Global EmployabilitySurvey and Ranking 2020

Methodology

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The largest and longest-running Higher Education Survey and Ranking worldwide – published every year since 2010

Global Employability University Survey & Ranking by Emerging

• The market point of view: based exclusively on recruiters’ opinions on Higher Education worldwide, the results of both the survey and ranking are complementary of other declarative rankings on academic achievements and research.

• The polling is done by an independent research agency, Trendence, commissioned by Emerging. The 10th edition research phase took place from May to July 2020, via an online survey with personalized links.

• 9,000 recruiters from more than 22 countries voted to rate the employability performance of 6,000 international institutions.

• The survey provides unique data and insights as to the strategies that could be put in place to meet the challenges of future training, and what are the main indicators of employability are.

• The worldwide ranking gives a picture of the decisive factors - the drivers - behind the recruiters’ choice of best universities.

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KEY FACTSGlobal Employability University Survey & Ranking by Emerging

Since 2010 we surveyed 80,000 managers used to work with young graduates in private companies of all sizes and sectors around the world.

80,000 respondents

Since 2010 we collected over 1 million ratings of around 6,000 universities worldwide.

1m university evaluations

Since 2010 we scanned 32 countries from all continents regarding market expectations towards graduates and employability performance.

32 countries

The GEURS is conducted every year since 2010 in spring/summer.

10 years of data

High impact with 165 million article views (source: Meltwater for Times Higher Education 2018)

2d most used ranking by employers

Since 2010 we collected feedback from managers responsible for 1,8 million recruitments worldwide.

1,8m recruitments

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SURVEY & RANKING SAMPLE2020

with experience recruiting graduates and or working with graduates (+10 graduates/year)

3,100 managers

from big companies to starts ups, summing up 300,000 recruitments (+1/-1 year) in total.

Respondents from 22 countries, only 28% deal solely with local graduates.

International

The ranking was established with the votes of 8,820 respondents:

• Those who recruit internationally (72%) out of the survey panel• A panel of 6,600 managing directors of international companies (> 1,000 employees)

Survey sample:

Corporate/business roles, Engineering roles, IT Roles, HR roles, other roles.

All departments All industries

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GEURS 2020 databaseWe can provide insights across all countries and industries

• The ranking and survey data can be broken down into various groups of participants to allow comparisons

• We can extract the data you need and analyze it to answer your questions

• Example of topics and analysis available in 2020:o Best employers for employabilityo Analysis of university voterso Employability driverso Best of Class universitieso University profileo Recommended types of university-industry

cooperationo National satisfactiono Role of university and corporate impacto Employability mindseto Etc.

Australia

Brazil

Canada

China

Egypt

France

Germany

Hong Kong

India

Japan

Mexico

Qatar

Russia

Singapore

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

UAE

UKUSA

22 CountriesAccounting andfinance

Media andcommunicationsPharmaceuticaland chemical

Aerospace anddefence

Energy andEnvironment

Food andBeverageHospitality, leisure, tourism

Automotive

Banking andinsuranceConstruction andcivil engineering

Retail

Engineering, design, manuf.

IT and softwareengineeringConsulting

FMCG

Electro-Technicsand electronics IT Hardware

Logistics, transport, supply chain

Telecoms andnetworks

19 Industries

Asia/Pacific

Americas

Africas

Europe

Other possible breakdowns

By company size

By year

Etc.

By role

Contact us for details on possible employer

breakdowns and analysis

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GEURS 2020 databaseSurvey participant profile

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• 8,820 international recruiters answered the question:“As a person dealing with international graduates, which universities are in your opinion the best in the world when it comes to graduate employability?”

• Each respondent selected 15 to 20 universities among the current global employability ranking list.

• They could ad names from the database of 6,000 institutions worldwide.

• The total of votes amounted 108,255.

• The universities are ranked by number of votes obtained.

• Each university was given a score depending on its ranking position.

• The higher the university in the ranking, the higher the number of points.

• The country score was obtained by adding the points of all country’s universities present in the ranking in the given year.

Ranking Methodology Country Score Methodology

Ranking and Scoring MethodologyA N A LY S I S C O N C E P T

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