STUDY GUIDE 2019/20
Employability
DTU graduates find employment quickly, and their jobs are in direct continuation of their MSc Eng programme. A questionnaire showed that 42 per cent of the graduates landed a job before they even graduates, and 85 per cent found employment a mere six months after graduation.
Graduates stay in Denmark According to an analysis published by DTU 69 per cent of the international students still live in Denmark after their graduation, and 60 per cent of them are in full-time employment. Danish and international graduates among MSc graduates
42%
Graduates landed a job before they even graduated
36%
Danish graduates
64%
62%
International graduates
Found employment a mere six months after graduation Source: Graduate survey carried out by DAMVAD Analytics in 2015.
Questions for international MSc graduates: Do you still live in Denmark?
31%
Yes
69%
Relation between MSc Eng programme and first job The students were also asked how their master’s programme and their first job were related.
16%
22%
62%
In direct continuation of my master’s thesis. Within the typical area of employment of my MSc Eng programme Outside the typical area of employment of my MSc Eng programme
No
Still living in Denmark (69%) I’m self-emplyoed/employed in an open-ended position
5% 24%
I’m employed in a fixed-term position
60%
11%
I’m a PhD student I was employed, but am currently looking for a job
Living abroad (31%)
Source: Graduate survey carried out by DAMVAD Analytics in 2018.
I’m self-emplyoed/employed in an open-ended position
8% 21% 10%
I’m employed in a fixed-term position
61%
I’m a PhD student I was employed, but am currently looking for a job
Source: DAMVAD Analytics on the basis of the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s (UFM) graduate survey for graduates who graduated in the period from 1 Oct. 2015 to 30 Sep. 2017, and who have indicated that they have been or are employed. Survey carried out by DAMVAD Analytics in 2019.
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