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Contents
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3.
4.
Country profile
Scientific system
Collecting S&T statistics
Main results of the collected S&T
statistical data
5. Major problems in collecting S&T
statistics
1. Country profile
Map of Mongolia
What we have
Huge territory - 1.56 mln.sq.km (11 times bigger
than Nefal, 2.8 times bigger than France)
Rich of natural resources - Copper, Molybdenum,
Gold, Coal, Gas
Animal husbandry (40.0 mln: Cow-2.6, Sheep-19.3,
Goat-19.6, Horse-2.2, Camel-0.28) NSO,2009
Cashmere (Second largest exporter)
Educational level of people: (about 20% of
Government budget dedicated to Education)
- literacy rate 97.6% (NSO, 2009)
- 113 universities, institutes and colleges
2. Scientific system
Universities
Education
Institutes under
the Academy
of Sciences
Research institutes
under ministries
Basic research
Applied research
and development
Research Institutes
under Ministries
State-owned
Industry
Government-funded R&D
After 1997:
Reorganization of universities and research institutes
Tendency to increase budget and number of researchers
NCST
Other Ministries
MECS
MAS
Scientific Research
Institutes under MAS
NSTF
Scientific
Research
Institutes
Scientific, technological
and Production Corporations
Universities
Universities
Questionnaire UIS/ST
Completely
covered
Business
enterprise
Government
Partially covered
Not covered
X
X
Higher education
Private non-profit
Type of institutions
2005
2009
Business
enterprise
47
50
Government
Higher
education
Universities
56
68
Total
Year
Total fulltime
R&D
personal
2009
2483
1748
137
598
2008
2420
1723
125
572
2007
2379
1740
120
519
2006
2316
1707
114
495
2005
2283
1731
81
471
Researchers
Engineering
Other
(including
and technical supporting
Administrative
staff
staff
staff)
% of
Female female in
total
of which: Researchers
(including Administrative
staff)
TOTAL
% of
Female female in
total
2009
2483
1262
50.83
1748
841
48.11
2008
2420
1220
50.41
1723
816
47.36
2007
2379
1189
49.98
1740
837
48.10
2006
2316
1163
50.22
1707
822
48.15
2005
2283
1118
48.97
1731
819
47.31
Total
full-time R&D
personal
% of
total
2483
100.0
1748
100.0
Business
enterprise
171
6.89
95
5.43
Government
2153
86.71
1538
87.99
Higher
education
159
6.40
115
6.58
Sector
TOTAL
% of
total
Total
researchers
TOTAL
% of
qualification
Higher
in Total
education researchers
Business
enterprise
Government
1748
95
1538
115
100.00
I.ISCED 6
531
18
457
56
30.40
II.ISCED 5A
1217
77
1081
59
69.60
III.ISCED 5B
2000
2005
2009
809.0
968.3
1006.3
Total researchers
1693
1731
1748
2.09
1.79
1.74
Expenditure on R&D
(data for statistics of MECS and NSO)
Year
Total
expenditure
on R&D
Ratio to GDP,
%
2009
15987.1
6055794.3
0.26
2008
18070.7
6019838.1
0.30
2007
10410.0
4599541.5
0.23
2006
7701.1
3714952.9
0.21
2005
7231.2
2779578.3
0.26
Millions, Mongolian tugrik (T)
Source of funds
Business
Government
enterprise
Higher
education
Fund of
abroad
Not
specified
15987.1
582.2
12358.2
394.7
289.7
2362.3
100%
3.6
77.3
2.5
1.8
14.8