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Graduate Employability Ranking - Guidelines

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QS Graduate Employability Ranking (GER) Guidelines

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

  1. Access the GER data submission page here QS Hub | Data submission
  2. Fill in as much information as possible. This strengthens the validity of our analysis, and the integrity of the insights we provide.
  3. For the 2022-2023 cycle, please submit all necessary information by 26/03/2022.
  4. In future, if you wish to opt out of the Graduate Employability Ranking, we kindly request that you to log a ticket via Submit a request – QS Quacquarelli Symonds

 

EMPLOYER PARTNERSHIPS

 

We only considered distinct companies for this indicator, i.e., even if a company is listed multiple times, we will only count it once.

Include:

  • Non-governmental companies that currently have active partnership agreements with your university, providing internships or work placement opportunities exclusively to your students.
  • State-owned enterprises.
  • Parliamentary internships, where students intern with Members of Parliament (MPs).

Exclude:

  • Subsidiaries of companies, e.g., Amazon India, Zappos, Abe Books – they should be mentioned under one company: Amazon, Inc.
  • Universities and other academic establishments (schools, colleges)
  • Governments including ministries and other agencies controlled by governments, e.g., consulates or embassies.
  • Research-only and promotional partnerships companies (banner ads, promo materials on campus, etc).

Evidence:

  1. Under the Value tab for Employer Partnerships, enter a distinct count of the companies.
  2. Provide evidence through the ‘employer-partnerships-template’ on the same page, clicking on ‘Download template’.
  3. Possible partnerships may include internship offers, fast-track job applications, summer internship offers, work placement opportunities, graduate scheme vacancies. Note: internships are work experiences that correspond to a dedication of at least 8 hours per week, for a minimum period of 3 months. Work placements have the same minimum requirement, however, are generally unpaid.
  4. The institution should provide links or a relevant link to a university’s annual report that presents evidence of the existence of such a partnership.
  5. Please DO NOT list the company’s homepage here. We require a link to either an article, an official document, or a specific webpage that outlines the details of the partnership.
  6. Please upload the completed file ‘employers-connections-template’ in CSV formats (CSV/CSV UTF-8/CSV(Macintosh)). The file size cannot exceed 10MB.
  7. Once the values and evidence have been uploaded press ‘SAVE’ to ensure the data has been successfully uploaded.

 

EMPLOYMENT RATE

 

Definition: The percentage of graduates who go on to paid work within 12 months of finishing their degree.

In order for the correct value to be produced, you should fill in all columns:

  • Total graduate students
  • Total respondents
  • Employed graduates
  • Unemployed
  • In FT further study
  • Unavailable for work

The Est. (estimate) box should only be ticked if the University does not have absolute values for the year.

Evidence:

  1. Please answer the 3 questions in this section by selecting the best option from the dropdown menus. The Additional Data section should also be filled in if known.
  2. You may upload different kinds of reports such as government reports, annual institution’s reports, report screenshots or link to the webpage. Accepted formats are PDF, JPEG, PNG, CSV, xlsx, doc or docx. The file size cannot exceed 10MB.
  3. Once the values and evidence have been uploaded press ‘SAVE’ to ensure the data has been successfully uploaded.

 

STATISTICS

 

If you are subscribed to other rankings on QS Hub you may already have this data pre-filled for you. However if this is not the case, please add data to both fields:

  • Faculty Staff: total number of academic faculty staff responsible for planning, directing and undertaking teaching, research or both within HE institutions.
  • Students – Overall: the total number of all students.
  • Once the values and evidence have been uploaded press ‘SAVE’ to ensure the data has been successfully uploaded.

EMPLOYER CONNECTIONS

This indicator has been phased out following GER 2022. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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