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CONTENTS

Introduc on

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2018GlobalSkillsGapReport

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Indicator:Weigh ngs&Definions

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2019EdionSummary

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Ranks & Scores

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Domesc/RegionalPerformance

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Submied&CollectedData

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UnderlyingRa os

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EmployerReputa onandAlumniOutcomes

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QSResearchTeam

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2019GRADUATEEMPLOYABILITYRANKINGS

The2019edionoftheQSWorldUniversityRankings:GraduateEmployabilitywillbepublishedonTuesday11September . TheGraduateEmployabilityRankingsseektocomparetheemployabilityoutcomesofhighereduca oninstu onsacross theworldbyconsidering: ? Howwellreputedaretheinstu onsamongemployers? ? Aretheinstu onsnurturinghigh-achievers? ? Howconnectedareinstu onstocompanies? ? Howa rac veareaninstu on'srecentgraduatestoemployers? Thisyearweincluded660instu onsinourevalua on,comprisinga10%increaseinthenumberofinstu onsonlast year'sedion.Intotal,wearepublishingtheresultsforthetop500universies. Asisthecasewithanyuniversityranking,themethodologycannotcaptureallofthecomplexiesinvolvedina emp ngto measuregraduateemployabilityatagloballevel.Howeverwebelievethisrankingprovidesinnova veinsightandarich datasetofunprecedentednuance,tothiscricalconversa on.Weconsideredresponsesfromover40,000employers, 39,000mappeddegreesandaffilia onsofover28,000high-achievers,consideredmorethan140,000employers' connec onswithgraduates,andevaluatednearly200,000workplacementpartnershipsforthis2019edion. Thefollowingpagespresenttheresultsforyouruniversityandtheunderlyingdatausedforthecalcula ons.Italsoprovides youwithcomparisonsagainsttheaveragesinyourhomecountryorregion. Weencourageyoutolookoverthisdatawhichwillhelpyoutoprepareforanyac viestocelebrateyourachievement. Pleasedonothesitatetocontactusifyourequireanyclarifica on,ifyoubelievethatthere'saneedforamendmentsorif youhaveanymoregeneralfeedback. Kind Regards TheQSIntelligenceUnitTeam rankings@

2019QSGraduateEmployabilityRankings OutonTuesday11September2018



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2018GlobalSkillsGapReport

DiggingdeeperintotheQSGlobalEmployerSurveydataset,QShasjustreleasedabrand-newGlobalSkillsGapReport,where themismatchbetweengraduateskillsandemployerexpecta onsisexaminedinthecontextofthefourthindustrialrevolu on. ThereportwasproducedinpartnershipwiththeInstuteofStudentRecruitersintheUK.Itrevealslatestinsightintothemost prominentskillsgapsworldwide,aswellashowdifferentrecruitmentprioriesaffectemployersa sfacon,examiningtherole universiesplayinpreparinggraduatesforthelabourmarket.Belowisasnapshotofthecurrentpictureonthegraduateskills gap worldwide.

Formoreinsights,downloadthefullreportviathelink: h p://porolio-items/the-global-skills-gap-in-the-21st-century/

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INDICATORS:WEIGHTINGS&DEFINITIONS

WEIGHTINGS

EmployerReputa on

30%

EmployerReputa on(30%)

QStradionallyincludestheEmployerReputa onasakeyperformanceareainallitsrankingsexercises. Asexpected,thismetrichasaleadingroleinamethodologypurelyfocusedonemployability. TheEmployerReputa onisbasedonover40,000responsestotheQSEmployerSurvey,andasks employerstoiden fythoseinstu onsfromwhichtheysourcethemostcompetent,innova ve,

effec vegraduates.TheQSEmployerSurveyisalsotheworld'slargestofitskind.

AlumniOutcomes

25%

AlumniOutcomes(25%)

Auniversitythatvaluesthecareersofitsgraduatestendstoproducesuccessfulalumni.Here,QShave sourcedgraduatealmamatersfrom over150high-achieverslists,eachmeasuringdesirableoutcomesin aparcularwalkoflife.Intotal,QShaveanalysedmorethan39,000oftheworld'smostinnova ve, crea ve,wealthy,entrepreneurial,and/orphilanthropicindividualstoestablishwhichuniversiesare

producingworld-changinggraduates.Thisisroughly30%morerecordsthaninthepreviousedion.A higherweigh ngisappliedtothoseindividualsfeaturedinlistsfocusedonyoungerprofiles.Likewise, undergraduatedegreeshaveahigherweigh ngthanpost-graduatedegrees,asitisassumedthatthe earlystagesofthehighereduca onlearningprocessleaveadeepermarkintermsofemployability.

PartnershipswithEmployers

25%

PartnershipswithEmployersperFaculty(25%)

Thisindicatorcomprisestwoparts.First,itusesElsevier'sScopusdatabasetoestablishwhich universiesarecollabora ngsuccessfullywithglobalcompaniestoproducecitable,transforma ve research.Onlydisnctcompaniesproducingthreeormorecollabora vepapersinafive-yearperiod (2012-2016)areincludedinthecount.Thisyear'srankingaccountsforuniversitycollabora onswith 2,000topglobalcompanies,aslistedbyFortuneandForbes. Second,itconsiderswork-placementrelatedpartnershipsthatarereportedbyinstu onsandvalidated bytheQSresearchteam. Bothfiguresareadjustedtoaccountforthenumberoffacultyateachuniversity,andthencombined intoacompositeindex.

Employer-StudentConnec ons

10%

Employer-StudentConnec ons(10%)

Thisindicatorinvolvessummingthenumberofdis nctemployerswhoareac velypresentona university'scampus,providingmo vatedstudentswithanopportunitytonetwork,andacquire informa oninarecent12monthperiod.Employerpresencealsoincreasestheopportunityofstudents achievingcareer-launchinginternshipsandresearchopportunies.This`ac vepresence'maytakethe formofparcipa ngincareersfairs,organizingcompanypresenta ons,oranyotherself-promo ng acvies.Thiscountisadjustedbythenumberofstudents,accoun ngforthesizeofeachinstu on.

GraduateEmploymentRate(10%)

Thisindicatoristhesimplest,butessen alforanyunderstandingofhowsuccessfuluniversiesareat

nurturingemployability.Itinvolvesmeasuringtheproporonofgraduates(excludingthoseop ngto

GraduateEmploymentRate

pursuefurtherstudyorunavailabletowork)infullorpart meemploymentwithin12monthsof gradua on.Tocalculatethescores,weconsiderthedifferencebetweeneachinstu on'srateandthe

10%

averageineachcountry.Todrawinoutliers,theresultsareadjustedbytherangebetweenthe maximum andminimum valuesrecordedineachcountryorregion.Thisaccountsforthefactthata

university'sabilitytofosteremployabilitywillbeaffectedbytheeconomicperformanceofthecountry

inwhichtheyaresituated.

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