ESF-Science Connect publishes outcomes of its career tracking survey of doctorate holders
The following nine universities and organisations participated in the survey: University of Maastricht, Technical University of Munich, Goethe Research Academy for Early Career Researchers (GRADE) at Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Bucharest, University of Split, University of Luxembourg, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, and the AXA Research Fund, France. The project enables universities and organisations to monitor careers of their graduates and evaluate their doctoral training and career advice, but also to engage in a discussion on standards, measures and intended outcomes of doctoral training schemes and career development. “As the central (post) graduate academy of Goethe University Frankfurt, one of our prime goals is to develop and continually improve our program and services so that early career researchers get the best start possible into their future careers at the university or beyond, in industry and society. The Career Tracking Survey coordinated by ESF-Science Connect provides a lot of inspiration and its results will be invaluable for us to achieve our goals”, said Dr. Sybille Küster, Managing Director, GRADE – Goethe Research Academy for Early Career Researchers, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The findings across all partners included a very high employability of doctorate holders (95%) with a vast majority working as researchers (80%). Doctorate holders also experienced a relatively smooth transition into the job market, with 40 % of them already having a job at graduation, and those without, on average, having found one within four months.
Countries
Austria, Germany, France, Croatia, Luxembourg, Romania