Variables and data availability
ETER provides data on total current revenues, excluding non-recurring revenues such as large capital investments. Revenues are divided in three broad streams – i.e. the core budget of the university (mostly composed by the basic state contribution), third party funds (mostly research contracts, particularly from public funding agencies) and student fees – a more fine-grained distinction is available within these categories, but availability is lower.
Data on total revenues are available for 1,313 HEIs over 2,767 in the 2014 edition of the ETER database. The availability of the breakdowns is slightly lower. For 12 countries data are available for most HEIs (including Germany and UK), for 6 countries only for universities (including France, Italy and Poland); finally, data are completely missing for 15 countries that include most Central and Easter European countries. In the new edition of ETER that will be published in summer 2018, a thorough revision of financial data is envisaged to improve comparability and availability.
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