The table presents information about university-level academic staff in one country.

This

chart depicts the changes in the

number

of university

teachers

across various disciplines in a country from 2005 to 2013,

as well as

the student-to-teacher ratios in each discipline in 2013. There were nine

subjects

the

number

of

teachers

has shown an upward trend. Medicine saw the largest increase among the nine disciplines, from 30,664 in 2005 to 36,868 in 2013.

In addition

, the highest growth rate was in architecture, which increased by 34.62% over the eight-year period. The lowest growth rate was recorded in engineering, which grew by just 0.5%.

By contrast

, there was a decline in agriculture and education. A decline of about 3% can be seen in these two

subjects

. In terms of the student-to-teacher

ratio

, medicine had the highest

ratio

, with one teacher teaching only four students.

However

, in the subject of arts, every 12 students would be taught by one teacher, which was the lowest student-to-teacher

ratio

among these nine

subjects

.

This

ratio

of other

subjects

was around 1:8.

Overall

, the

number

of

teachers

has increased in most academic disciplines, with the medical profession having the highest

number

of

teachers

and the highest

ratio

of

teachers

to students.