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

This

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chart depicts the changes in the

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of university

teachers

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across various disciplines in a country from 2005 to 2013,

as well as

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

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the

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of

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

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, 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%.

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

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. In terms of the student-to-teacher

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, medicine had the highest

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, with one teacher teaching only four students.

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

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among these nine

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.

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ratio

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of other

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was around 1:8.

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, the

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of

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

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of

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and the highest

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of

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to students.