Survey of Research and Development in the Higher Education Sector 2016-2017

This report presents the results of the survey of research and development activities in the higher education sector for the academic year 2016/17.

Every two years, the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation undertakes the Higher Education Research & Development Survey (HERD) which measures expenditure and human resources devoted to research work in the higher education sector.

The coverage included all academic departments in seven Universities, fourteen Institutes of technology, as well as the Royal College of Surgeons and Mary Immaculate College.