Teaching Staff

The Faculty has a good mix of academic staff at different levels with 40% in professor rank. About 31% of the professoriate staff (or 37 colleagues) are in the biological sciences field forming the largest department in the Faculty. The other five departments each have between 12-19 staff members. In terms of staff student ratio, we have 1 teacher to 5.9 students which is close to the norm of the University (1 to 6.5). The average age of the staff is 47 years old and about 80% are between 40-60 years old. All professoriate staff have a PhD degree in their field of expertise.

As a leading research and teaching university, our teachers are pursuing research at the forefront of science and have a good track record to perform competitively internationally. We place heavy emphasis on teaching; while our academic staff are world class researchers, they are also dedicated teachers advising teaching and learning.

In preparation for the 4-year curriculum, the Faculty is going through an expansion phase; 25 new Faculty members have joined the Faculty in the past three years. New colleagues bring in new energy and new dynamics and many of them are in interdisciplinary fields further strengthening the interdisciplinary collaborative work in teaching and research.