New report: Örebro students find jobs quickly
Örebro University graduates find jobs quickly after graduation. This according to a recent report by the Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ) examining the extent to which students are able to establish themselves on the labour market within a year after graduation.
The report shows that 84 per cent of the 1,642 students who graduated from Örebro University in the academic year 2011/2012 were established on the labour market one year later. To be considered “established on the labour market”, having a job is not enough; there are also specific criteria to be met in terms of scope and minimum income.
The national average graduate employability rate was 81 per cent – three percentage points below that of the Örebro graduates. However, Örebro University’s Vice-Chancellor Jens Schollin is interpreting these comparisons cautiously.
“Any differences compared with other universities should not least be put in relation to which courses and programmes are offered by the university. Here at Örebro, we have managed to create a wide range of sought-after professional degree programmes of high quality which provide students with very good job prospects. Within many areas there are also successful collaboration schemes with businesses and organisations, which also increase students’ employment prospects,” he says.
In addition, the report shows that students who apply for the award of their qualification find work to a greater extent than those who complete their studies without doing so, 81 per cent compared with just 68 per cent. Those with a professional degree establish themselves the quickest on the labour market. Nine out of ten of those established on the labour market had a job that required a university degree.
Örebro University is in the process of conducting its own study to more thoroughly examine where the university’s students end up after graduation and what exactly they are working with. The report will be presented later this winter.
Text: Johan Stenegård/Lars Westberg
Translation: Jerry Gray/Charlotta Hambre-Knight