Careers, competences and values of European higher education graduates in 2022 : executive summary of the EUROGRADUATE 2022 survey

This publication provides an executive summary of the key findings of the EUROGRADUATE 2022 Comparative Synthesis Report. The EUROGRADUATE 2022 pilot survey provides an analysis on the careers, competences, and citizenship of over 100.000 higher education graduates in 18 EU/EEA countries, covering graduates of the academic years 2020/21 and 2016/17 (one and five years after graduation) on ISCED-2011 levels 6 (Bachelor) and 7 (Master or long degree programs). Monitoring graduate outcomes can improve graduates' integration on the labour market and better address existing and potential skills gaps and mismatches. The EUROGRADUATE 2022 survey constitutes a significant contribution to the enhancement of the European Education Area, not least through its contribution to the recent Union of Skills initiative. The EUROGRADUATE surveys are part of the European Graduate Tracking Initiative (EGTI), initiated by the European Commission in response to the Council Recommendation on tracking graduates (2017). In order to guide policies for improving employability of graduates and the match of graduates' education with labour market requirements, the Council requested to improve the availability, comparability and quality of graduate tracking measures, including for mobile graduates, across EU/EEA countries.