The percentage of graduates who go on to paid (non-voluntary) work within 15 months of finishing their degree.
Students pursuing further studies, unavailable to work, working part-time or not seeking employment are excluded from this calculation. Whenever this figure is not available, we use the minimum recorded rate for the country (or region if the number of domestic data points are insufficient).
The rates are adjusted if they refer to a timeline different to 15 months.
In several countries, the timeline of survey collection and methodology is slightly different than QS’s. An additional concern is that the economic conditions of a country also have a great influence on the employability prospects of students post-graduation.
This indicator is currently used in our Graduate Employability Ranking.