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 Persons employed at full-time equivalent (FTE) in research and development activities (R&D - No.) of institutions of higher education execution sector
Characteristic Description
Name Persons employed at full-time equivalent (FTE) in research and development activities (R&D - No.) of institutions of higher education execution sector by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2013) and Sex; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source MCTES/GPEARI, R&D survey - institutions sector
First available period 2003
Last available period 2016
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2013)
  • Sex
Concepts
  • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PERSONNEL:  Research and development personnel includes all persons employed directly in research and development activities, as well as those providing direct services such as research and development managers, administrators and clerical staff.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • SECTOR OF PERFORMANCE HIGHER EDUCATION:  The performance sector of higher education in the context of the survey of national technological and scientific potential comprises all universities, higher education institutions, polytechnic and other post-secondary education establishments, regardless of the source of their financial resources and their legal status. Also included are all institutions (research centres and institutions, hospitals and clinics, etc.) that operate under the direct control of higher education establishments or are managed by these. The sector further comprises private NPIs controlled and primarily funded by Higher Education.
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  3
Observations
Last update date 28/09/2018


information presented in 23/11/2025