Aalto University graduates in working life

Career monitoring survey

Aalto University Career Services follows the career development and labour market situation of our Master's degree graduates five years after graduation. The career survey is conducted as a part of a national survey on academic graduates with the Aarresaari Career Services network representing 13 Finnish universities. The results presented here are based on the career monitoring survey on Master's graduates of 2016.

Master’s graduates think that their degrees are valued by employers

Based on the latest career monitoring survey, Master's degree graduates have advanced in various careers over the last five years and are employed well. 

Of those who completed their Master's degree at Aalto University five years ago, 92 percent were satisfied with their degree in terms of career, 83 percent agreed that the skills and knowledge they learned can be applied well in their current job, and 94 percent would recommend their degree to others. Even 95 percent of Master's graduates from Aalto University agreed with the statement ‘The degree is valued by employers’.

As the most important skills needed in their current work, Aalto University Master's graduates named the problem-solving skills, ability to learn and adopt new things, analytical and systematic thinking skills and self-direction.