			Total Students
	Total	F	Total	F	Total	F		Total		F	Total	F
Geography	69	28	37	08	45	08		28		08	179	52
History	45	11	34	14	45	18		62		23	186	66
Khmer Literature (Fee-Paying)	82 (35)	32 (15)	72	28	88	34		74		36	316 *(35)*	130 *(15)*
Maitrise and DEA Linguistics (3-year post-graduate course, in French language, run by professors from the University of Beçancon for Khmer Literature faculty staff)											19	2
Media and Communication	28	05									28	05
Philosophy	45	11	33	06	25	06		35		07	138	30
Psychology (Fee-Paying)	31 (15)	09 (8)	25	06	16	06		26		06	98 *(15)*	27 *(8)*
Sociology	39	14	23	09	27	04		30		05	119	32
Tourism (Fee-Paying) Grad.Dip./Master’s in Tourism Development											*(23)*	*(3)*
Total Scholarship	339	110	224	71	246		76		255	85	1064 +19M.A.	342 32%
*(Total Fee Paying)*	50	*(23)*	-	-	-		-		-	-	*(73)* 6%	*(24)*
Sub Total	389	133	224	71	246		76		255	85	1156	370 (32%)

Students in the Faculty of Science (FS) (back to top)

Department	Year I		Year II			Year III		Year IV			Total Students
	Total	F	Total	F		Total	F	Total	F		Total	F
Biology	35	22	35	21		45	23	22	14		137	80
Chemistry	63	15	35	14		43	15	40	21		181	65
Computer Science (Fee-Paying)	32 (658)	03 (75)	26 (325)	10 (42)		24 (412)	03 (56)	21 (317)	03 (21)		103 *(1712)*	19 *(194)*
International Business Management (IBM) (Fee-Paying)	0	0	18 (12)		6 (3)	(34)	(07)	0		0	18 *(46)*	6 (10)
Environmental Science	31	18	29	08							60	26
Mathematics (Fee-Paying)	110 (40)	08 (5)	55	04		58	06	66	11		289 *(40)*	29 *(5)*
Physics	67	12	42	11		48	08	39	07		196	38
Total Scholarship	338	78	240	74		218	55	188	56		984 36%	263
*(Total Fee-Paying)*	*(699)*	*(80)*	*(337)*	*(45)*		*(446)*	*(63)*	*(317)*	*(21)*		*(1789)* *66%*	*(209)*
Sub Total	1036	158	577	119		664	118	505	77		2782	472 (17%)

Students in the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL)

Department	Year I		Year II		Year III		Year IV		Total Students
	Total	F	Total	F	Total	F	Total	F	Total	F
English B.Ed. (TEFL)	71	10	68	8	72	12	69	18	280	48
B.A. Eng for Work Skills (Fee-Paying)	283	83	205	60	138	37	42	10	*(668)*	*(190)*
French	103	45	89	50	62	38	52	26	306	159
Total Scholarship	174	55	97	58	134	50	121	44	603	211
*(Total Fee-Paying)*	*(283)*	*(83)*	*(205)*	*(60)*	*(138)*	*(37)*	*(42)*	*(10*	(668) 52%	*(190)* *28%*
Sub Total	457	138	302	118	272	87	163	54	1194	397 33%

Staff Information (back to top)

*This table reflects staff on the government payroll. Some administrative staff also teach, but are counted only as administrative staff.

Faculty	Department	PhD	(F)	MA/MSc	(F)	BA/BSc	(F)	Diploma/ Certificate	(F)	Total	(F)
Social Sciences & Humanities	Geography	0	0	3	0	12	3	0	0	15	3
	History	0	0	1	0	11	2	0	0	12	2
	Khmer Literature	1	0	4	4	15	2		0	20	6
	Media & Communication	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
	Philosophy	0	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	13	0
	Psychology	0	0	6	1	11	5	0	0	17	6
	Sociology	1	0	2	0	12	4	0	0	15	4
	Tourism	From the Department of Environmental Science, University of Bologna, Italy & University of Technology, Sydney								0	0
Total (FSSH)		2	0	18	5	74	16	0	0	94	21
Science	Biology	0	0	3	2	18	8	0	0	21	10
	Chemistry	1	1	4	3	14	2	0	0	19	6
	Computer Science	1	0	7	0	24	2	0	0	32	2
	Environmental Science	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	8	1
	Mathematics	0	0	1	0	17	0	0	0	18	0
	Physics	1	1	1	0	12	2	0	0	14	3
Total (FS)		3	2	23	6	86	14	0	0	112	22
IFL	English	0	0	15	6	20	3	0	0	35	9
	French	0	0	5	2	15	3	0	0	20	5
	Japanese	From the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)								0	0
	Khmer for Foreigners	From Department of Khmer Literature, and external								0	0
Total (IFL)		0	0	20	8	35	6	0	0	55	14
Other	English Language Support Unit	0	0	7	2	11	5	0	0	18	7
Total Faculty Staff		5	2	61	19	195	36	0	0	261	57
Administrative Staff		3	1	1	0	47	15	108	52	159	68
TOTAL STAFF		8	3	62	19	242	51	108	52	420	125

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