Breakdown of Annual Expenditures of Autonomous Universities

Debated in Parliament on 11 May 2015.

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Yee Jenn Jong requested detailed breakdowns since 2000 of autonomous universities' annual expenditures across categories like instruction, student services, financial assistance, research, administration, and capital investment, including dollar amounts, percentages of total budgets, and per-student spending.
Heng Swee Keat responded that for FY2006, the three autonomous universities (NUS, NTU, SMU) spent $1.1 billion on manpower and $0.8 billion on other operating expenses, rising to $2 billion and $1.5 billion respectively in FY2013.
The response clarified that autonomous universities only existed from FY2006 onwards, limiting available data to NUS, NTU, and SMU during the specified period.
The Minister did not provide the requested year-by-year breakdowns since 2000 or the detailed categorization and per-student metrics outlined in the question.

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Yee Jenn Jong

Mr Yee Jenn Jong asked the Minister for Education since 2000 (a) what are the respective annual expenditures in dollar amounts on (i) instruction, including salaries for faculty and other teaching staff; (ii) student services, including student support, activities, and job placement; (iii) financial assistance to students; (iv) research, including equipment, space, salaries for non-teaching research staff and research support staff; (v) administration;

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(vi) capital investment, facility maintenance and leases, for our universities; and (b) for each group (i) what is the breakdown as a percentage of the total budget for autonomous universities and per university; and (ii) what is the dollar amount per university student and as a percentage of spending per university student.

Heng Swee Keat

In Financial Year (FY) 2006, expenditure on manpower was $1.1 billion and other operating expenditure was $0.8 billion. The corresponding figures in FY2013 were $2 billion and $1.5 billion respectively. These figures are for the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and the Singapore Management University, which were the only three universities that turned autonomous in FY2006.

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Yee Jenn Jong requested detailed breakdowns since 2000 of autonomous universities' annual expenditures across categories like instruction, student services, financial assistance, research, administration, and capital investment, including dollar amounts, percentages of total budgets, and per-student spending.
Heng Swee Keat responded that for FY2006, the three autonomous universities (NUS, NTU, SMU) spent $1.1 billion on manpower and $0.8 billion on other operating expenses, rising to $2 billion and $1.5 billion respectively in FY2013.
The response clarified that autonomous universities only existed from FY2006 onwards, limiting available data to NUS, NTU, and SMU during the specified period.
The Minister did not provide the requested year-by-year breakdowns since 2000 or the detailed categorization and per-student metrics outlined in the question.

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Breakdown of Annual Expenditures of Autonomous Universities

Debated in Parliament on 11 May 2015.

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Yee Jenn Jong requested detailed breakdowns since 2000 of autonomous universities' annual expenditures across categories like instruction, student services, financial assistance, research, administration, and capital investment, including dollar amounts, percentages of total budgets, and per-student spending.
Heng Swee Keat responded that for FY2006, the three autonomous universities (NUS, NTU, SMU) spent $1.1 billion on manpower and $0.8 billion on other operating expenses, rising to $2 billion and $1.5 billion respectively in FY2013.
The response clarified that autonomous universities only existed from FY2006 onwards, limiting available data to NUS, NTU, and SMU during the specified period.
The Minister did not provide the requested year-by-year breakdowns since 2000 or the detailed categorization and per-student metrics outlined in the question.

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Yee Jenn Jong

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Heng Swee Keat

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Yee Jenn Jong requested detailed breakdowns since 2000 of autonomous universities' annual expenditures across categories like instruction, student services, financial assistance, research, administration, and capital investment, including dollar amounts, percentages of total budgets, and per-student spending.
Heng Swee Keat responded that for FY2006, the three autonomous universities (NUS, NTU, SMU) spent $1.1 billion on manpower and $0.8 billion on other operating expenses, rising to $2 billion and $1.5 billion respectively in FY2013.
The response clarified that autonomous universities only existed from FY2006 onwards, limiting available data to NUS, NTU, and SMU during the specified period.
The Minister did not provide the requested year-by-year breakdowns since 2000 or the detailed categorization and per-student metrics outlined in the question.

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